Fossil-Fuel Interests Try to Weaken Global Plastics Treaty
CLIMATEWIRE | An international effort to rein in plastic pollution is running into resistance from China, Saudi Arabia and other nations that see a future in plastics amid declining demand for oil, gas and coal.
Anti-Klima-Lobby foss. Energie Kunststoffe Uno‘Murderers’ and ‘criminals’: Meteorologists face unprecedented harassment from conspiracy theorists
These are just a handful of the threats and abuse sent to meteorologists at AEMET, Spain’s national weather agency, in recent months. They come via social media, its website, letters phone calls – even in the form of graffiti sprayed across one of its buildings.
KlimaleugnungMeet the Money Behind The Climate Denial Movement
The overwhelming majority of climate scientists, international governmental bodies, relevant research institutes and scientific societies are in unison in saying that climate change is real, that it's a problem, and that we should probably do something about it now, not later.
Klimaleugnung USA«Wir tun was!»: Kleines Greenwashing-ABC am Beispiel Shell
Was tun, wenn man sein Geld mit Umweltverschmutzung verdient, aber dringend ein grünes Image braucht? Man legt Klimaziele fest und kommuniziert diese möglichst breit und oft. Wie grün sie tatsächlich sind, tritt dabei in den Hintergrund. Ein Beispiel für diese Art Klimakommunikation ist Shell.
Big Oil & Gas GreenwashingClimate crisis deniers target scientists for vicious abuse on Musk’s Twitter
Some of the UK’s top scientists are struggling to deal with what they describe as a huge rise in abuse from climate crisis deniers on Twitter since the social media platform was taken over by Elon Musk last year.
Klimaleugnung Social MediaMontana’s New Anti-Climate Law May Be the Most Aggressive in the Nation
Montana Republican lawmakers have passed legislation that bars state agencies from considering climate change when permitting large projects that require environmental reviews, including coal mines and power plants. Gov.
Anti-Klima-Lobby USAThe Rise of the ‘Climate Friendly’ Cow
In early March, global food giant Tyson unveiled a new beef product line at the 2023 annual industry meat conference. Named “BrazenTM Beef”, it was the first ever product of its kind to receive the “Climate-Friendly” stamp from the US Department of Agriculture.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Greenwashing Viehhaltung & FleischBig Oil's favorite way to lie: paltering
Earlier this week, I sent you a newsletter co-written with Amy Westervelt, an investigative journalist who makes a very badass true-crime climate podcast called Drilled. I briefly mentioned that Drilled has a new season, but I didn’t tell you what the season was about.
Klimaleugnung* IPCC AR6 SYR * How Meat and Fossil Fuel Producers Watered Down the Latest IPCC Report
Earlier this week, the IPCC released their latest report. According to the intergovernmental body, it represents the current scientific evidence on climate change—everything from its causes to the best opportunities for mitigation and adaptation.
Big Oil & Gas IPCC Viehhaltung & Fleisch Anti-Klima-Lobby* IPCC AR6 SYR * Corporate Interests ‘Watered Down’ the Latest IPCC Climate Report, Investigations Find
Fierce negotiations between countries working to protect their financial and political interests ultimately “watered down” a landmark climate report released last week by the United Nations’ Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, according to a series of recent reports and investigations.
Anti-Klima-Lobby IPCCFakten, Fakten, Fakten: Acht Stellen im Netz, die Nachrichten checken und Desinformation kontern
Das Überprüfen von Informationen gehört zum grundlegenden Handwerk im Journalismus. Jede gute Redaktion tut es. Meist merkt das Publikum nichts davon, weil es so selbstverständlich zum Recherchieren dazugehört, dass es in den fertigen Artikeln oder Beiträgen gar nicht extra erwähnt wird.
