In Ep 4, my fav quote is from @kassiastclair "History is littered with examples of inventions that seemed like they solved problems". Petrochemical dyes meant no need to drive molluscs to near extinction, but damaged the environment in new ways.

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Can learning about the extinctions of the past help us predict the future? I spoke to three scientists about the intersection of ecology and palaeontology. 🦕.

What I like about 'The Anthropocene' discussion is it gives us a chance to talk about all the ways humans impact the earth besides just the climate. We spoke to two scientists for this ep on geological epochs, events & The Anthropocene going forward.

Had meant to also tag you @TetZoo -- I'm guessing you have thoughts 🙂.

What's your favourite story of saving a species from extinction, and why is it your favourite?. #Ecology @NatureDanimal @JMcKillop14 @sejaques.

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RT @phoeb0: Ten ways the climate crisis and nature loss are linked. My latest piece in our nature moment -

RT @DrSimEvans: Colonial rule nearly doubles the UK’s responsibility for climate change. Emissions under British rule in 46 former colonies….

Back at COP26 we followed a Palestinian negotiator throughout the climate negotiation process. The podcast shows the power dynamics, strategies and emotional tolls involved with making climate deals every year at the COPs @waresgemma @J_E_Marley.

And when it comes to the environment, numbers and how we talk about them really do matter.

But between where we are and where we need to be there are a lot of different actors with a lot of different opinions of how to get there, or even what that end state should look like. Someone trying to end the climate crisis doesn’t exempt them from a fact check.

And this is what I’d like to drive home to any new climate journalist. All journalism holds power to account. Environment journalism is one of the interesting beats where we all know what is bad and what needs to change. .

XR estimates its membership at 250K globally. Hallam has 25K Twitter followers, the ability to ask for donations to support activist work, and appears for interviews on the BBC and international outlets.

Which leads into holding power to account. Sometimes it takes time to explain how those who aren’t politicians/billionaires/CEOs have power. However, Hallam’s case isn’t so subtle. He lists himself as an influential person in his Twitter bio.

I can only find live/live-to-tape/written transcript interviews of Hallam since XR started. I can’t find articles where he did an interview with a print journalist who then pulled select quotes to run in a longer story. If these exist, please share - I would like to read them.

The format of the interview is also notable. Some interviewees say they like live radio because they can’t be edited. At their best, edited/narrative audio and edited print pieces take out fallacies and provide context. It’s very hard to fact-check scientific claims live on air.

Hallam said the 1 billion figure came from "a peer-reviewed paper". This puts too much faith in the peer-review process and over-simplifies the criteria for determining if something is well-studied & whether it represents a consensus in its field, a fringe view, a lone view, etc.

Why did a musicologist decide to research this question? How did he decide on methodology? How/why did this specific paper make it to Roger Hallam? Did he read it and understand the methodology before quoting it on national radio? What's his process if he doesn't understand?.

Science journalism isn’t just focused around numbers (although Lynas’ quoted blog post is great at getting into some numbers). A lot is asking questions about the human aspects of the science process. Some questions on this paper:.

Both are true: The climate is in crisis & the science behind this number is shaky. XR co-founder Roger Hallam opened his BBC interview with questionable figures. Let's talk about science journalism, holding power to account, & how to cover the environment in a time of crisis🧵.