Dear all,
If you haven’t seen it already the Guardian have done a whole load of investigative journalism on big polluters – all links are here https://www.theguardian.com/environment/series/the-polluters . There are about 40 articles – all really interesting!
But a few highlights:
On the biggest asset managers investing in fossil fuels https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/12/top-three-asset-managers-fossil-fuel-investments
On Google’s funding of climate denial https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/11/google-contributions-climate-change-deniers
On fossil fuel lobbying https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/10/vested-interests-public-against-climate-science-fossil-fuel-lobby
On the terrifying fact that oil firms are proposing pouring another 7million barrels a day into markets https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/10/oil-firms-barrels-markets
On fossil fuel firms social media fightback https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/10/fossil-fuel-firms-social-media-fightback-against-climate-action
On the top 20 firms (state and corporate) responsible for a third of global emissions https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/oct/09/revealed-20-firms-third-carbon-emissions
George Monbiot on how big polluters have succeeded in shifting the blame onto individuals https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/09/polluters-climate-crisis-fossil-fuel
But in all honesty there’s tons of stuff, including some country specific investigations, and I haven’t got through even the half of it! Its good to see rigorous investigative journalism and reporting here, even if the world of international news is now such a weird siloed echo chamber that this kind of reporting sadly can’t have the same kind of impact it might have had 10 or even 5 years ago…
Sara
Sara Shaw
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