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  1. Leaving aside the emissions (bad enough), the following bears re-reading

    theguardian.com/business/2026/

    ‘However, EA documents show this new process “periodically paused”, with benzene consequently emitted directly to the air. The documents also show the EA was aware of this problem in 2023, but did not investigate until this year.’

    #Criminalnegligence anyone? Should the EA and Huntsman both be in the dock?

    #Environment #EnvironmentAgency #Negligence #Pollution #Carcinogens #UKPol #Criminality

  2. Big Quarry Literature and Settlers Caught on Screen
    The complex anxiety of quarry noir

    "We dig holes in Australia...It’s what we do. It’s all we’ve ever done, we’re just the world’s quarry, an enormous pit, ever since we struck gold a hundred and fifty years ago." >>
    theconversation.com/friday-ess

    "Dr James Finlay reflects on how Australia’s convict past has been represented on screen, tracing shifts from early cinematic melodrama through to television drama and contemporary film, and considering how these visual narratives continue to shape national memory." >>
    podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/

    James Findlay, Caught on Screen, Australia’s Convict History in Film and Television, 2025 >>
    bloomsbury.com/au/caught-on-sc

    #mining #extractivism #Literature #film #screen #culture #SettlerSociety #convicts #history #Australia #fiction #narratives #QuarryNoir #BigQuarry #books #NationalAnxiety #criminality #FirstNationsPeoples