KlimaleugnungExxon’s Climate Opponents Were Infiltrated by Massive Hacking-for-Hire Operation
In the midst of perpetrating what federal prosecutors say was a massive corporate hacking campaign, Israeli private detective Aviram Azari in 2017 received welcome news. Copyright ©2023 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
Big Oil & Gas KlimaleugnungRevealed: How Shell cashed in on dubious carbon offsets from Chinese rice paddies
Shell is a partner in a series of contested rice farming offsetting projects in China that could generate millions of worthless carbon credits, Climate Home News has found. The initiatives are meant to slash methane emissions by changing irrigation methods in rice paddies.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Big Oil & GasZum Erscheinen des IPCC-Synthese-Reports: Unsere Faktenchecks zum Klima jetzt umfassend aktualisiert
Rund acht Jahre wurde daran gearbeitet, viele tausend Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler aus aller Welt waren beteiligt, nun ist sozusagen der Schlussstein gesetzt: Mit der Vorlage des Synthese-Reports zu seinem Sechsten Sachstandsbericht hat das Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC
KlimaleugnungGas industry lobbying hard against EU boiler phaseout, leaked emails suggest
Europe’s gas industry has embarked on an intensive lobbying operation to try to hinder the phaseout of gas boilers under forthcoming changes to EU legislation, leaked emails suggest.
Big Oil & Gas EU & EU Mitgl. foss. EnergieHow Environmentally Conscious Investing Became a Target of Conservatives
It’s been a widely accepted trend in financial circles for nearly two decades. But suddenly, Republicans have launched an assault on a philosophy that says that companies should be concerned with not just profits but also how their businesses affect the environment and society.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Finanzmarkt USALobbyismus in der Fossilindustrie: Wie eine Handvoll Männer den Diskurs über russisches Gas bestimmte
Vor einem Jahr erschien fossile Energie aus Russland für Deutschland alternativlos zu sein – das belegten auch ökonomische Studien. Doch wer hat diese eigentlich bezahlt? Am 24.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Energiewende Deutschland ErneuerbareKlimabericht-Podcast Die schmutzigen Klimalügen der Ölindustrie
Große Konzerne wie Exxon ließen früh den Klimawandel erforschen. Schon in den Siebzigerjahren wussten sie, was ihre fossilen Brennstoffe bewirken. Doch statt Aufklärung folgten Kampagnen, um ihre Profite zu schützen.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Big Oil & Gas Klimaleugnung„Rechtsextreme und Rassisten wehren sich gegen Klimaschutz, weil er ihre Privilegien in Frage stellt"
Matthias Quent ist Soziologe, Gründungsdirektor des Instituts für Demokratie und Zivilgesellschaft in Jena und seit Mai 2021 Professor für Soziologie an der Hochschule Magdeburg-Stendal.
KlimaleugnungUtilities are lobbying against the public interest. Here's how to stop it.
There are many features of US public life that I believe, perhaps naively, would be the subject of a great deal more anger were they better understood. One of those is the role utilities play in climate policy.
Anti-Klima-LobbyUAE oil company employees given roles in office hosting Cop28
At least a dozen employees from the United Arab Emirate’s state-owned oil company have apparently taken up roles with the office of the UAE’s climate change special envoy, who will host this year’s Cop28 UN climate summit.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Big Oil & Gas COP28 Uno** EMPFOHLENER PODCAST ** Feinde der Wissenschaft in der Politik
Fake-News und falsche Zahlen: Claudia Kemfert erklärt, mit welchen Methoden Politiker die Wissenschaft in der Klimafrage angreifen und warum. Und: Droht ein Handelskrieg zwischen USA und EU bei den erneuerbaren Energien?
Anti-Klima-LobbyBullshit III: Sonnenenergie soll die Welt retten, doch sie verursacht gigantische neue Probleme
Die NZZ lässt einen Gastkommentator das Narrativ verbreiten, dass die Energiewende nur mit Atomkraft möglich sei – oder andere gigantische Umweltprobleme mit sich bringe.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Atomenergie ErneuerbareDie Autoindustrie und ihre Macht
Die FDP möchte, dass der Ausbau von Autobahnen erhöhte Priorität erhält, die Grünen lehnen das ab. Welche Auswirkungen hätten neue Fernstraßen auf das Erreichen der Klimaziele und warum hat die Autoindustrie einen so großen Einfluss auf die Politik?
