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Which businesses are the world's biggest polluters? Disclosure on this subject is still patchy, so we went through dozens of annual reports to show the 63 companies that account for

People really need to understand the importance of IMPENDING DEADLINES in the debate around decarbonization. It's why a nuclear fusion demonstration plant that starts running in the early 2030s is

I think some people are a bit confused about how the shell game works in this great piece of @nytimes reporting on the Trump Organization, so here's a quick model

It's possible that some of the most important news about the future of the global climate came out last week without most people noticing.Quick thread to explain why:https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-09-21/coal-s-last-refu

The world's biggest mining company @bhp also has one of the world's biggest corporate carbon footprints.If it wants to address that it's going to have to play its part in

I'm all in favour of full and honest #climate disclosures.But does @CampbellSoupCo really account for nearly 14% of the world's ~36bn tonnes a year of CO2 emissions? https://www.campbellcsr.com/cr-at-campbell/performance-scorecard.h

This is fascinating.But it's worth remembering some of the earliest evidence of agriculture *anywhere in the world* is at Papua New Guinea's Kuk Swamp, which was part of the Australian

I keep thinking of this quote from Frank Snowden, about the way epidemics exploit the underlying pathologies of the societies they infect: Look at the prominence of aged care workers

Australia's Carmichael coal mine is unlikely ever to make money, according to its own published accounts -- so why is Adani Group still pursuing it? Quick thread:https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-05-27/australia-s-carmicha

"China's economy will overtake the U.S." is the Zeno's tortoise of high-level geopolitics. https://twitter.com/zlj517/status/1200499150879543296 In 2010, Standard Chartered said it would happen in 2020.In 2014, IHS Markit said it wo