Very excited to speak at Kairos tomorrow night on an emerging inquiry for me: What do insights from spaces dedicating to healing collective and inter-generational trauma tell us about how we should produce, and consume, our news?

You might've already seen this -a funny wry title, referencing the excruciating exchange between Sultan Al-Jaber+fmr Irish president+president of The Elders, Mary Robinson. “I am the man in charge and it is wrong, ma’am. You need to listen to me, please.”
matthewgreenglobal.substack.com/p/why-sultan-a…

I've been genuinely shocked to see how the UK government is effectively rewriting the principles that have governed the courts for centuries because it doesn't like the fact that juries often acquit climate protesters. The authoritarian ratchet is turning another notch.

One of the world's biggest PR firms staked its reputation on climate action.

Then it took a huge contract with Shell.

I worked with a great team on this DeSmog story, including Dana Drugmand Emily J Gertz Matthew Green Ali Lyon and Isobel Moseley

desmog.com/2024/01/23/hav…

The IPCC has said it is “unequivocal” that greenhouse gas emissions produced by humans have caused “unprecedented” global warming

Why is Sky News Kay Burley hosting “both sides of the debate” on this, instead of climate scientists & energy policy experts?

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I loved my time at Reuters, which is why I am urging the company to restore its integrity and honor its Trust Principles by ditching its web of commercial deals with oil majors: matthewgreenglobal.substack.com/p/50-reasons-w…

'It’s really important not to beat around the bush...[this] is literally Big Oil & mainstream media collaborating in PR campaigns for the industry' - My take on how Big Media is helping Big Oil do its climate bidding. 1/n thenation.com/article/enviro…

🚨 New investigation 🚨 found that big media brands like Reuters & The New York Times earn millions of dollars each year from #fossilfuel clients, pushing messages that often contradict the journalism its own reporters do on the climate beat. 😠
bit.ly/417Hsly

the New York Times made $13 million from Saudi Aramco alone between 2020 and 2023 — absolutely jaw-dropping new report from Drilled DeSmog The Nation The Intercept on how top media brands' ad departments carry water for the fossil fuel industry drilled.media/news/drilled-m…

And:
- WaPo sending an Exxon-sponsored newsletter a week
- Bloomberg making CCS propaganda for Exxon
- FT's dedicated Aramco & Equinor content hubs
- Politico's Chevron-sponsored pod & newsletters
- The Economist's 'Sustainability Week,' sponsored by BP
drilled.media/news/drilled-m…

Some people say the idea of a #FossilFuelTreaty is too bold. But we don’t have time for more of the same. For 30 years we’ve missed our targets. Coal, oil, and gas are killing us. The good news is we don’t need them any more. We can phase out fossil fuels, if we work together.

I hope the work we did at DeSmog and Drilled documenting commercial ties between media and the fossil fuel industry will trigger conversations among news leadership teams about climate accountability, ethics and reputational risk. Amy Westervelt breaks down the issues:

My Reuters ‘Daily Briefing’ email - the headline of which is about #COP28 - is ‘Sponsored by: Shell’. When it comes to controlling news & protecting profits, fossil fuel CO’s - which last year were responsible for just 1% of global investment in renewables - play for keeps.

Our main job is not to convince climate deniers at this moment in history. It’s not to weaken efforts to “build a bigger tent”. We need to engage, motivate and provide pathways for collective action for those who understand the climate emergency in order to build power…

'review of 12 large-scale projects reveals a litany of cost-overruns and missed targets, with a net increase in emissions.'

Fossil Fuel Companies Made Bold Promises to Capture Carbon. Here’s What Actually Happened.
desmog.com/2023/09/25/fos… DeSmog Michael Buchsbaum Edward Donnelly

Thank you for supporting our work! It was great to have a chance to represent DeSmog at #GIJC23

Please join me tomorrow to hear from some incredible global women leaders on strategies and solutions to #EndFossilFuels , implement a #JustTransition & ensure a healthy & just future! Register & learn more: tinyurl.com/vsc7atva WECAN, International #ClimateWeek

Journalists need to organize and tell the world very clearly how the fossil fuel industry has intentionally chosen to get us to this level of climate catastrophe. The whole world needs to know

Live preview event of the Collective Trauma Summit 2023 starting in just under 90 mins! Please join us!

Climate change isn't just happening, it is being done to you against your will

The future you dream of won't exist, because it has been destroyed by powerful men who lied, deceived and conspired to steal it

There, did that help?
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