Bertie Harrison-Broninski

I worked as a researcher on this book for John Sweeney, investigating new allegations about her & Epstein, and putting together an enormous document tracking her movement day-by-day over decades.

In 2020, I sold a two year investigation into Oxford Professor Andy Orchard to Al Jazeera, which became the first episode of their 'Degrees of Abuse' podcast series. You can listen to this here. I later helped with research for other aspects of the Degrees of Abuse series.

Bertie speaks to fashion journalist and sustainability consultant Lucianne Tonti about her new book Sundressed: Natural Fabrics and the Future of Clothing.
They discuss issues with sustainability indexes and modern fibres created from crude oil and trees, vs the benefits of clothes made from natural materials produced through regenerative agriculture.
Podcast editing by Vasko Kostovski.
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There were years of protest before the government succeeded in draining Whittlesea Mere, in the East of England, to make space for industrial farming. Locals published pamphlets on how parliament was “misinformed” about the ecological value of the peatlands, formed activist groups such as the ‘Fen Tigers’, and rioted at such scale that the army had to be called in to disperse them...

I did all the audio editing on this episode.

“I just want to say one word to you. Just one word. Are you listening?”
A young Dustin Hoffman nods his head with a jerk and an obedient “yes sir”:
“Plastics.
There’s a great future in plastics. Think about it.”
Watching this scene from The Graduate in 2022, this sounds like prophetic career advice. Growth in the production of plastic has consistently outpaced that of any other material since the 1950s. According to science journalist Matt Simon’s recent book A Poison Like No Other: How Micro...

The Antarctic Treaty System (ATS) was signed in 1959, and will not be modified until 2048. Climate diplomacy expert Dhanasree Jayaram tells Bertie about the environmental risks that could threaten Antarctica before then, including illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing, militarisation, bioprospecting, increased tourism, and resource extraction.

Dr. Jayaram is Assistant Professor at the Department of Geopolitics and International Relations, and Co-Coordinator of the Centre for Clima...

Long before Elon Musk's takeover drew accusations of increased disinformation on the platform, there was already a rapid growth of climate scepticism and denial on Twitter, according to research by The IRIS Academic Research Group.

Their analysis studied climate discourse during the annual UN Climate Change Conferences (COPs), and found that criticism of climate action had grown from 1% of influential accounts during COP20 in 2014, to 16% of accounts during COP26.

Bertie spoke to two of the r...

A highlight reel I edited of parliamentary critique of biomass in 2022.

Some of the Lords had stern words for the Minister for Business, Energy and Corporate Responsibility when he announced last week that the government's Biomass Strategy had been delayed until Q2023.

“Drought, food insecurity and flooding are already forcing people to move,” states the voiceover to a cartoon of faceless people pulling suitcases towards coaches. “By 2050 over a billion people could face displacement.”
The animation cuts to a sea of pixelated stars as a message fills the centre of the screen; “This doesn’t have...

Biochar expert Professor Manish Kumar explains the potential benefits of pyrolised plants.
Dr. Manish Kumar is a Principal Scientist at the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research’s Institute of Minerals and Materials Technology in Bhubaneshwar, and an Associate Professor at the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research in New Delhi. Currently researching the soil benefits of potassium-rich biochar produced from banana peduncles, Dr. Kumar has published numerous articles and book ch...

My data journalism from our recent collection

We break down the analysis around carbon dioxide removal in Working Group Three’s 6th Assessment Report.
With that disclaimer out of the way, let’s look at some of the analysis around carbon dioxide removal in Working Group Three’s 6th Assessment Report.
e have reached the stage when reducing emissions and pollutants is not enough to keep global heating to safe levels – we need to actively remove excess greenhouse gases from the atmosphere. All of the ‘illustrative’ pathways featured in the a...