Friends of Science Lurking Behind Monckton

onSep 22, 2009 @ 20:17 PDT

Rush on over to Deep Climate for the full story on the Canadian tour of Christopher Walter, Third Viscount Monckton of Brenchley. Apparently the thoroughly discredited Friends of Science are behind the tour, which includes eastern Canadian stops in Ottawa and Toronto and a particular crush of events in Calgary.

Although one of the Calgary events shows the Calgary Herald as a sponsor, Deep Climate suspects that the Calgary Foundation might once again be sluicing oily money through the “Friends” organization to help continue the campaign of climate disinformation.

By Richard Littlemore

uk/Revealed: How Development Banks Underwrote Fast Food’s Global Takeover

ByAlex Park

onApr 19, 2024 @ 01:35 PDT

From South Africa to Ukraine, five industrial chicken companies that supply KFC have benefited from financing from the World Bank Group and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.

Pathways Alliance Paid Google to Advertise on ‘Greenwashing’ Searches

ByGeoff Dembicki

onApr 18, 2024 @ 13:22 PDT

It’s an effort by the oil sands group to deflect attention away from a long record of misleading climate claims, disinformation expert argues.

uk/Liz Truss Book Calls for Climate Laws to be Abolished and Boasts of Effort to Cancel UK COP Summit

ByAdam Barnett

onApr 18, 2024 @ 08:43 PDT

The former prime minister attacks flagship climate deals and makes false claims about electric vehicles, Russia’s influence on energy policies, and net zero.