Anti-Klima-Lobby Deutschland VerkehrClean energy is taking over the Texas grid. State officials are trying to stop it.
Wind and solar are rapidly growing, but Texas Republicans want to throw a lifeline to natural gas. Clean energy is rapidly rising on the Texas power grid, but regulators in the Lone Star State are now considering a plan that could give fossil fuels a boost.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Big Oil & Gas Energiewende USAAirlines plot fight-back against France’s short-haul flights ban
The airline industry plans to invoke European Union (EU) rights to freedom of movement to push back against environmental restrictions on short-haul flights, officials in the sector said, following a partial ban in France approved by Brussels in December.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Luftfahrt Frankreich** RECOMMENDED READING ** | * EXXON KNEW * Exxon made ‘breathtakingly’ accurate climate predictions in 1970s and 80s
The oil giant Exxon privately “predicted global warming correctly and skilfully” only to then spend decades publicly rubbishing such science in order to protect its core business, new research has found.
Big Oil & Gas KlimaleugnungThe New Soldiers in Propane’s Fight Against Climate Action: Television Stars
For D.I.Y. enthusiasts, Matt Blashaw is a familiar face, judging bathroom remodels or planning surprise home makeovers on popular cable television shows. Mr. Blashaw also has an unusually strong opinion about how Americans should heat their homes: by burning propane, or liquid petroleum gas.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Social Media USAEskom poisoning raises fears for South Africa’s energy transition
Nobody said overhauling South Africa’s state-owned utility would be easy. But the revelation that Eskom’s chief executive survived an attempt on his life has laid bare just how high the stakes are.
Afrika Anti-Klima-Lobby Kohle Energiewende* EXXON KNEW * Exxon wusste alles
"Alle diese Beweise zusammen belegen in meinen Augen sehr deutlich, dass der (anthropogene) Treibhauseffekt existiert und unser Klima verändert". Mit diesen Worten schloss James Hansen, Klimaforscher der Nasa, am 23. Juni 1988 seinen Vortrag vor dem US-amerikanischen Senat.
Big Oil & Gas Klimaleugnung* EXXON KNEW * Les projections d'ExxonMobil qui prédisaient la crise climatique dès 1980
Les trajectoires climatiques modélisées par les scientifiques d’ExxonMobil sont devenues de plus en plus précises avec le temps, ce que montrent les trois graphes ci-dessus. Publiquement, le pétrolier américain ExxonMobil a longtemps nié la réalité du changement climatique.
Big Oil & Gas KlimaleugnungBP criticised over plan to spend billions more on fossil fuels than green energy
BP has been accused of prioritising fossil fuels over green energy as it plans to spend as much as double the amount on oil and gas projects than on renewable investments next year. The FTSE 100 company has earmarked up to $7.5bn (£6.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Big Oil & Gas foss. EnergieBig oil is behind conspiracy to deceive public, first climate racketeering lawsuit says
The same racketeering legislation used to bring down mob bosses, motorcycle gangs, football executives and international fraudsters is to be tested against oil and coal companies who are accused of conspiring to deceive the public over the climate crisis.
Amerikas Anti-Klima-Lobby Big Oil & Gas Klima-HaftungThe Scorched-Earth Legal Strategy Corporations Are Using to Silence Their Critics
Weeks before he was murdered, Victor Hugo Orcasita presented his wife with a letter describing his last wishes. Orcasita, a union leader, had been pushing for better conditions at his workplace, a mine in northern Colombia owned by a subsidiary of the Alabama-based coal company Drummond.
Anti-Klima-Lobby* COP27 – FOSSIL FUEL LOBBYING * Die 636 Lobbyisten der Fossilindustrie wurden unterschätzt
Die neueste Klimakonferenz in Ägypten ging ohne Fortschritte für den Klimaschutz zu Ende. In seiner Spiegel-Kolumne «Im Hintergrund agieren die Saboteure» spürt Kolumnist Christian Stöcker die Verantwortlichen auf.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Big Oil & Gas COP27 Uno* COP27 – FOSSIL FUEL LOBBYING * ‘False solutions’: scepticism over Saudi carbon capture plan
Saudi Arabia is bolstering years of negotiation tactics designed to stymie vital climate negotiations with a focus on carbon capture technologies that experts say risk delaying a meaningful transition from fossil fuels.
