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European fertiliser giant has launched a local ‘charm offensive’ to gain support for its chemical factory plan.

European fertiliser giant has launched a local ‘charm offensive’ to gain support for its chemical factory plan.
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Decision a blow to campaigners, who say the ads gave Saudi Aramco unearned climate credibility.

Decision a blow to campaigners, who say the ads gave Saudi Aramco unearned climate credibility.
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UK’s first parliamentary debate on the issue drew comparisons both with tobacco industry tactics and the industry's now widely accepted ad ban.

UK’s first parliamentary debate on the issue drew comparisons both with tobacco industry tactics and the industry's now widely accepted ad ban.
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The Alberta premier wants to replace coal and mine it at the same time.

The Alberta premier wants to replace coal and mine it at the same time.
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A bill on its way to the Governor’s desk — with connections to gas industry allies — could enshrine hydrocarbons as Louisiana’s future.

A bill on its way to the Governor’s desk — with connections to gas industry allies — could enshrine hydrocarbons as Louisiana’s future.
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GOP Sen. Thom Tillis took to Senate floor to decry lobbyists like Alex Epstein pushing huge energy moves “without a clue about what they are potentially doing to our grid.”
GOP Sen. Thom Tillis took to Senate floor to decry lobbyists like Alex Epstein pushing huge energy moves “without a clue about what they are potentially doing to our grid.”
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The agency’s work for the fossil fuel industry has made it “complicit in causing existential harm to people and planet”, say campaigners, who are calling on WPP to drop those clients.
The agency’s work for the fossil fuel industry has made it “complicit in causing existential harm to people and planet”, say campaigners, who are calling on WPP to drop those clients.
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Paying for social license is 'no substitute for solving environmental problems,' say critics.
Paying for social license is 'no substitute for solving environmental problems,' say critics.
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Just as Trump moves to weaken LNG rules, environmentalists are alarmed by the oil giant’s toxic spills, work violations, and a risky expansion.
Just as Trump moves to weaken LNG rules, environmentalists are alarmed by the oil giant’s toxic spills, work violations, and a risky expansion.
More than 50 high-level Trump administration officials have links to groups behind the Heritage Foundation-backed plan, a DeSmog analysis found.
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Politicians, donors, think tanks, and media outlets in the UK and U.S. are working increasingly closely to scupper climate policies and promote fossil fuel extraction.

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Steve Koonin Credentials Ph.D., Theoretical Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1975).“Steven Koonin,” NYU Stern. Archived March 5, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo...
Center for Industrial Progress (CIP) Background The Center for Industrial Progress is a “for profit” think tank founded by Alex Epstein, a philospher with no science background who is a...