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.
Ofgem has rejected calls for household energy debts to be paid off using excess profits.
Former fracking magnate Gwyn Morgan has funnelled millions to right-wing media and think tanks, a DeSmog analysis reveals.
Dan McTeague cultivates a media image as a consumer advocate while running a group urging people to fight against climate policies.
Industry groups warn of โsupply shocksโ as energy shortages grow, but critics say targeting the EUโs methane rule would lock in polluting U.S. fossil-fuel infrastructure at a dire cost to local and global communities.