Anti-Klima-Lobby COP27 Negativemissionen UnoThe fossil fuel industry’s deceptive campaign to kill offshore wind
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Anti-Klima-Lobby Big Oil & Gas Energiepolitik USA Windenergie* COP27 – ANTI CLIM. LOBBYING * Ernüchternde Klimakonferenz COP27 Im Hintergrund agieren die Saboteure
Die Klimakonferenz von Scharm al-Scheich endet mit einer Enttäuschung – und das hat seine Gründe. Es wird Zeit, die Saboteure klar zu benennen. Zumal nachweisbar ist, wie sie agieren. Die Klimakonferenz in Ägypten ist zu Ende, und das Ergebnis ist durchwachsen.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Big Oil & Gas COP27 Uno* COP27 – ANTI-CLIM. LOBBY * Climate Disinformation Campaigns Threaten COP27 Progress, a New Report Concludes
SHARM EL-SHEIKH, Egypt—The slow pace of global climate talks is once again on display at COP27 this week and can be partially explained by a renewed blitz of climate disinformation, according to watchdog groups that analyze media ecosystems.
COP27 Klimaleugnung Uno* COP27 – LOBBYING * ‘Explosion’ in number of fossil fuel lobbyists at Cop27 climate summit
There are more than 600 fossil fuel lobbyists at the Cop27 climate conference, a rise of more than 25% from last year and outnumbering any one frontline community affected by the climate crisis.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Big Oil & Gas COP27 Uno* COP27 – LOBBYING * Russian oligarchs and companies under sanctions are among lobbyists at Cop27
Russian oligarchs and executives from multiple companies under international sanctions are among the lobbyists currently attending Cop27 in Sharm el-Sheikh. Attenders at the pivotal climate talks include billionaire and former aluminium magnate Oleg Deripaska, who is currently under UK sanctions.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Konflikte COP27 Russland Uno Ukrainekrieg* COP27 – ANTI CLIM. LOBBY * How Putin and Friends Stalled Climate Progress
Vladimir V. Putin has long used Russia’s oil and gas as instruments of power at home and abroad. With the invasion of Ukraine in February, he has made them a weapon of war. But he has not acted alone.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Brasilien China COP27 Indien Russland Uno USAGastbeitrag von Marco Chiesa – Die Klimajugend und die Steinzeit-Grünen
Der SVP-Präsident schreibt mit viel Polemik und wenig Sachkenntnis über das neue Klimaschutzgesetz, gegen das seine Partei das Referendum ergriffen hat.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Energiepolitik Gletscher-Ini. & Gegenvorschl. Schweiz (Bund)** EMPFOHLEN ** Die Story im Ersten: Kampf ums Klima
Rekordhitze, Waldbrände und Überschwemmungen – die Folgen des Klimawandels sind längst spürbar. Doch während Wissenschaftler:innen immer lauter Alarm schlagen, kommt die Energiewende in Deutschland praktisch nicht voran.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Klimaleugnung DeutschlandFear of farmer protests hampers methane-cutting ambition
Around the world, the fear of farmers’ protests is deterring governments from reducing methane emissions from cows and sheep. At Cop26 last year, over 100 governments said they would collectively reduce emissions of methane, a particularly damaging greenhouse gas, by 30% between 2020 and 2030.
Landw. & Ernährung Anti-Klima-Lobby MethanAhead of the Midterms, Energy Lobbyists Plan for a Republican House
The oil and gas industry is already setting priorities for at least partial G.O.P. control in Congress, with a particular focus on undercutting a Biden administration program to shift away from gas for home heating.
Anti-Klima-Lobby USAClimate activists want Biden to fire the head of the World Bank. Here's why
Climate activists are calling on President Biden to take steps to fire David Malpass, the head of the World Bank, after he publicly waffled on whether he believes that greenhouse gas emissions from human activity are causing climate change, saying "I'm not a scientist.
