Thomas has filed dispatches from mining towns, river communities, and coastal villages where the damage tends to arrive before the permits do. With a background in environmental law and fifteen years of field reporting, he specializes in tracing the money behind extraction projects — the holding companies, the political donations, the environmental impact reports written by consultants paid by the same firms they are assessing. He has a particular interest in the deals that get signed quietly between election cycles.
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Environmental ExploitationA new UK report warns that global ecosystem destruction, driven by climate change and environmental exploitation, could increase risks of food shortages, migration and economic instability.
Data centres now consume 6% of electricity in both the US and UK, pushing up consumer bills and threatening climate targets — while Seattle weighs a moratorium and over 100 UK facilities turn to gas as grid queues stretch for years.
Environmental NGOs have launched legal action against TotalEnergies, demanding transparency over the sale of its Nigerian oil stake.
