@zdboren

'environmental bandit' @ue | what do i know? do i know things?? let's find out! | find me on bluesky 🦋

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Ed Markey
@SenMarkey22 Nov 2024
It's no secret—Big 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/environment/…

Five firms in plastic pollution alliance ‘made 1,000 times more plastic than they cleaned up’

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 aren’t actually working to reduce pollution. They only care about their profits, not our planet. It’s past time to crack down on polluters and put our environment first. theguardian.com/environment/…

Five firms in plastic pollution alliance ‘made 1,000 times more plastic than they cleaned up’

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? theguardian.com/environment/…

Five firms in plastic pollution alliance ‘made 1,000 times more plastic than they cleaned up’

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 — and 132 million tonnes of virgin plastic unearthed.greenpeace.org/202…

Companies behind campaign to ‘end plastic waste’ produced 1,000 times more plastic than it cleaned...

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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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/environment/…

Five firms in plastic pollution alliance ‘made 1,000 times more plastic than they cleaned up’

Five oil and chemical companies which promised to divert plastic from environment accused of producing 132m tonnes of it

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Zach Boren retweeted
Simon Roach@RoachSN8 Nov 2024
🚨NEW🚨 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: globalwitness.org/en/campaig… via @global_witness

COP29 is for oil deals

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 nature.com/articles/s43016-0…

Smaller meat portions contribute the most to reducing meat consumption in the United Kingdom

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 DRC’s 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/st…

Congo calls off oil and gas auction following allegations of backroom…

Decision comes after TBIJ’s 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
Lighthouse Reports
@LHreports27 Sep 2024
What connects hit Netflix doc-maker @michaelpollan, award-winning Nigerian environmentalist @NnimmoB and 2 UN human rights experts? They’ve all been targeted by a secretive  PR company paid to downplay the dangers of pesticides - with US taxpayer money lighthousereports.com/invest…

Poison PR

US taxpayers funded a covert campaign to downplay the risks of pesticides and discredit environmentalists in Africa, Europe, and North America.

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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.
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As many as 10,000 sites across England are contaminated with “forever chemicals”, an unpublished government report has found. Clean-up of these PFAS chemicals could cost a “staggering” £121 billion in a worst-case scenario. Story with @ShoshaAdie 👇 thetimes.com/uk/environment/…

‘Forever chemicals’ pollute up to 10,000 sites in England

Per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances are linked to cancer, low birth weight, higher cholesterol levels and more — but cleaning them up could cost £121bn

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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 endsreport.com/article/18858…

EA ruled not at fault in toxic sludge case as agency ‘was hamstrung by ministers’

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 ‘forever chemicals’ before it is...

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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 unearthed.greenpeace.org/202…

Secret report details toxic chemicals in sewage used as fertiliser at English farms

The Environment Agency found sewage sludge destined for English fields was contaminated with microplastics, weedkiller, and “persistent organic pollutants”

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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. theguardian.com/commentisfre…

The livestock lobby is waging war on ‘lab-grown meat’. This is why we can’t let them win | George...

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.

Undercover in Project 2025

Our undercover investigation reveals new details about the highly confidential second phase of Project 2025.

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NEW: European boats supplying the continent’s 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 ig.ft.com/eu-fishing/

The European boats fishing under a veil of secrecy

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/2024/0…

FAO report backs growth of livestock industry despite emissions 

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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this was a fun story. emails show a days-long dispute between an environment minister and the environment agency CEO over whether they should publish some really bad sewage data unearthed.greenpeace.org/202…

Conservative minister tried to block release of sewage pollution figures

Former Defra minister Robbie Moore pressured the Environment Agency to withhold data showing record number of sewage spills, emails show

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and it's always great to work with @adamvaughan_uk and @thetimes thetimes.com/uk/environment/…

Tories tried to hide extent of sewage spills before election

Freedom of information request by Greenpeace unit shows water minister told Environment Agency to hide ‘headline’ figures for overflow monitoring

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1/Some of the world’s largest environmental groups have thrown their weight behind meat and dairy greenwashing projects, including “climate-friendly” beef, “net-zero” dairy, the meteoric rise of regenerative ranching, and hyper “efficient” Frankenchickens. vox.com/future-perfect/36222…

How the most powerful environmental groups help greenwash Big Meat’s climate impact

Organizations such as the World Wildlife Fund are laundering Big Meat’s propaganda. At what cost?

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