NEW RESEARCH: @InfluenceMap@mmfa & @Tripl3check tracked fossil fuel communications activities surrounding Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The findings reveal a new, more threatening brand of climate disinformation. [thread] #ClimateDisinfoCell2/ Bad actors are using Russia’s war and America’s pain at the pump to aggressively push false narratives and oil & gas expansion, according to the latest analysis from @InfluenceMap: influencemap.org/pressrelease/U…
Apr 11, 2022 • 17 tweets • 5 min read
NEW RESEARCH: @RBrulle’s paper, “Advocating Inaction: A Historical Analysis of the Global Climate Coalition,” reveals the playbook that fossil fuel industry groups have used to block climate action for the past 20+ years. 🧵 cssn.org/advocating-ina…2/ A bit of context: The Global Climate Coalition (GCC) was the first and largest U.S. domestic coalition organized to oppose climate action. While it disbanded in 2002, members included @APIenergy@ShopFloorNAM@NationalMining which still lobby vigorously today.
Apr 6, 2022 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
To summarize, Big Oil:
-Is the primary cause of the climate crisis
-Does not pay its fair share in taxes
-Receives $5t+ in tax subsidies
-Leverages a war to eliminate regulation
-Gauges consumers at the pump
-Issues $24b+ in stock buy backs vs. lowering gas prices
-Spends the majority of its advertising dollars on greenwash
-Uses PR firms to astroturf, attack opponents, lobby against climate legislation
-Makes fake “net zero” commitments
-Denies ever having lied to consumers despite ample empirical evidence
Nov 30, 2021 • 20 tweets • 5 min read
RESEARCH DROP: @RBrulle and C. Werthman’s new paper, “The Role of Public Relations Firms in Climate Change Politics,” provides the most comprehensive look to date on how PR firms are a major force in obstructing climate action.
This 🧵 breaks it down. cssn.org/wp-content/upl…2/ The major contribution of this paper is that it helps illustrate why we are where we are on climate policy today. Instead of climate denial or scientific misinformation, our focus needs to turn to climate obstruction and corporate propaganda.
Nov 27, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
50 years of greenwashing: "A new report published by the Council on Economic Priorities [shows] that much corporate advertising on environmental themes is irrelevant or deceptive. A large percentage comes from the worst polluters." – Science News, Nov 1971 sciencenews.org/archive/enviro…
Advertising environmental commitments has NEVER driven the biggest polluters to invest more in environmental initiatives. On the contrary: The sole purpose of greenwashing is to allow polluters to continue polluting, unrestricted.
Nov 14, 2021 • 21 tweets • 8 min read
As the case against fossil fuel industry marketers escalates, it's important to clearly define what we mean when we talk about climate disinformation and greenwashing. While these practices are closely related, they are different. This 🧵 explores how.
2/ Climate disinformation is information that directly contradicts climate science. This includes denial discourse (“the science is still uncertain”) as well as delay discourse (“individual consumers are responsible,” “fossil fuels are part of the solution,” etc.).
Nov 13, 2021 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
The view that PR and Ad firms shouldn’t promote fossil fuel interests is science-based. A 1.5 degree threshold demands rapid decarbonization and a phase out of fossil fuels. So those of us urging for divestment are advocating for 1.5 degrees, rather than 2.8.
We can and will explore all the important nuances to this conversation in the coming months, but a big part of this comes down to math. Are we for 1.5 or 2.8 degrees?
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