Klimaleugnung WeltbankWorld Bank ‘has given nearly $15bn to fossil fuel projects since Paris deal’
The World Bank has provided nearly $15bn of finance directly to fossil fuel projects since the Paris agreement was signed in 2015, and is likely to have spurred far greater investment indirectly, new research has found.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Finanzmarkt Weltbank* GLETSCHER-INITIATIVE * Links-grüne Umerziehungskeule
Die Weltwoche-Klimaignoranten finden: Der indirekte Gegenvorschlag zur Gletscher-Initiative will mehr Elektrizität für E-Autos, während wir auf Atom-Strom verzichten. Wie soll das aufgehen?
Anti-Klima-Lobby Gletscher-Ini. & Gegenvorschl. Schweiz (Bund)Climat, les gros mensonges des géants du pétrole
Ils savaient, mais ils ont nié et dissimulé la vérité sur le réchauffement climatique : les géants du pétrole, comme ExxonMobil ou Shell, étaient au courant bien avant nous de l'impact de leurs produits, grâce à leurs propres recherches menées il y a plus de 40 ans.
Big Oil & Gas KlimaleugnungWeltbankpräsident wegen Klima-Äusserungen unter Druck
Weltbankpräsident David Malpass steht wegen Äusserungen zur Klimapolitik unter Druck. «Wir sind mit den Äusserungen von Präsident Malpass nicht einverstanden», sagte die Sprecherin des Weissen Hauses, Karine Jean-Pierre, am Freitag in Washington.
Klimaleugnung WeltbankFossil Fuel Industry Seeks to Expand Free Speech for Corporations and Limit It for Citizens
Reps. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., and Katie Porter, D-Calif., probably didn’t plan for their committee hearings to run at the exact same time this week, but the hearings sure were talking to each other.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Big Oil & Gas foss. Energie USAKlimadebatten im Parlament – SVP beklagte «Klima-Alarmismus» – dabei waren Prognosen jahrelang zu vorsichtig
Der Klimawandel? «Das macht mir keine Sorgen», erklärte Hans-Rudolf Merz 2003, kurz bevor er Bundesrat wurde. «Wenn es aber mal einen heissen, trockenen Sommer gibt, so geniesse ich das.»
Schweiz* GLETSCHER-INITIATIVE * Das Märchen von netto null
Kolumne von Markus Somm Das Märchen von netto null Der Ständerat hat diese Woche einen indirekten Gegenvorschlag zur Gletscherinitiative gutgeheissen, was zwei Dinge bedeutet – und beide sind Unsinn: Erstens werden 3,2 Milliarden Franken bereitgestellt für Menschen, die sonst ihre Öl- oder
Energiepolitik Schweiz Anti-Klima-LobbyKlimarassismus
Weltweit blockieren rechte Parteien und Netzwerke effektiven Klimaschutz. Das ist kein Zufall: Denn die Hauptverantwortung für den Klimawandel trägt der reiche globale Norden, aber seine Opfer sind vor allem ohnehin benachteiligte Menschen – hierzulande und im Süden.
globale GerechtigkeitBig Agriculture and the Farm Bureau Help Lead a Charge Against SEC Rules Aimed at Corporate Climate Transparency
As drought continued to grip huge stretches of American farmland last week, decimating some crops and forcing farmers to plow under others or sell off livestock, a small, but critically related bureaucratic step advanced in Washington.
Landw. & Ernährung Anti-Klima-Lobby USABritish company forces Italy to pay €190m for offshore oil ban
After tens of thousands of Italians protested against the Ombrina Mare oil drilling project in 2015, the Italian government banned oil drilling within 12 miles of Italy’s shoreline. This prevented the project going ahead.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Big Oil & Gas Energiecharta-Vertrag foss. Energie ItalienStrategien gegen digitale Desinformation und Hassrede: Bund fördert zahlreiche Forschungsprojekte
Das Bundesforschungsministerium (BMBF) hat noch unter der Großen Koalition neun Projekte zur Erforschung von Desinformation aufgesetzt. Sie gingen im Februar 2022 unter der neuen Ampelkoalition an den Start und sollen drei Jahre laufen.
