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Podcast - Power and just transitions: Struggles for a post coal future in an Appalachian Valley - Institute of Development Studies This podcast features a conversation between IDS Fellow Rosie McGee and authors John Gaventa and Gabe Schwartzman about their new book, Power and Just Transitions: Struggles for a Post‑Coal Future in ...

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This episode features a conversation between Rosie McGee and authors @johngav.bsky.social and Gabe Schwartzman about their new book, Power and Just Transitions: Struggles for a Post Coal Future in an Appalachian Valley.

Listen: www.ids.ac.uk/news/podcast...

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Cover of Journal of Appalachian Studies, Volume 31, Number 2, Fall 2025 Silhouette of a tree on a hill in front of a cloudy sky, blue background

Read @johngav.bsky.social (@ids.ac.uk)'s keynote presentation "Rural Appalachia in Global Context: Reimagining a Just and Sustainable Future" from the 2025 @AppalachStudies Conference. Available now in Journal of Appalachian Studies Vol. 31, No. 2. scholarlypublishingcollective.org/uip/jas/arti...

S6 Bonus Episode: Thus Always to Tyrants The Meaning of Green · Episode

@johngav.bsky.social and Gabe Schwartzman discuss their provocative new book about power and a post-coal future in Appalachia on the Meaning of Green podcast
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It is time to centre front-line voices in energy transitions - Institute of Development Studies To avoid this harm, governments and investors must include front-line communities in decision making rather than tokenistic consultation.

As Indigenous and non-Indigenous people storm #COP30 demanding action to protect their forests, and voice in the global proceedings, IDS researchers affirm the need for urgent action and offer lessons for policy makers👇

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The Meaning of Green With host Dr. Vivian Thomson. Listeners are from all 50 US states and 83 countries. Available on the usual podcast platforms.

Thus Always to Tyrants is about coal domination and NGO "green grabbing" in Appalachia. This Meaning of Green episode features @johngav.bsky.social and Gabe Schwartzman on their book, Power and Just Transitions, and Kathy Selvage, a coal miner's daughter and anti-coal activist. meaningofgreen.com

Live from #COP30 Voices from the front lines of energy transitions.

This event brings together voices from marginalised front-line territories on how to construct more just energy futures.

Wed 12 Nov | 10:00 to 11:30 (Brazil) 13:00 to 14:30 (UK).

Book now: https://ids.pulse.ly/z5iw1hdqsl

US added to international watchlist for rapid decline in civic freedoms

Starmer’s cuts are a huge mistake – foreign aid is an investment, not an expense | Halima Begum At the height of the cold war, the west advanced its soft power through aid and development spending. If we cut that now, who will fill the vacuum?, asks Halima Begum of Oxfam

Excellent statement from @halimabegum.bsky.social @oxfamgb.bsky.social

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The turbulence and the toll of the USAID freeze - Institute of Development Studies The stop order on USAID is damaging critical humanitarian and development work around the world, says Peter Taylor, Director at IDS.

"The sudden stop order on #USAID funded activities has had an immediate negative impact on critical humanitarian and development work around the world."

@petertaylor-uk.bsky.social shares analysis of the short-term impacts and longer-term consequences 👇

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Ten reasons not to use AI for development and ten routes to more responsible use - Institute of Development Studies The UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer says we should be mainlining AI directly into every part of government and the economy. The Foreign Secretary says he is planning to bring ‘AI into the heart of our ...

Ten reasons not to use AI for development and ten routes to more responsible use www.ids.ac.uk/opinions/ten...
New blog by @phatcontroller.bsky.social on the harms that #AI can cause.

Hi everyone,
My 2025 New Year’s resolution- stop supporting the @elonmusk X propaganda machine. I have migrated here instead. I look forward to finding past followers and other exiles from twitter land!