Jen Iris Allan

Is anyone else struggling to register for #ISA2027? I keep getting "a critical error has occurred" @isanet.bsky.social

Finding & replacing forever chemicals in electronics is going to be incredibly difficult. This report helps identify where they may lurk, but it's so difficult to tell, even for the manufacturers. chemsec.org/reports/seek...

GE aerospace has recieved funding from the Welsh government. Now costs the government more in cleanup & potentially health care. Who sounded the alarm? GE or residents? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

So the UK government wants us to prepare ourselves for climate and other impacts. More water and tinned food, that kind of thing. While they approve a new gas field. So, essentially: "Get ready on your own for problems we're not trying to avoid."

Most oil & gas companies have been diversifying into chemical production. Does this mean Shell & Exxon are more confident about fossil fuels' future? www.ft.com/content/2d48...

Great to see a push to address environmental racism in the UK www.theguardian.com/environment/...

UBC is an amazing place to be!

🚨 NEW REPORT: The pesticide industry didn't just lobby on the EU's Food & Feed Omnibus. More like they co-wrote it. This report shows how. Check it out 👉 corporateeurope.org/en/2026/10/f... Thread 🧵👇

So that's how FAO maintains these new gardens

Exposure risks near the factory. And the Arctic, endangering people who had no role in making or using these chemicals. That's why the Stockholm Convention banned PFOA. But its legacy will continue for generations. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I put together a few thoughts on the new global science-policy panel on chemicals, waste and pollution: unu.edu/publication/... @bupardeeschool.bsky.social @stacydvandeveer.bsky.social @gdp-center.bsky.social @bu-igs.bsky.social @noelleselin.bsky.social @jenirisallan.bsky.social @enb.iisd.org

Lithium batteries are making waste & recycling centres fire zones. There's also a good chance that the fire fighting foam used here contains PFAS. youtu.be/g6QqCZA9CiM?...

Global data centre investment has already surpassed solar PV, and will soon surpass all renewable investment combined sf-asset-manager.s3.amazonaws.com/97637/1139/8...

Applications are now open for a W2 Professorship in Economic Anthropology with Tenure Track W3. Full job advertisement here: buff.ly/QNAxMgN @unibonn.bsky.social @dfg.de

Climate COPs are huge -- and many people are there to be seen, rather than to participate. www.climatechangenews.com/2026/08/04/i...

DATA TOOL | 5 out of 10 top solar and wind generators in the world are provinces in China 🇨🇳 China as a whole is already the world's largest solar and wind generator. Breaking the data down by province shows Inner Mongolia just behind the US and India. ember-energy.org/dat...

Short sellers reap $2bn profit as stocks in modular #nuclear reactors tumble www.ft.com/content/a2f0...

- @carbonbrief.org continues to chronicle the very normal state of right wing politics / media in the UK

What does Ratcliffe know that now one else does? Jim Ratcliffe's €400m Chemical Recovery Investment share.google/Lv6JNbxdRXb4...

Decades ago, Kris Hansen showed 3M that its PFAS chemicals were in people's bodies. Her bosses halted her work. Now she wrestles with the secrets that 3M kept from her and the world. (Published May 2024)

Alexandra Fasulo runs one of the most prolific anti-solar campaigns online, regularly telling over 2 million followers renewable energy is threatening farms and wildlife. But how much of her rhetoric is actually true? @alexhannaford.com spent months parsing through the nuance for HEATED:

We know about the water and energy... but not the #foreverchemicals www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

On a rail replacement bus. The driver put on some 80s bangers. Three people starting singing along. A kid is dancing in their seat. I love Wales.

Fancy some heavy metals on the side? Pesticides, cadmium, PFAS: France reckons with the hidden toxins in food (1/2) - France 24 share.google/eOAxJQJrc07K...

A techno, status quo fix - like carbon capture & storage- is proving un-investable Chemical recycling plants closing in EU and US | Business | Chemistry World share.google/2T42CmcpHQ3F...

