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🔴 NEW 🔴 . Why is a Norwegian oil giant sponsoring school classrooms in the Shetland Islands? Critics fear that Equinor’s latest UK education deal is aimed at quelling opposition to its plan to drill the vast Rosebank oilfield in the North Sea. ✏️ @ellen__ormesher reports:.
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🔴 NEW 🔴 . Climate Progress and Pushback: 365 Days Under Labour . Green policy is under threat from corporate lobbying, right-wing parties and media and U.S. interference. 📝 By Adam Barnett 👇 .
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🔴 NEW | Drax Wood Pellet Plans Axed in California .
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🔴 NEW 🔴 . This Small Texas Town Is Fighting Back Against Big Ammonia . European fertiliser giant has launched a local ‘charm offensive’ to gain support for its chemical factory plan. 📝 By Clare Carlile & Sara Sneath in partnership with @TexasTribune👇.
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Who is the self-styled "fossil fuel philosopher" behind the clean energy cuts in Trump’s deeply unpopular Big Beautiful Bill? Even GOP Sen. Tillis called him out on the Senate floor: people "without a clue about what they are potentially doing to our grid.".
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@nickcunningham1 The bill is now headed back to the House, but Alex Epstein was credited with influencing that version of the clean energy provisions. Learn more about the fossil fuel philosopher behind the Big Beautiful Bill:
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@nickcunningham1 In late May, Reps. Chip Roy and Josh Brecheen appeared on Epstein’s podcast, thanking him for his help crafting the House version of the Big Beautiful Bill. During the podcast, Epstein appeared to compare its potential losses to clean energy jobs to "fentanyl jobs."
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@nickcunningham1 A climate crisis denier who has been faulted for offering up questionable information to public officials in the past, Epstein has nevertheless had the ear of many influential figures in Congress and the Trump Cabinet, from Energy Secretary Chris Wright to EPA Admin. Lee Zeldin.
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As @NickCunningham1 reported in 2022, Epstein argues for the “moral case” for fossil fuels and has a track record of disparaging writings about what he views as “inferior” cultures. During his time in college, "Epstein made disparaging statements about non-western cultures and.
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Epstein has a bachelor’s degree in philosophy and describes himself as a “philosopher and energy expert." He's also unabashedly pro-fossil fuels and "proudly work[s] with and accept[s] contributions from fossil fuel companies/executives and other companies/executives that support.
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🚨 BREAKING: Senate just passed Trump's megabill gutting clean energy—largely shaped by fossil fuel "philosopher" Alex Epstein. But even GOP Sen. Tillis, who voted no, called him out: people "without a clue about what they are potentially doing to our grid.".Who is Epstein? 🧵👇.
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RT @caadcoalition: 🚨 New from @desmog: Climate Activists Protest at London Headquarters of Global Ad Giant WPP. The agency’s work for the….
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RT @gijnAfrica: It's imperative that journalists investigate the gaps between the fossil fuel industry’s climate plans and actual business….
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Climate advocates say WPP is "complicit in inflicting existential damage on both humanity and the Earth" over its work for fossil fuel industry clients.
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🔴 NEW 🔴. Corporate Lobbying Eroded Flagship EU Sustainability Rules – Report.
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RT @badvertising11: 🚨 We're kicking off London Climate Action Week with Ad Brake. Join Badvertising’s Robbie Gillett alongside a lineup o….
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RT @gijnAfrica: It's imperative that journalists investigate the gaps between the fossil fuel industry’s climate plans and actual business….
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We're kicking off #LondonClimateActionWeek with an "Ad Brake": a cinematic event to expose and explore the advertising industry’s role in fuelling the climate crisis, and what we can do about it. With @DeSmog's very own @ellen__ormesher interviewing Polina Zabrodskaya for
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🔴 NEW FINDING 🔴 . A third of energy communities receiving subsidies from the Spanish government are managed by subsidiaries of oil giant Repsol. 📂 Analysis by Ana Muñoz and Jairo Marcos:
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