KlimaleugnungIn the Amazon, a U.N. Agency Has a Green Mission, but Dirty Partners
RESGUARDO BUENAVISTA, Colombia — At the edge of the Colombian Amazon, in an Indigenous village surrounded by oil rigs, the Siona people faced a dilemma. The United Nations Development Program, or U.N.D.P., had just announced a $1.9 million regional aid package.
Uno Anti-Klima-LobbyKommentar zur Energiekrise: Von Gasknappheit zu Panikmache Rechtsaußen
Aktuell machen sich viele Sorgen um die drohende Gasknappheit und die damit einhergehenden Kosten – zu Recht. Viele Menschen wissen nicht, wie sie kommende Gasrechnungen bezahlen sollen, die Angst vor einem Gasmangel bestimmt Talkshows und Titelseiten von Zeitungen.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Konflikte Energiepolitik Deutschland UkrainekriegHow One Senator Doomed the Democrats’ Climate Plan
Senator Joe Manchin III of West Virginia led his party and his president through months of tortured talks, with nothing to show for it as the planet dangerously heats up. WASHINGTON — First, he killed a plan that would have forced power plants to clean up their climate-warming pollution.
Anti-Klima-Lobby USAManchin called out by climate change’s powerful voice: ‘A modern-day villain who drives a Maserati and lives on a yacht courtesy of the coal industry’
Oft-quoted Penn State scientist and author Michael Mann says the conservative Senate Democrat is sinking global climate action by shrinking U.S. role That’s a swing from oft-quoted Pennsylvania State University scientist and published author Michael Mann, responding Friday to reports that Sen.
USANorth Carolina Looks to Remove Public EV Chargers, Probably to the Trash
Politicians have to run on some kind of platform, and Ben Moss—my incoming state House representative here in North Carolina's District 52—decided that his animating principle is Being Mad at Electricity.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Verkehr USASubverting Climate Science in the Classroom
In a drab hearing room in Austin, Tex., members of the State Board of Education, seated at small desks arranged in a broad, socially distanced circle, debated whether eighth grade science students should be required to “describe efforts to mitigate climate change.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Big Oil & Gas Klimaleugnung Bildung USA** RECOMMENDED READING ** Fossil fuel firms ‘have humanity by the throat’, says UN head in blistering attack
Fossil fuel companies and the banks that finance them “have humanity by the throat”, the UN secretary general has said, in a “blistering” attack on the industry and its backers, who are pulling in record profits amid energy prices sent soaring by the Ukraine war.
Big Oil & Gas Klimaleugnung UnoThere is a war on nature. Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira died trying to defend it
Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira have been killed in an undeclared global war against nature and the people who defend it. Their work mattered because our planet, the threats to it and the activities of those who threaten it matter. That work must be continued.
JournalismusWhy activists fear little-known treaty could slow fossil fuel phase-out
The energy charter treaty (ECT) was signed in 1994 to protect the interests of western investors pouring money into the oil- and gas-rich nations of the former Soviet Union. Entering into force in 1998, the treaty generated few cases and even less attention.
Anti-Klima-LobbyWas a British Journalist the Latest Victim of Bolsonaro’s War on the Amazon?
Ms. Brum is a journalist and a documentary filmmaker who covers environmental issues and lives in the Amazon rainforest. Monday began, for me, with a call that became a horror story.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Brasilien Konflikte Abholzung JournalismusDeny, Deceive, Delay: Documenting and Responding to Climate Disinformation at COP26 and Beyond
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Anti-Klima-Lobby UnoClimate policy dragged into culture wars as a ‘delay’ tactic, finds study
Climate policy is being dragged into the culture wars with misinformation and junk science being spread across the internet by a relatively small group of individuals and groups, according to a new study.
