Anuradha
@anuradha.bsky.social
Freelance science writer and journalist. I write about climate change and health. Anuradhavaranasi.com
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Europe gets ‘green energy’. These Southern towns get dirty air.
Europe gets ‘green energy’. These Southern towns get dirty air.
In Louisiana and Mississippi, people living near wood-pellet mills say they’re getting sick.
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January 23, 2026 at 11:37 PM
Europe gets ‘green energy’. These Southern towns get dirty air.
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Temperature changes alone cut US incomes by 12%, between 2000-2019, per a new study - on top of disaster and insurance losses.
Call it a stealth heat tax
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Call it a stealth heat tax
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
A Stealth Heat Tax Has Already Cost Americans $1 Trillion
A hotter planet is making life more expensive. There’s the big-ticket stuff, of course, like the property losses and higher insurance premiums that come with supercharged natural disasters. But a deep...
www.bloomberg.com
January 14, 2026 at 1:22 PM
Temperature changes alone cut US incomes by 12%, between 2000-2019, per a new study - on top of disaster and insurance losses.
Call it a stealth heat tax
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
Call it a stealth heat tax
Gift link to my column for @opinion.bloomberg.com
www.bloomberg.com/opinion/arti...
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The total protected area licensed to fossil fuel companies all over the world covers an area bigger than France
And when it comes to production, the UK is the worst of the lot
#FuelingEcocide with EIF and @eicnetwork.bsky.social
And when it comes to production, the UK is the worst of the lot
#FuelingEcocide with EIF and @eicnetwork.bsky.social
UK world’s worst for letting fossil fuel companies drill in nature…
New investigation reveals vast global overlap between drilling permits and cherished sites crucial for nature
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
January 14, 2026 at 9:58 AM
The total protected area licensed to fossil fuel companies all over the world covers an area bigger than France
And when it comes to production, the UK is the worst of the lot
#FuelingEcocide with EIF and @eicnetwork.bsky.social
And when it comes to production, the UK is the worst of the lot
#FuelingEcocide with EIF and @eicnetwork.bsky.social
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Alongside “AI colonialism”, the other big worry with this is that modelling results are never confronted with reality, they exist in some kind of desk-based bubble. All models are wrong, only some are useful. It’s by going out & touching the grass that we can sort the useful from the nonsensical.
#AI is transforming #ecology — but at what cost? A new #Nature piece warns that as models, drones & remote sensing boom, many scientists are spending less time outdoors (“I rarely get outside”). Are we losing essential natural-history insight? 🌿🤖
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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www.nature.com/articles/d41...
January 14, 2026 at 11:17 AM
Alongside “AI colonialism”, the other big worry with this is that modelling results are never confronted with reality, they exist in some kind of desk-based bubble. All models are wrong, only some are useful. It’s by going out & touching the grass that we can sort the useful from the nonsensical.
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NEW: Coal-fired power generation fell in both China and India in 2025, for the first time since 1973. The drop came after record clean energy additions in both countries, and was the first time that clean energy was a major driver of falling coal power use.
January 13, 2026 at 4:56 AM
NEW: Coal-fired power generation fell in both China and India in 2025, for the first time since 1973. The drop came after record clean energy additions in both countries, and was the first time that clean energy was a major driver of falling coal power use.
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It's no coincidence Iran's protests exploded not long after the news that Tehran was out of water, @timkmak.bsky.social notes. Just the latest in what promises to be a future of climate-related disruption
www.counteroffensive.news/p/how-a-drou...
www.counteroffensive.news/p/how-a-drou...
How a drought drives Iran’s protests
Protests sparked by drastic inflation are raging all over Iran. Mehdi has spent years watching Iran’s water shortage drive the country to a tipping point.
www.counteroffensive.news
January 13, 2026 at 8:15 PM
It's no coincidence Iran's protests exploded not long after the news that Tehran was out of water, @timkmak.bsky.social notes. Just the latest in what promises to be a future of climate-related disruption
www.counteroffensive.news/p/how-a-drou...
www.counteroffensive.news/p/how-a-drou...
