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🎧 @GeoffreySupran, @amywestervelt and @duncanwrites on how the "individual carbon footprint" concept is a Big Oil tactic used to delay meaningful climate action: wbur.org/onpoint/2023/1…

To ring in the New Year, the excellent @WeAreDrilled reflects on some signs of #ClimateAction progress we saw in 2023. Here are 17 hopeful stories that you might have missed this year. distilled.earth/p/the-most-hop… Help support great #ClimateNews reporting with subscriptions, folks!

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Many of the world’s most trusted news outlets are lending their reputations to fossil fuel industry messaging on climate-related topics, according to a new report by DeSmog and @WeAreDrilled. Let's unpack some of the highlights from this report 👇🧵 loom.ly/FsjPybg

is COP "irreparably broken"? I reflected on the first week of COP28 with @amywestervelt. we covered a lot, but kept returning to this: we can't trust fossil fuels to self-regulate. COP was meant to coalesce against them, but that's failed. so, now what? atmos.earth/how-amy-wester…

Reuters is one of at least seven major news outlets that creates and publishes misleading promotional content for fossil fuel companies, according to a report released today. In partnership with @WeAreDrilled. interc.pt/3RwlANN

A new report by @DeSmogUK and @WeAreDrilled reveals the extent of commercial partnerships between big media outlets, like Reuters & the New York Times, and Big Oil: “Many of the world’s most trusted English-language news outlets regularly lend their reputations to the fossil fuel industry’s messaging on climate-related topics. These range from the promise of proposed solutions such as carbon capture and “renewable biogas,” to the role the industry claims to be playing in the energy transition, despite its persistently low investments in anything other than increased fossil fuel production. “All of the companies reviewed — Bloomberg, The Economist, The Financial Times, The New York Times, Politico, Reuters, and The Washington Post — top lists of most-trusted news outlets in both the U.S. and Europe. Each has an internal brand studio that creates advertising content for fossil fuel majors that range from podcasts to newsletters, videos, and advertorials, and some allow fossil fuel companies to sponsor their events. Reuters goes a step further, with marketing staff creating custom industry conferences explicitly designed to remove the “pain points” holding back faster production of oil and gas. “This trend was on stark display as United Nations climate talks got underway in the United Arab Emirates on November 30, with oil and gas companies sponsoring a wealth of advertorials, newsletters and events with media partners, all designed to portray the industry responsible for the bulk of planet-warming emissions as the gatekeeper to climate solutions.” #Media #FossilFuels #BigOil #AlternativeMedia #COP28 #COP28UAE #ClimateAction

Drilled Expands Team to Lead Cross-Border Climate Investigations #pressrelease #podcasting podnews.net/press-release/…

Don’t let anyone tell you you can’t have fun while learning about climate change!

Loved talking to @amywestervelt about Climate Capitalism "Unfettered capitalism is a major fuel to the fire of global warming. So I tend to be a little skeptical ... But both in his book and this interview Akshat injected nuance." pca.st/episode/89b89a…

Check out @amywestervelt on @LLEPodcast, asking: What is carbon capture and is it good or bad or... complicated? Listen @applepodcasts podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/52-…

When it comes to climate obstruction what you're up against is a multi-tentacled beast. I'm not entirely sure what it will take to tame that beast, but I do know if we only focus on one leg, the others will choke us. via @WeAreDrilled drilled.ghost.io/moving-past-cl…

My latest: An interview with Abeer Butmeh on what it’s like to be an environmental activist in Palestine. Threats of imprisonment, harassment, withholding of information, and no climate justice without Palestinian liberation. for @WeAreDrilled link.chtbl.com/freespeechthre…

With disinformation ramping up before #COP28, journalists need to prepare now to avoid getting spun during the summit. Join us on Tuesday, Nov. 14 at 11 AM ET! RSVP: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist… /1

The founder of podcast production company Critical Frequency @amywestervelt has curated a brilliant list of podcast recommendations - check it out in Discover or on our blog: blog.pocketcasts.com/amy-westervelt

On @pocketcasts: Our founder @amywestervelt shared some favorite podcasts that either fire her up or help her check out, including @OutrageOptimism, @UCP, @SceneOnRadio, @NormalGossip, @bastardspod, @MorePerfect, @heavyweight, @rebeccanagle, @NPREmbedded. blog.pocketcasts.com/2023/11/07/amy…

Featuring our own @amywestervelt!

“The fate of the global response to climate change hinges on one word that most of the public has never heard of, and that even experts haven’t yet defined: ‘unabated’” Very good explainer by ⁦@amywestervelt⁩ airmail.news/issues/2023-10…

What will it mean having UAE oil chief Sultan Al Jaber as #COP28 president? John Kerry says reputationally they have to "do something real". Many others aren't so confident. Fascinating piece by @amywestervelt and @ben_stockton for @theintercept theintercept.com/2023/10/25/cop…

Sultan Al Jaber, this year’s #COP28 president, also heads the @ADNOCGroup. It’s the first time any CEO, let alone one from the fossil fuel industry, has been president of the U.N. climate conference. In partnership with @ClimateReport_ and @WeAreDrilled. interc.pt/3Mk3Kdw