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Policymakers cast doubt on peer-reviewed science and lean into misleading ideas around the adaptability of Indian people to dirty air as part of delaying stricter regulation on air pollution. Fascinating @rishpardikar.bsky.social @earthjournalism.bsky.social story drilled.media/news/air-pol...
From my Iowa vantage point, this season of @drilledmedia.bsky.social on Carbon Cowboys hits like the local news we need and deserve.
Extractive agriculture, farming the government, carbon pipelines, dirty deals, telecoupling w/ Brazil, the role of land grant universities... Glocalized corruption.
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Indian politicians have denied the severity of the air pollution crisis in the country for decades. Documents related to an update of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) show how the de...
"As much as inaction on climate gets framed as lack of science or perhaps the wrong messaging framework, it's important to remember that we're here because of acts of sabotage."
Now enjoying last fall's podcast series by @amywestervelt.bsky.social about the @cssn.org book on climate obstruction.
And you have to read the accompanying documents @rishpardikar.bsky.social got a hold of—hard to believe until you see them in plain ink. Great job on tracking these down!
#FollowTheFumes @earthjournalism.bsky.social @drilledmedia.bsky.social
If you missed it, read my investigation into Sea Forest's operations for @drilledmedia.bsky.social after I learned it had imported significant quantities of pure chemical bromoform at a time when it was advertising its products as being produced wholly from ocean-grown seaweed.
Indian air is being poisoned by coal, traffic, construction & burning waste, but the biggest barrier to fixing it is deep, long‑running political denial.
@drilledmedia.bsky.social explores how denial has weakened India’s air quality standards and left millions breathing toxic air.
Indian politicians have denied the severity of the air pollution crisis in the country for decades. Documents related to an update of the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) show how the…
@drilledmedia.bsky.social and Intercept Brasil partner on “Carbon Cowboys,” a new podcast that investigates the business dealings of American Midwest corn ethanol magnate Bruce Rastetter and Brazilian government ministers hoping to make their country “the Saudi Arabia of sustainable aviation fuels.”
So true!
(Disclaimer: @thexylom.com, which I founded, and @drilledmedia.bsky.social, which Amy founded, are member newsrooms of the Climate News Task Force, a coalition trying to address the systemic funding issues mentioned in this piece)
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Seeing another round of hope vs. despair discourse play out in climate circles, so allow me to once again put a plug in for rage.
