
Zach Boren
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'environmental bandit' @ue | what do i know? do i know things?? let's find out! | find me on bluesky š¦
London
Joined October 2011
It's no secretāBig Oil lies. First, they lied to cover up the climate crisis. Now they're lying about their efforts to clean up their plastic tracks. This recycling ruse is unacceptable.
theguardian.com
Five oil and chemical companies which promised to divert plastic from environment accused of producing 132m tonnes of it
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Surprise, surprise (not): Big Oil and plastic companies arenāt actually working to reduce pollution. They only care about their profits, not our planet. Itās past time to crack down on polluters and put our environment first.
theguardian.com
Five oil and chemical companies which promised to divert plastic from environment accused of producing 132m tonnes of it
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Amazing. The oil/gas/plastic cartel fakes it. Who knew? https://t.co/7EpuYiY6pP
theguardian.com
Five oil and chemical companies which promised to divert plastic from environment accused of producing 132m tonnes of it
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@EmmaEHoward astonishing how dead this place is compared to bluesky
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Five oil and chemical firms made 1000 times more new plastic than the amount of plastic waste they cleared up -despite promising to end plastic pollution
theguardian.com
Five oil and chemical companies which promised to divert plastic from environment accused of producing 132m tonnes of it
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next week the world is supposed to finalise a treaty to tackle plastic pollution so @EmmaEHoward and looked into the oil and chemical industry's alliance to 'end plastic waste' and found a PR & lobbying strategy ā and 132 million tonnes of virgin plastic https://t.co/Cq0ttDmfJ6
unearthed.greenpeace.org
The Alliance to End Plastic Waste spent five years clearing up the amount of plastic its key oil and chemical members produce in two days
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šØNEWšØ We went undercover in the run up to COP29 and found Azeri officials willing to facilitate talks about new fossil fuel deals at the UN climate conference. Full story here: https://t.co/FP8KVbaOcM via @global_witness
globalwitness.org
An undercover investigation reveals how Azerbaijani petrostate used position as COP29 host to facilitate discussion of new fossil fuel deals at climate summit
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New research: #meat consumption is falling in the UK and reduced portion sizes and fewer meat-eating days are the main drivers #ClimateCrisis
https://t.co/3oN4FUVSLy
nature.com
Nature Food - Strategies to change meat consumption patterns remain poorly understood. Using decomposition analysis, this study shows that the decline in UK meat consumption is driven by the...
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Last year we revealed that DRCās oil and gas block auction had been plagued with apparent preferential treatment and backroom deals. Now the new hydrocarbons minister has cancelled the auction.
thebureauinvestigates.com
Decision comes after TBIJās revelations of preferential treatment and alleged auction-rigging
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Super proud of this investigation by @MargotGibbs @ElenaDebre and lots of other amazing journalists from 8 different media outlets around the world! Dive into the world of a PR firm, tied to the pesticide industry, secretly profiling scientists, politicians and environmentalists
What connects hit Netflix doc-maker @michaelpollan, award-winning Nigerian environmentalist @NnimmoB and 2 UN human rights experts? Theyāve all been targeted by a secretiveĀ PR company paid to downplay the dangers of pesticides - with US taxpayer money
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NT shows the rest of us how it's done. Turn what was a sad story into one about new opportunities, bring people and nature closer together - and with a species far too many conservationists view as malign.
One year today since the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree. We are giving the saplings grown from it to communities and people in need of hope. To apply visit https://t.co/C1xMFXnLag
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As many as 10,000 sites across England are contaminated with āforever chemicalsā, an unpublished government report has found. Clean-up of these PFAS chemicals could cost a āstaggeringā Ā£121 billion in a worst-case scenario. Story with @ShoshaAdie š https://t.co/QvGk4wtYL3
thetimes.com
Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances are linked to cancer, low birth weight, higher cholesterol levels and more ā but cleaning them up could cost Ā£121bn
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the case was brought by @fightdirtyorg after @crispindowler + i revealed an environment agency report had warned of toxic chemicals in the sludge https://t.co/KkHm16EUqX
unearthed.greenpeace.org
The Environment Agency found sewage sludge destined for English fields was contaminated with microplastics, weedkiller, and āpersistent organic pollutantsā
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failure to bring in new regulations for sewage sludge use on farms was the fault of tory environment ministers not the environment agency, judge rules https://t.co/LlFLoGKNiC
endsreport.com
A case brought against the Environment Agency (EA) alleging it had broken the law by rowing back on a commitment to have sewage sludge tested for microplastics and āforever chemicalsā before it is...
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This week's column is about blatant protectionism, which seeks to defend one of the two most destructive industries on Earth (livestock farming) against competition from new technologies. Just like the fossil fuel lobby trying to shut down renewables. https://t.co/Ujuc3AYHK2
theguardian.com
These new proteins could be our best hope of averting catastrophe. But governments are trying to have them banned, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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NEW We went undercover in Project 2025. Our investigation uncovered details of the secretive second phase of Project 2025 being led by a Trump insider, with plans to feed hundreds of highly-confidential battle plans directly into the Trump transition team. Watch here.
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NEW: European boats supplying the continentās shops and restaurants are taking African flags to fish in ways off limits to EU boats Just as local fishermen blame foreign boats for their loss of livelihoods and need to migrate to⦠the EU W/@aanuadeoye
https://t.co/543fJJ9AHG
ig.ft.com
EU vessels are registering with African fleets and exploiting local fishing laws
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Leaked @UNFAO study on livestock and food security backs larger herd sizes and intensified agri-production. Officials and experts call it biased, cherry picking, and "disinformation". Story by me:
climatechangenews.com
Experts criticize the FAO for not recommending a reduction in the livestock industry in its report, despite the importance of cutting methane emissions to combat global warming.
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1/Some of the worldās largest environmental groups have thrown their weight behind meat and dairy greenwashing projects, including āclimate-friendlyā beef, ānet-zero�� dairy, the meteoric rise of regenerative ranching, and hyper āefficientā Frankenchickens.
vox.com
Organizations such as the World Wildlife Fund are laundering Big Meatās propaganda. At what cost?
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