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Emily J Gertz

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Emily is a contributing editor at DeSmog, working with the International Investigations projects as well as other projects and special series. Bylines in Reveal/Center for Investigative Reporting, Arctic Today, Popular Science, Popular Mechanics, Scientific American, HuffPost, Grist, Sierra, Audubon, many more.

Analysis
Meet 5 PR Agencies Making Big Polluters Look 'Ag-tastic'
ByEmily J Gertz
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Agribusiness companies generate huge quantities of greenhouse gas pollution — and PR companies help them obscure it.

Agribusiness companies generate huge quantities of greenhouse gas pollution — and PR companies help them obscure it.
Series: 2025 COP30 Climate Summit, Shining a Light on Big Ag’s Climate Push, Holding the Advertising and Public Relations Industry Accountable for Greenwash and Climate Misinformation
Series: COP30 Coverage, Big Ag's Climate Push, Advertising & PR Industry
During the COP30 climate summit in Brazil, people are holding signs and a banner protesting environmental pollution by agriculture. They are standing in front of the Agrizone, a special event venue sponsored by agribusiness and located near the main conference venue.
Analysis
us/Scores of Climate Experts Condemn Trump Climate Report as ‘Junk Science’
ByEmily J Gertz
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A 435-page review found the authors used standard climate denier tropes to produce a report riddled with errors.

A 435-page review found the authors used standard climate denier tropes to produce a report riddled with errors.
Series: Inside MAGA’s Global Climate Agenda
Series: MAGA
A growing memorial of wooden crosses lines the banks of the Guadalupe River in Kerr County, part of a riverside installation by Dallas artist Roberto Marquez to honor the more than 100 victims of Central Texas’s deadly July 4 flash floods. The crosses — some fashioned from debris swept up by the torrent of the Guadalupe River — stand against the backdrop of its surging waters, the sound of rushing currents filling the air as the community continues to mourn and search for those still missing.
Analysis
Oil and Gas Companies Want You to Think They Care About Women — but It’s Just PR
ByEmily J Gertz
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Their ad campaigns for International Women’s Day champion empowerment even as climate change makes women’s lives harder and more dangerous.

Their ad campaigns for International Women’s Day champion empowerment even as climate change makes women’s lives harder and more dangerous.
Series: Holding the Advertising and Public Relations Industry Accountable for Greenwash and Climate Misinformation
Series: Advertising & PR Industry
uk/Havas CEO Yannick Bolloré Staked His Brand on Caring About the Climate. So Why Is His Company Working for Shell?
ByEmily J Gertz
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The Bolloré family’s business empire — which includes Havas, one of the world’s biggest ad agencies — has longtime ties to the fossil fuel industry.

The Bolloré family’s business empire — which includes Havas, one of the world’s biggest ad agencies — has longtime ties to the fossil fuel industry.
Series: #ShellKnew, Holding the Advertising and Public Relations Industry Accountable for Greenwash and Climate Misinformation
Series: #ShellKnew, Advertising & PR Industry
Illustration of Havas CEO Yannick Bolloré in front of a background of shells.
uk/Who Is Going to Clean Up the Scrap Heap in the North Sea?
ByEmily J Gertz
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This story is part of The North Sea Investigations, a multi-year international reporting project on the battle for the future of the North Sea, led by Dutch investigative journalism platform Follo...

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