The UK's June heatwave caused a £2.4bn hit to productivity, says a new report It says the cost of extreme heat could reach £6bn/yr by 2030 Interesting, bc we tend to focus on the cost of cutting emissions, rather than cost of failing to do so… www.verdantthinking....

By the time Sizewell C is built, peer reviewed published research reports the nuclear station will almost be entirely cut off by climate driven sea level rise storm surge at least once per year. 'Rock shipped from Norway to protect Sizewell B during Sizewell C build' www.eadt.co.uk/news/2627134...

We're honoured to announce that our investigation into landfill sites across Europe with @investigate-europe.eu has been nominated for the Prix de Journalisme Environmental 2026, awarded by the Association JNE des journalistes écrivains pour la nature et l'écologie + Université Paris Dauphine 🏆

Did you know? Renewables have just overtaken coal as the world's largest source of electricity 34% – global renewable share, up 2x in 20yrs 48% – EU 37% – China 26% – US 24% – India

RENEWABLES: They're still wildly popular with the British public, not that you'd realise from news coverage * Only 4% are opposed Even for wind/solar farms in your local area, opposition is very low * 74/68% would either be happy to have a local solar/wind farm, or don't care

To celebrate Canada Day WE'RE JOINING EUROVISION!

Climate.us is officially live! After NOAA ended Climate.gov’s day-to-day operations in 2025, former team members built Climate.us to carry that work forward. Their explanations and graphics have always stood out to me as clear, accessible, and transparent. I’m really looking forward to this reboot.

The government has given taxpayers money to a company to cut emissions and ensure a just transition for workers. Tata Steel has done neither www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Some wonderful news from Sandilands as avocets have been breeding for the first time since this former golf course was transformed into a new coastal wetland nature reserve. And avocet chicks have been spotted! 🎉

🏭 Two PFAS-producing companies and the French government have been accused of violating numerous human rights in letters from UN officials. The letters are regarding residents living in a polluted area South of Lyon known as Chemical Valley. More in our news story 👉 buff.ly/TxLNW1U #Pollution

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More #foreverchemical lawsuits. Is anyone tallying them all up? Australia sues US conglomerate 3M for $1.4 billion over ‘forever chemicals’ contamination | CNN Business share.google/qiQ0Bx1FQJHE...

Just a reminder: the Tony Blair Institute agrees that the UK needs cheap, not clean energy.... Forgetting renewables are cost-competitive The TBI regularly advises UNFCCC COP Presidents and is on their delegations. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

I've had to change all my "quickmarks." I used to have shortcuts related to writing - sentence fragments, paragraph structure, etc. Now it's almost exclusively: citation needed, evidence missing, explain the connections, etc. I guess it's mostly because of superficial AI slop.

Satellite data shows oil spills from shipping happen far more often than reported, revealing high-density 'slick belts' that correspond with shipping lanes. Most spills are not investigated. The cost of cleaning up oil pollution is often paid by coastal communities. share.google/zjELnkfcKMpZ...

Carbon Brief's summer journalism internship is back for another year 🌍 You'll get the chance to write an article for Carbon Brief, and spend time with all of our journalists, as well as our visuals and digital teams 🌍 Paid at London Living Wage Apply here: bit.ly/42ZhdiR Happy to answer questions

In a year, we could have: - 57 national roadmaps to transition from fossil fuels - 57 inventories of fossil fuel subsidies - first steps to fossil fuel-free trade clubs And a group of countries ready to do more @enb.iisd.org summary is up enb.iisd.org/transition-a...

In an effort to become a "coalition of the doers," #TAFF delegates applauded a series of actions before a 2027 conference in Tuvalu: • national transition roadmaps • addressing fiscal, subsidy, and debt traps • building fossil fuel free trade systems Read ➡️ enb.iisd.org/transition-a...