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Andrew Coyne

Andrew Coyne Profile Image Patar knight, CC BY-SA 4.0 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Credentials Background Andrew Coyne is a columnist at The Globe and Mail, former editor of Maclean’s magazine, and former editor1James Bradshaw. “Andrew Coyne exits editor role at National Post over endorsement,” The Globe and Mail, October 19, 2015. Archived April 8, 2024. […]

Together

Background  The Together Association is a right-wing campaign group in the UK initially founded by businessman Alan D. Miller in August 2021 as a platform to oppose COVID-19 vaccine measures. […]

Reuters Plus & Reuters Events

Background Reuters Plus is the in-house advertising studio for the news outlet Reuters and has created campaigns for fossil fuel clients, including Aramco, the UAE’s state oil company ADNOC,2“Welcome to Future Energy Talks,” Reuters Plus YouTube Account, August 23, 2023. Archived […]

Tom Nelson

Tom Nelson

 Tom Nelson Credentials Background Tom Nelson produced the 2024 film Climate: The Movie (The Cold Truth), directed by Martin Durkin, who was also behind The Great Global Warming Swindle (2007). Nelson described himself on Substack as “a […]

Interpublic Group

Interpublic Group logo

Background New York-based Interpublic Group, also known as IPG, is one of the world’s largest advertising and public relations holding companies, with offices in over 100 countries. Its subsidiaries have worked for fossil fuel clients, including ExxonMobil, Saudi Aramco, Shell, Valero, and Phillips 66 in recent years. Weber Shandwick, McCann, UM, FCB, and Carmichael Lynch […]

Wavemaker

Background Wavemaker is a WPP media agency that has worked with Chevron for over two decades. In 2017, WPP media agencies MEC and Maxus merged to form Wavemaker.2Patrick Coffee. “WPP Pushes Back Against Media Agency […]

Martin Durkin

Martin Richard Durkin Credentials Background Martin Richard Durkin is the director of the climate change denial films The Great Global Warming Swindle (2007)2Geoffrey Lean. “Climate change: An inconvenient truth… for C4,” The Independent, March 11, […]

Indian Resource Council

Indian Resource Council (IRC) Background According to the Indian Resource Council’s website, IRC was founded in 1987 by Chiefs representing the First Nations that produce oil and gas, “following the recommendation of a task force that was established to study the role of the Crown in the management of First Nations oil and natural gas […]

Stephen Buffalo

Stephen Buffalo Credentials Background Stephen Buffalo, a member of the Samson Cree Nation, is president and CEO of the Indian Resource Council (IRC). In this role, Buffalo has been one of the most outspoken […]

Publicis Groupe

Background Publicis Groupe is a French advertising and public relations holding company headquartered in Paris. It is one of the largest communications groups in the world and operates in 100 countries with over 100,000 employees. Its subsidiaries, including Leo Burnett, Kekst […]