Anti-Klima-Lobby KlimaleugnungSouthern Company Knew
How a “clean coal” utility was warned about climate change risks years before it funded climate disinformation, 1964-2022 Download the full report as a PDF (Click here) TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY PART 1: EARLY WARNINGS PART 2: DECADES OF DISINFORMATION REFERENCES EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In it
Anti-Klima-Lobby KohleAn oil industry consultant explains why she’s had enough
She says Shell “blatantly doesn’t care” about climate change. Caroline Dennett was in her 11th year as an operational safety consultant working with the oil giant Shell when she saw a news clip of a climate protest outside of its UK headquarters.
Big Oil & GasDo not work for ‘climate wreckers’, UN head tells graduates
The UN secretary general has told new university graduates not to take up careers with the “climate wreckers” – companies that drive the extraction of fossil fuels. António Guterres addressed thousands of graduates at Seton Hall University in New York state on Tuesday.
UnoHow a tech billionaire is forcing Australia’s coal die-hards to face the future
Australian software billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes made a dramatic $660 million market raid on Australia’s biggest coal generator and polluter AGL this week, vowing to oppose its proposed demerger and fasttrack its exit from coal.
Australien & Ozeanien Kohle‘What we now know … they lied’: how big oil companies betrayed us all
There is a moment in the revelatory new PBS Frontline docuseries, The Power of Big Oil, about the industry’s long campaign to stall action on the climate crisis in which the former Republican senator Chuck Hagel reflects on his part in killing US ratification of the Kyoto climate treaty.
Big Oil & Gas KlimaleugnungClimate sceptic thinktank received funding from fossil fuel interests
An influential thinktank that has led the backlash against the government’s net zero policy has received funding from groups with oil and gas interests, according to tax documents seen by the Guardian and OpenDemocracy.
Big Oil & GasRabatt-Aktion für fossile Heizsysteme – «Der Countdown läuft»: Grossfirma ködert Hausbesitzer mit günstigen Ölheizungen
Kurz bevor klimaschädliche Heizungen im Kanton Zürich verboten werden, wirbt die Firma Hoval mit einem Sonderangebot. Der WWF bezeichnet die Aktion als haarsträubend. Mehrere Zehntausend Hausbesitzerinnen und -besitzer im Kanton Zürich haben Anfang Jahr Post der Firma Hoval bekommen.
foss. Energie SchweizState accuses Exxon Mobil of deceiving public, perpetuating ‘myth’ of plastics recycling
California’s attorney general has announced a first-of-its kind investigation into the fossil fuel and petrochemical industries for their alleged role in causing and exacerbating a global crisis in plastic waste pollution. Atty. Gen.
Kunststoffe USA* IPCC REPORT * Scientists say IPCC climate report holds back against fossil-fuel interests
The fossil fuel industry and its influence over policy was the major elephant in the room looming over the release of the third and final report, out this week, from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the world’s leading climate authority.
Big Oil & Gas IPCC* IPCC REPORT * Saudi Arabia dilutes fossil fuel phase out language with techno fixes in IPCC report
Saudi Arabia watered down a major UN climate science report by pushing for the use of unproven technologies that would allow the continued extraction of oil and gas, sources close to the negotiations have told Climate Home News.
IPCCA cut and paste attack on electric vehicle batteries and renewables is spanning the globe. But is it right?
Across social media, internet forums and some climate science denier blogs, there has been furious cutting-and-pasting of chunks of common text attacking the environmental credentials of electric vehicles, solar panels and wind turbines.
Energiespeicherung Erneuerbare VerkehrImpfen mit dem Smartphone: Das "Cranky Uncle"-Spiel klärt über Desinformation auf – jetzt auch auf Deutsch
Gut zwei Jahre ist es her, dass unsere Partnerwebsite SkepticalScience.com eine Crowdfunding-Kampagne startete (und wir sie dabei unterstützten): Die Comicfigur "Cranky Uncle" sollte zum Leben erweckt werden. Also zumindest auf dem Smartphone.
