Massive congrats to my brilliant DeSmog colleagues @brigitte-whl.bsky.social and @hazelhealy.bsky.social who are shortlisted for the Helen Darbishire Award š So well deserved!!
@clarecarlile.bsky.socialClare Carlile
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Investigative Journalist at DeSmog - climate, food and farming | Work covered by the BBC, Guardian, FT, Al Jazeera | She/her
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@desmog.comReposted by @clarecarlile.bsky.socialš“ Exclusive: Pig and Poultry Air Pollution Costs UK Over Ā£130 Million a Year
Residents living near the intensive farms say clouds of foul-smelling pollutants can make it hard to breathe.
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@adambarnett.bsky.socialReposted by @clarecarlile.bsky.socialCongrats @desmog.com @geoffdembicki.bsky.social @tjjordan.bsky.social Katie Claire
@clarecarlile.bsky.socialš“ New series: Pigs, Poultry, and Pollution: Investigating Intensive Agriculture
For the next 9 months, @phoebecooke.bsky.social and I will look at impacts of Europe's mega-farm expansion, from links to cancer to fish deaths, for @desmog.com
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desmog.comPigs, Poultry, and Pollution: Investigating Intensive AgriculturePollution from intensive animal farms is seeping into our rivers, air, and seas. Linked to everything from cancer to mass fish deaths, these pollutantsĀ damageĀ the environment and human health.Ā Ā In thi...
@clarecarlile.bsky.socialThe UAEās ruling royal family banked more than ā¬71 million in EU farming subsidies.
Farms in Romania, Spain and Italy controlled by the Abu Dhabi royals grow crops destined for export to the Gulf.
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@clarecarlile.bsky.socialPlans for intensive livestock farms in the UK could lead to over 35million more š· + š farmed here each year.
Councils are green-lighting these operations despite with patchy or non-existent data.
āļø for @desmog.com @theguardian.com on research by @sustainweb.org
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desmog.comIntensive Livestock Farms Fail to Declare Climate Impacts in āEmissions ScandalāPlans for intensive livestock āmegafarmsā areĀ omitting crucial climateĀ impacts,Ā it can be revealed. Campaigners last yearĀ celebratedĀ a ābeginning of the endā to polluting factory farming, after theĀ la...
@clarecarlile.bsky.socialCalls on top prosecutors to investigate Frans Timmermans were widely covered in July, in escalation of NGO funding debate What wasn't covered: that the group behind them has close ties to the EPP and "coordinated" with a far-right MEP, who denies climate science āļø for @desmog.com
desmog.comRevealed: EPP-Linked Tax Group āCollaboratedā With Far-Right Party on Criminal ComplaintsA taxpayers group with close ties to the European Peopleās Party (EPP) coordinatedĀ withĀ Austriaās far-rightĀ in the latest escalation of theĀ NGO funding debate, DeSmog can reveal. The Taxpayers Associa...
@clarecarlile.bsky.socialš“ 10k water quality tests have been cut by the UK's environmental regulator since May, designed to monitor the impacts of sewage, farm runoff and other pollution on rivers & lakes
āļøwith the brill @ellieodonnell.bsky.social for @desmog.com & @unearthednews.bsky.social
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desmog.comStaff Shortages Have Forced Major Cuts to Environment Agency Water Quality Monitoring, Internal Documents RevealThis investigation was published in partnership with Unearthed and the BBC The Environment Agency (EA) has dropped 10,000 water quality tests from its work to ensure the health of Englandās rivers and...