🚨Factory farms in England have breached environmental regulations THOUSANDS of times in recent years

Violations include spilling animal waste into waterways, leaving dead animals in maggot-infested bins, and illegally incinerating pigs

thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-0…

The cruelty is so painful - the horror theguardian.com/uk-news/2024/a…

White supremacism, racism, and celebrations of criminal damage

That's just some of what our reporters found in a network of Facebook groups run by Tory operatives, but presented as grassroots campaigns against London's clean air policies

New from Unearthed

unearthed.greenpeace.org/2024/04/27/con…

For those in the #climate policy world who feel COPs are getting way too big, there are moves afoot to make them smaller - not least because the #COP30 site in Brazil just can't handle the #COP28 Dubai crowds - with reporting from Belem & Baku Climate Home News climatechangenews.com/2024/04/24/pea…

Ahead of the mayoral election, parts of the anti-ULEZ movement have evolved into an Islamophobic smear campaign against Sadiq Khan. My latest for Hyphen: hyphenonline.com/2024/04/25/how…

'At its heart, greenwashing is about wasting time, time that we can never get back'

Ben Franta at #ijf24

The FAO faces yet more scrutiny over its conclusions on livestock - Arthur Neslen The Guardian ⬇️

theguardian.com/environment/20…

Our enforcement regime on pollution (and so much else) is a complete joke

🚨NEW INVESTIGATION

PepsiCo, the US company that makes Pepsi, Cheetos, Starbucks-branded drinks and Doritos (to name just a few) has been linked to Amazon deforestation and the invasion of Indigenous lands in Peru

thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-0…

Climate finance experts tell me the UK's decision to 'double count' money as humanitarian aid and climate finance is “problematic” and a “clear deviation from the path to climate justice”.

What has gone wrong with UK climate finance?

A quick🧵...

carbonbrief.org/revealed-uk-do…

it's worth noting that these states are some of the places in which people will feel some of the most severe impacts of climate change, in the face of startling apathy by state legislatures their ability to protest that inaction has been gutted

this essay is a great and wild ride.

Really sad to see this. openDemocracy does vital investigative work in the UK, and we desperately need more of this type of reporting right now

Sad to say I've been laid off by openDemocracy, along with several of my incredible colleagues in the UK. It's one dark day of many for British journalism, but I'm immensely proud of everything we achieved together. Here's some of the best. 🧵

Gutted to see the redundancies at openDemocracy - the UK is losing so many vital independent journalists and outlets at the moment, there are real implications for scrutiny of politicians and corporates. Solidarity with everyone laid off.

Big Ag's interests took the central stage at #Cop28 - meaning the scope of solutions proposed there was inevitably industry-friendly. No wonder why they feel 'enthusiastic'

👏 Rachel Sherrington for this excellent coverage

theguardian.com/environment/20…

It was hoped that #COP28 climate summit in Dubai would lead to ambitious action to transform food systems.

But meat lobbyists celebrated outcome as 'music to our ears' & said they were left 'excited' by their industry's prospects

New from Rachel Sherrington for DeSmog & The Guardian👇