JW Randolph at Grist has discovered that the coal industry has, quite literally, bought friends off the shelf in the FACES of Coal campaign facilitated by the D.C. PR firm Adfero. The photos on the FACES website were all sourced from iStockPhoto, which, as the name implies, is the place where lazy/busy/rich people go for photos when, for example, they donโt have any friends of theirย own.
The worldโs largest outdoor advertising company warned city councillors of โfar-reaching consequencesโ hours before the landmark vote.
For decades, ExxonMobil argued consumers, not oil giants, should take responsibility for fossil fuel pollution. Itโs now backing Carbon Measuresโ accounting scheme, which moves pollution โliabilitiesโ to buyersโ books.
For some separatists, ignoring Indigenous rights is not only a side effect of an independent Alberta, but an explicit goal.
Democratic innovation as a pathway for revitalising global climate action.
