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2024: Green Shoots and Dark Omens

We reflect on a year of agenda-setting stories that charted the political influence of fossil fuel interests in the UK and beyond.
We reflect on a year of agenda-setting stories that charted the political influence of fossil fuel interests in the UK and beyond.
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Revealed: Big Oil Told 70 Years Ago That Fossil Fuel Emissions Could Impact ‘Civilization’
uk/Climate Denier Tony Abbott Dumped as Government Trade Advisor
Fossil Fuel Companies Made Bold Promises to Capture Carbon. Here’s What Actually Happened.
us/Oil Companies Use Paid News Media Partnerships to Protect ‘Social Licence to Operate,’ Documents Show

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uk/Nigel Farage Helps to Launch U.S. Climate Denial Group in UK
By Sam Bright
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The Heartland Institute, which questions human-made climate change, has established a new branch in London.

The Heartland Institute, which questions human-made climate change, has established a new branch in London.
us/How Big Meat Worked to Rebrand in 2024 — Using Disinformation
ByJessica Scott-Reid, Sentient
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A look back at the year’s manipulative messaging.

A look back at the year’s manipulative messaging.
uk/UK Regulator Bans ‘Misleading’ Lloyds Bank Climate Ad
ByTJ Jordan and Taylor Noakes
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Bank has been bigging up reductions in “operational emissions” while continuing to finance the fossil fuel industry.

Bank has been bigging up reductions in “operational emissions” while continuing to finance the fossil fuel industry.
Series: Holding the Advertising and Public Relations Industry Accountable for Greenwash and Climate Misinformation
Series: Ad-&-PR-Industry
Large metal sculpture of a black horse outside an impressive office building.
New Report Shows a Surge in European SLAPP Suits as Fossil Fuel Industry Works to Obstruct Climate Action
ByStella Levantesi
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But experts say these “abusive” lawsuits, which are designed to demoralize and drain resources from activists, should be fought, not feared.

But experts say these “abusive” lawsuits, which are designed to demoralize and drain resources from activists, should be fought, not feared.
uk/Tufton Street Climate Denial Group Loses Multiple Board Members
ByAdam Barnett
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Lord Frost is one of several departures from the Global Warming Policy Foundation, which has links to Tory leader Kemi Badenoch.

Lord Frost is one of several departures from the Global Warming Policy Foundation, which has links to Tory leader Kemi Badenoch.
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uk/‘Net Zero Sceptic’ Kemi Badenoch Accepted £10,000 from Chevron Director
BySam Bright
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Badenoch’s leadership campaign was part-funded by a board member at one of the world’s largest fossil fuel companies.
Badenoch’s leadership campaign was part-funded by a board member at one of the world’s largest fossil fuel companies.
Revealed: The ‘Vested Interests’ on the EU’s Agriculture Committee
ByPhoebe Cooke
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Campaigners raise concerns over ‘alarming’ potential conflicts in the powerful political grouping.
Campaigners raise concerns over ‘alarming’ potential conflicts in the powerful political grouping.
uk/Labour Donors Lobbied the New Government on Behalf of Fossil Fuel Giants
ByAdam Bychawski
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Major oil and gas firms are being represented by lobbyists that have given more than £300,000 in support to Keir Starmer’s party.
Major oil and gas firms are being represented by lobbyists that have given more than £300,000 in support to Keir Starmer’s party.
uk/Tory Peer With Oil and Gas Investments Slams Climate Targets in House of Lords
BySam Bright
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Lord Moynihan of Chelsea, who holds shares in Shell and TotalEnergies, called the green transition a “children’s crusade”.
Lord Moynihan of Chelsea, who holds shares in Shell and TotalEnergies, called the green transition a “children’s crusade”.
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uk/Greenwashing Through Sport
us/6 Billionaire Fortunes Bankrolling Project 2025
Revealed: Most Popular Climate Story on Social Media Told Half a Million People the Science Was a Hoax
Jordan Peterson's Climate Expert is Science Denier Funded by Oil-Backed Think Tank
uk/Nigel Farage’s Anti-Climate Record
uk/Shell Brandalism and the Pop Stars of Big Oil

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Holding the Advertising and Public Relations Industry Accountable for Greenwash and Climate Misinformation

‘Money in Exchange for Silence’: Behind Neom’s Green Image, Western Firms Cash in on Saudi Commitment to Oil
Majority of PR and Ad Sector Clients Obstruct Climate Action: Report
Findings by InfluenceMap highlight mismatch between communication agencies' climate pledges, and their work on behalf of major polluters.
BBC Accused of Doing PR for Major Polluters
The broadcaster’s in-house content studio has been paid to promote fossil fuel firms and petrostates with a history of persecuting journalists.
How A British-owned PR Firm Helped ‘Squash’ Pipeline Protests in Uganda
MetropolitanRepublic enlisted social media influencers to promote giant oil project as climate campaigners suffered beatings and arrests.

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