Reuters Plus & Reuters Events
Background Reuters Plus is the in-house advertising studio for the news outlet Reuters and has created campaigns for fossil fuel clients, including Aramco, the UAE’s state oil company ADNOC,2“Welcome to Future Energy Talks,” Reuters Plus YouTube Account, August 23, 2023. Archived […]
Tom Nelson
Tom Nelson Credentials Background Tom Nelson produced the 2024 film Climate: The Movie (The Cold Truth), directed by Martin Durkin, who was also behind The Great Global Warming Swindle (2007). Nelson described himself on Substack as “a […]
Interpublic Group
Background New York-based Interpublic Group, also known as IPG, is one of the world’s largest advertising and public relations holding companies, with offices in over 100 countries. Its subsidiaries have worked for fossil fuel clients, including ExxonMobil, Saudi Aramco, Shell, Valero, and Phillips 66 in recent years. Weber Shandwick, McCann, UM, FCB, and Carmichael Lynch […]
Wavemaker
Background Wavemaker is a WPP media agency that has worked with Chevron for over two decades. In 2017, WPP media agencies MEC and Maxus merged to form Wavemaker.2Patrick Coffee. “WPP Pushes Back Against Media Agency […]
Martin Durkin
Martin Richard Durkin Credentials Background Martin Richard Durkin is the director of the climate change denial films The Great Global Warming Swindle (2007)2Geoffrey Lean. “Climate change: An inconvenient truth… for C4,” The Independent, March 11, […]
Indian Resource Council
Indian Resource Council (IRC) Background According to the Indian Resource Council’s website, IRC was founded in 1987 by Chiefs representing the First Nations that produce oil and gas, “following the recommendation of a task force that was established to study the role of the Crown in the management of First Nations oil and natural gas […]
Stephen Buffalo
Stephen Buffalo Credentials Background Stephen Buffalo, a member of the Samson Cree Nation, is president and CEO of the Indian Resource Council (IRC). In this role, Buffalo has been one of the most outspoken […]
Publicis Groupe
Background Publicis Groupe is a French advertising and public relations holding company headquartered in Paris. It is one of the largest communications groups in the world and operates in 100 countries with over 100,000 employees. Its subsidiaries, including Leo Burnett, Kekst […]
EssenceMediacom
Background EssenceMediacom (formerly MediaCom) is a media and communications agency housed within GroupM, WPP’s media investment management branch. Founded in 1986 in Germany by Grey Group, MediaCom merged with The Media Business Ltd. in the UK in 1998 before WPP acquired it in 2004.2Arvind Hickman and Gideon […]
Lee Anderson
Credit: Wikimedia Commons Credentials Background Lee Anderson was a Conservative MP for the constituency of Ashfield. He was elected in the 2019 General Election, and served as Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party between February 2023 and January 2024.1Becky Morton & Nick Eardley. “Lee Anderson: Outspoken MP who quit as deputy chair,” BBC News, January […]