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If the figures we're getting out of Iran are in the right league, this weekend was, I think, one of the bloodiest state crackdowns of all time. People are talking 12,000-20,000 dead; for comparison Hungary in 1956 was about 2,500, Tiananmen - across country, in multiple cities - probably 1000+
January 13, 2026 at 7:41 PM
If the figures we're getting out of Iran are in the right league, this weekend was, I think, one of the bloodiest state crackdowns of all time. People are talking 12,000-20,000 dead; for comparison Hungary in 1956 was about 2,500, Tiananmen - across country, in multiple cities - probably 1000+
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Interesting to see the Guardian's @dpcarrington.bsky.social weighing in on this. My take, as someone covering microplastics heavily for the past year (and currently sitting at a 200+ person conference with many of the scientists in question):
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘A bombshell’: doubt cast on discovery of microplastics throughout human body
Exclusive: Some scientists say many detections are most likely error, with one high-profile study called a ‘joke’
www.theguardian.com
January 13, 2026 at 8:53 PM
Interesting to see the Guardian's @dpcarrington.bsky.social weighing in on this. My take, as someone covering microplastics heavily for the past year (and currently sitting at a 200+ person conference with many of the scientists in question):
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
Just days into 2026, the killing of 37-year-old Renee Nicole Good by a federal immigration officer in Minneapolis, Minnesota, has sparked protests around the US.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
If you’re planning to protest, here’s how to safeguard your digital security.
How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Here’s how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
www.wired.com
January 8, 2026 at 6:35 PM
We've removed the paywall from this guide so everyone can access it. 👇 Stay safe.
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Indian police raid home of environmental activists over anti-fossil fuel campaign
- Sarat Sampada founders @harjeet11.bsky.social and Jyoti Aswati say allegations are ‘baseless, biased and misleading’
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
- Sarat Sampada founders @harjeet11.bsky.social and Jyoti Aswati say allegations are ‘baseless, biased and misleading’
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
Indian police raid home of environmental activists over anti-fossil fuel campaign
Sarat Sampada founders Harjeet Singh and Jyoti Aswati say allegations are ‘baseless, biased and misleading’
www.theguardian.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:31 AM
Indian police raid home of environmental activists over anti-fossil fuel campaign
- Sarat Sampada founders @harjeet11.bsky.social and Jyoti Aswati say allegations are ‘baseless, biased and misleading’
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
- Sarat Sampada founders @harjeet11.bsky.social and Jyoti Aswati say allegations are ‘baseless, biased and misleading’
#climatecrisis
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
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❄️ "Snow droughts" are increasing in the Himalayas ❄️
Scientists warn that they could have far-reaching impacts on both people & nature
Satellites reveal their frequent occurrence btw 3,000 and 6,000 meters across 11 major river basins in the Hindu Kush Himalayas & a decline in snow cover days:
Scientists warn that they could have far-reaching impacts on both people & nature
Satellites reveal their frequent occurrence btw 3,000 and 6,000 meters across 11 major river basins in the Hindu Kush Himalayas & a decline in snow cover days:
Snow droughts intensify across the Hindu Kush Himalayas
A new study finds the frequent occurrence of snow droughts and their hotspots across 11 major river basins in the Hindu Kush Himalayas.
india.mongabay.com
December 6, 2025 at 1:59 PM
❄️ "Snow droughts" are increasing in the Himalayas ❄️
Scientists warn that they could have far-reaching impacts on both people & nature
Satellites reveal their frequent occurrence btw 3,000 and 6,000 meters across 11 major river basins in the Hindu Kush Himalayas & a decline in snow cover days:
Scientists warn that they could have far-reaching impacts on both people & nature
Satellites reveal their frequent occurrence btw 3,000 and 6,000 meters across 11 major river basins in the Hindu Kush Himalayas & a decline in snow cover days:
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when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
November 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
when someone tells me not to use em dashes because AI uses em dashes
Please don’t feed your dreams into an LLM -
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I offer by donation groups, workshops and consultations to help you learn embodied and relational practices to sit contemplatively and creativelyawith your dream life
www.whatashrinkthinks.com/dream-workshop
Dream Workshop — What A Shrink Thinks
Exploring dreams as a creative, contemplative, and community-building
practice
www.whatashrinkthinks.com
October 28, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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huge: new york’s largest battery project has been canceled.
would’ve stored enough energy to power more than half a million homes.
why’d it die? a protest movement in NYC against battery storage, backed by curtis sliwa & national GOP politicians.
my latest for @heatmap.news #greensky
would’ve stored enough energy to power more than half a million homes.
why’d it die? a protest movement in NYC against battery storage, backed by curtis sliwa & national GOP politicians.
my latest for @heatmap.news #greensky
New York’s Largest Battery Project Has Been Canceled
Fullmark Energy quietly shuttered Swiftsure, a planned 650-megawatt energy storage system on Staten Island.
heatmap.news
October 28, 2025 at 12:58 PM
huge: new york’s largest battery project has been canceled.
would’ve stored enough energy to power more than half a million homes.
why’d it die? a protest movement in NYC against battery storage, backed by curtis sliwa & national GOP politicians.
my latest for @heatmap.news #greensky
would’ve stored enough energy to power more than half a million homes.
why’d it die? a protest movement in NYC against battery storage, backed by curtis sliwa & national GOP politicians.
my latest for @heatmap.news #greensky
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Iceland is becoming no-ice land.
