A few months I was asked by the major German magazine, Stern, to investigate the role of the Murdoch press in Australia and its impact on climate change policies. It was a global story with other journalists digging into the same question in the UK and US. This week the four-page feature was published and…
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The human cost of the “green” revolution
My latest investigation in Declassified Australia is about one of Australia’s richest men, Andrew Forrest, and his attempt to develop green hydrogen in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Australian mining billionaire Andrew Forrest wants to make himself a champion of ‘green energy’ by building an US$80 billion mega-dam to develop ‘green’ hydrogen in one of…
Drug prohibition worsening the climate crisis
The connection between the drug war and worsening climate change is rarely discussed. In the new short film by UK NGO, Health Poverty Action, these links are explicitly made. I’m one of the experts interviewed (thanks to my latest book, Pills, Powder and Smoke: Inside the Bloody War on Drugs):
The Project TV interview on The Conspiracy Virus podcast series
My podcast series with journalist Olivia Rosenman, The Conspiracy Virus, has just been released. It tackles Covid-19, vaccines and climate change and the range of conspiracies around them. Tonight I was interviewed on the popular Australian TV program The Project about it: Need a hand debunking some of the biggest conspiracy theories of the year?…
The Conspiracy Virus podcast
Conspiracy theories have existed forever. In the modern age, think of the supposedly fake moon landing or 9/11 being an inside job (hint: it wasn’t). I’ve spent much of this year working with journalist Olivia Rosenman on a podcast series, The Conspiracy Virus, which has just been released by one of Australia’s biggest media outlets,…
Make sure that green energy sources are ethical and sustainable
My story in Foreign Policy co-written with Ketan Joshi: Clean Energy Tech Needs Secure, Moral Supply Chains
US radio Loud and Clear interview on Australian bushfires and the climate crisis
Australia’s bushfires have been devastating over the last months, a crisis hugely worsened by climate change. I was interviewed on US radio program Loud and Clear about the situation: Listen to “Climate in crisis: Australia wildfires rage out of control” on Spreaker.
How Extinction Rebellion gives hope on climate change action
Extinction Rebellion is a grassroots movement demanding radical (and necessary) action on climate change. The group, with activists around the world, is strongly challenging the political inertia around climate change and pushing back against individuals or companies (hello security firm, Pinkertons) aiming to make $ from the crisis (aka disaster capitalists). I was interviewed about…
Interview on US radio station Loud and Clear on climate change
I was interviewed late last week by the US radio program, Loud and Clear, from Washington DC: In today’s episode of Loud & Clear, Brian Becker and John Kiriakou are joined by Fred Magdoff, professor emeritus of plant and soil science at the University of Vermont, and Antony Loewenstein, an independent journalist and author of…