Discovery Education is a popular provider of K-12 digital curricula - and its corporate partnerships allow it to push oil and gas industry propaganda in front of millions of kids in the US. new from me for Rolling Stone & Drilled - rollingstone.com/politics/polit…

Been low-key obsessed with Discovery Education's fossil fuel partnerships for years now and am so pleased to have molly taft's story on it for Drilled and Rolling Stone out this morning. Grab another cup of coffee and read this! drilled.media/news/discovery…

There's a fossil fuel disinfo hearing tomorrow, which means a new batch of documents have been released, which means me and molly taft have been poring over them for days for Drilled. Here's the first of several deep dives coming your way!

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“What’s the Shakespeare line about a ‘rose by any other name?’ This is climate denial by any other name.” - My first take on Big Oil’s climate delay tactics exposed in new docs from Congressional investigation. More to say at the hearing tomorrow, tune in! theguardian.com/us-news/2024/a…

“We're seeing a wide range of climate-related legal actions today from tort to consumer protection to human rights. Together these legal actions represent one of the most exciting areas of #climateaction today.' Ben Franta Voice Over Foundation
Read: voiceoverfoundation.org/en/hub/t/clima…

The oil industry has sought to leverage its financial support for top academic institutions to paper over contradictions between companies’ climate commitments and plans to expand drilling, internal documents released by congressional investigators show. eenews.net/articles/big-o…

NEW: In response to E&E News reporting, Stanford University has decided to investigate a long-running energy research program that's supported by some of the world's largest fossil fuel companies. eenews.net/articles/stanf…

In een golf nieuwe klimaatrechtszaken ligt de nadruk op ‘publieke misleiding’. Het zou volgens Oxford-onderzoeker en advocaat Benjamin Franta tot de grootste schikking ooit kunnen leiden, die de levensvatbaarheid van de fossiele industrie bedreigt. ftm.nl/artikelen/inte…

Want to know more about our course Navigating Climate-Related Legal Risks & Opportunities? Hear from the course directors Ben Franta & Thom Wetzer, who will take you through the importance of #climatelaw
Register: smithschool.ox.ac.uk/course/navigat…

exclusive: Columbia, Tulane, and UVA students have just filed legal complaints saying the schools' investments in fossil fuels are illegal

they come as Columbia faces outrage for its treatment of students protesting the war in Gaza

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Taking Big Oil to court for 'climate homicide' isn't as far-fetched as it sounds grist.org/accountability…

The idea of “climate homicide” is getting attention in law schools and district attorney’s offices around the country. A paper published in Harvard Environmental Law Review…

'At its heart, greenwashing is about wasting time, time that we can never get back'

Ben Franta at #ijf24

In Perugia for journalism festival! You can find me later today with Ben Franta on the fight against climate obstruction from journalism to litigation, and tomorrow with climatologist Luca Mercalli on the climate crisis and disinformation. Translation Eng-Ita & viceversa available.

'A paper published in Harvard University Environmental Law Review last week argues that... oil giants’ awareness that their pollution could have lethal consequences solidly fits within the definition of homicide.'
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The subheadline of this piece is, 'Are fossil fuel companies guilty of actual murder?'

Big Oil caused the climate crisis. They knew they were causing it. They lied to keep causing it. And now people are dying. Sounds like murder to us.
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