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DeSmog

Clearing the PR Pollution That Clouds Climate Science.

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American PR firm Edelman enabled oil baron Al Jaber’s ascension to lead COP28 Climate Conference

Edelman PR’s manoeuvrings bolstered ADNOC’s Al Jaber to COP28 leadership.

#COP28Leadership
#AlJaberRise
#PRInfluence
#ClimateChangePolitics

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Anti-ULEZ protest group promotes conspiracy theories and climate science denial

Activists rally against ULEZ expansion

#ULEZExpansion
#ClimateActivists
#FacebookProtest

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Climate activist crackdown linked to oil-funded think tank

Oil-funded think tank’s role in shaping climate protest laws.

#OilInfluence
#CorporateInfluence
#TransparencyMatters

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A guide to the anti-net zero forces in Westminster politics

Exposed: Westminster’s hidden anti-net zero forces

#NetZeroWar
#WestminsterPolitics

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Consumer choice center exposes EU lobbying secrets

Consumer Choice Center uncovers secretive EU lobbying practices

#EUlobbying
#TransparencyMatters
#LobbyingExposed
#EUdecisionmaking

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Paper packaging brings deforestation risk, say Indonesian campaigners

Indonesian campaigners reveal the link between paper packaging and deforestation

#PaperPackagingPerils
#SustainablePackaging
#IndonesiaEnvironment

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Pesticide industry ‘helped write’ disinformation playbook used by big oil and big tobacco, report reveals

Monsanto’s role in hiding the link between glyphosate and cancer

#GlyphosateCancer
#PesticideIndustry
#MonsantoCoverUp

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Major Tory donor’s oil and gas firm granted government licences to explore CO2 storage in North Sea

Major Tory donor granted government licenses for CO2 storage in the North Sea

#ToryDonorLicenses
#NorthSeaCCS
#GovernmentLicenses

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Scientists have now linked worsening western wildfires to top polluters

Big oil’s involvement in the worsening western wildfires comes to light.

#Wildfires
#WesternFires

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McDonald’s leads lobbying offensive against laws to reduce packaging waste in Europe

McDonald’s takes the lead in lobbying against packaging waste laws in Europe

#McDonaldsLobby
#PackagingWaste
#CorporateLobbying