Klimakommunikation SpielAt Global Energy Conference, Oil and Gas Industry Leaders Argue For Fossil Fuels’ Future in the Energy Transition
Participants attend the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston, Texas on March 7, 2022. CERAWeek is one of the largest and most influential global energy forums. Credit: Photo by Yi-Chin Lee/Xinhua via Getty Images
Big Oil & Gas Energiepolitik Energiewende foss. Energie Anti-Klima-LobbyYamal LNG : comment les intérêts de l’industrie pétrolière continuent à primer sur la sauvegarde du climat... et même sur les sanctions commerciales
Le complexe Yamal LNG, dédié à l’exploitation des vastes gisements de gaz du grand nord russe, a réussi à voir le jour malgré les difficultés techniques et surtout malgré les sanctions commerciales imposées suite à la crise ukrainienne.
Anti-Klima-Lobby Big Oil & GasHere’s how to demolish the most common excuses for climate crisis apathy
Climate change is terrifying, so why don’t we do more to stop it? Read any headline on the climate crisis, and it seems unbelievable that we’re not all chaining ourselves to the headquarters of oil and gas companies, or at least hammering on MPs’ office doors. But we’re not.
HoffnungIst der «Klimatismus» eine neue Religion? Die strukturellen Ähnlichkeiten sind verblüffend, trotz dem Ruf nach Wissenschaftlichkeit
Naturschutz ist nicht neu. Schon im 13. Jahrhundert wurde der Kahlschlag im Gasteiner Tal verboten, später der Vogelfang in Zürich. Fridays for Future ist auch nicht ganz taufrisch.
KlimaleugnungWhy Shell is becoming a softer target for climate campaigners
For the Amadiba community on South Africa’s “wild coast”, the Indian Ocean isn’t just an economic resource which provides fishers with livelihoods. It’s also spiritual. “The oceans are sacred to us,” said Sinegugu Zukulu, an Amadiba environmental activist.
Big Oil & Gas foss. EnergieHow Exxon is leveraging Texas courts to silence its climate critics
ExxonMobil is attempting to use an unusual Texas law to target and intimidate its critics, claiming that lawsuits against the company over its long history of downplaying and denying the climate crisis violate the US constitution’s guarantees of free speech.
Big Oil & Gas USAComment les grands groupes pétroliers manipulent le système pour continuer à gagner
Malgré d’innombrables enquêtes, poursuites judiciaires, humiliations sociales et réglementations datant de plusieurs décennies, l’industrie pétrolière et gazière reste redoutable. Après tout, elle a réussi à faire passer la consommation de ses produits pour une nécessité humaine.
Big Oil & GasAusmaß der Erderhitzung Wie Öl- und Gasfirmen die Öffentlichkeit beim Klimawandel getäuscht haben
Exxon, Chevron, Shell – die weltgrößten Öl- und Gaskonzerne haben den Klimawandel über Jahrzehnte verharmlost und die Wissenschaft unterwandert. Hier spricht Harvard-Professorin Naomi Oreskes über die Tricks der Unternehmen. Jetzt weiterlesen. Mit dem passenden SPIEGEL-Abo.
Big Oil & Gas‘Subversion and treason’: Australian minister attacks independent climate body
Australia’s assistant minister for energy and emissions reduction, Tim Wilson, has labelled a proposed independent expert body on climate change “subversion and treason” – in an extraordinary attack ahead of the final parliamentary sitting for the year.
Australien & OzeanienOil and gas avoided censure in Glasgow for the 26th time. Let’s not make it 27
The Glasgow Climate Pact struck on Saturday named and shamed coal, in a symbolic first for the UN climate talks. Big coal producers such as India and China resisted but they couldn’t escape the pressure inside (and outside, especially from youth climate strikers).
COP26 COP27Climate denial is waning on the right. What’s replacing it might be just as scary
Standing in front of the partial ruins of Rome’s Colosseum, Boris Johnson explained that a motive to tackle the climate crisis could be found in the fall of the Roman empire. Then, as now, he argued, the collapse of civilization hinged on the weakness of its borders.
Öko-FaschismusGrün, Greenwashing, Glasgow
Der Klimagipfel hat Glasgow okkupiert. Überall in der schottischen Metropole hängen UN-Flaggen. Die Gespräche auf der Straße scheinen sich alle um die COP 26 zu drehen, die 26. Weltklimakonferenz. Lichtprojektionen in der Innenstadt werfen einen Fokus auf die Klimakrise.
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