How Icelanders are grieving the loss of 'dead' and melting glaciers
Iceland’s glaciers are disappearing. For locals, it’s a profoundly sad loss.
www.thejournal.ie
October 5, 2025 at 10:33 AM
Iceland is becoming no-ice land.
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Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
October 5, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Six weeks ago, I picked up a year-old tawny owl with a broken leg off the main road near our home and dropped him off at our nearest vet.
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
After a few days, I received one of the most bizarre phone calls I’ve ever had, asking “So when are you coming to pick up your owl?” 🧵
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Meat is a blind spot for people who care about climate. When I used to have dinner with my colleague Wally Broecker, the climate scientist who coined the term “global warming”, he would always order a steak.
The climate movement’s biggest weakness
What the climate movement is getting dead wrong.
www.vox.com
October 4, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Meat is a blind spot for people who care about climate. When I used to have dinner with my colleague Wally Broecker, the climate scientist who coined the term “global warming”, he would always order a steak.
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Two recent headlines. Can you spot why this is scary?
October 2, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Two recent headlines. Can you spot why this is scary?
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Sperm-injecting robots.
The first babies conceived with a sperm-injecting robot have been born
Meet the startups trying to engineer a desktop fertility machine.
www.technologyreview.com
October 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Sperm-injecting robots.
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"Nobody has tried this before, but with climate change, we have crops that, 10 years ago, we wouldn't have thought would be viable. In 10 years time, rice could be a completely perfect crop for us," Nadine says.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
UK's first rice crop ripe for picking after hot summer
Paddy fields are thriving in a quiet part of east England and might help feed us in the future.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 2, 2025 at 4:45 PM
"Nobody has tried this before, but with climate change, we have crops that, 10 years ago, we wouldn't have thought would be viable. In 10 years time, rice could be a completely perfect crop for us," Nadine says.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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I don't have a fight in this. But I do think it's interesting that in this moment where she's being called out for being a billionaire who manipulates fans to overconsume "collectibles" and not speaking out on the fascism or Gaza she made an exclusive album deal with Target
My 15 year old daughter, a Swift fan but not, she insists, a Swiftie, said the new album sounds like it was made to be played in Target while people are shopping.
October 3, 2025 at 5:31 PM
I don't have a fight in this. But I do think it's interesting that in this moment where she's being called out for being a billionaire who manipulates fans to overconsume "collectibles" and not speaking out on the fascism or Gaza she made an exclusive album deal with Target
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NEW INVESTIGATION
California predicts data centers will consume as much power as adding another LA to grid by 2030
A utility anticipates additional emissions equal to 21 gas plants
Some environmentalists see reducing gas power as “a lot less likely” due to AI capitalandmain.com/the-insatiab...
California predicts data centers will consume as much power as adding another LA to grid by 2030
A utility anticipates additional emissions equal to 21 gas plants
Some environmentalists see reducing gas power as “a lot less likely” due to AI capitalandmain.com/the-insatiab...
The Insatiable Energy Demands of Data Centers Could Increase Fossil Fuel Emissions in California
By 2030, the centers could consume the equivalent of adding another city the size of L.A. to the state’s power grid.
capitalandmain.com
October 2, 2025 at 3:25 PM
NEW INVESTIGATION
California predicts data centers will consume as much power as adding another LA to grid by 2030
A utility anticipates additional emissions equal to 21 gas plants
Some environmentalists see reducing gas power as “a lot less likely” due to AI capitalandmain.com/the-insatiab...
California predicts data centers will consume as much power as adding another LA to grid by 2030
A utility anticipates additional emissions equal to 21 gas plants
Some environmentalists see reducing gas power as “a lot less likely” due to AI capitalandmain.com/the-insatiab...
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Fiction writers constructing their characters from bits and pieces of everyone they’ve ever met
October 3, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Fiction writers constructing their characters from bits and pieces of everyone they’ve ever met
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Another real head-exploding moment in this was our conversation around "news influencers" and how *not* media literate Gen Z is in terms of understanding the actual sources of information and how it gets shaped.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vghv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vghv...
Are News Influencers a Climate Problem?
YouTube video by Drilled
www.youtube.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Another real head-exploding moment in this was our conversation around "news influencers" and how *not* media literate Gen Z is in terms of understanding the actual sources of information and how it gets shaped.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vghv...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vghv...