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DeSmog UK – How Car and Airline Advertising ‘Misleads’ the Public and Threatens Climate Action

May 19, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

Major car and airline companies are using adverts that greenwash their business while continuing to push highly polluting products that put the world’s climate goals at risk By Rachel Sherrington Lead Researcher and Reporter at […]

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DeSmog UK – Biomass Industry Pushes Back Against Europe’s Plans To Protect Woodlands

April 12, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

The climate rollback in the EU continues as leaked documents show UK power plant Drax is at the heart of lobbying efforts to dilute EU biodiversity rules that could limit its supply of wood.  By […]

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DeSmog UK: The Oil and Gas Industry is Using the War in Ukraine to Profit and Push Its Interests

March 24, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

Activists warn that calls for energy independence are just “peace washing” the fossil fuels that enabled this conflict. Read Here m.iacobucci.tiscali.it Royalty-free editorial photo via Depositphotos.

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DeSmog UK – IPCC Report Calls Out ‘Vested Interests’ Delaying Climate Action

February 25, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

The report also pointed the finger at journalists for providing false balance to “contrarian” voices in their coverage of the issue. By Phoebe Cooke Cross-posted from DeSmog UK Photo: sanjitbakshi (CC BY 2.0) The UN’s […]

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DeSmog UK: Church of England Fossil Fuel Ties Revealed Amid Divestment Dispute

February 22, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

The Church’s continued ExxonMobil investment was called a “betrayal” by young campaigners. Read Here Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby in the House of Lords in 2021. Image: ukhouseoflords, CC BY 2.0

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DeSmog UK – EU Scientists and Politicians Clash Over Gas and Nuclear as ‘Sustainable’ Investments

January 26, 2022 Mathew D. Rose 0

This article tries to explain why taxonomy is so crucial and how corporate and political interests have corrupted the process. By Stella Levantesi, an Italian climate journalist Cross-posted from DeSmog UK A nuclear plant outside […]

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DeSmog UK: The Network of Powerful Agribusiness Groups Lobbying to Water Down the EU’s Sustainable Farming Targets

December 9, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Agrochemical and pesticide giants like Bayer and BASF are pushing for weaker action on harmful chemicals and climate goals. Read here Credit: Peter Reynolds.

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DeSmog UK: Cheap Wind and Solar Should Prompt ‘Rethink’ on Role of CCS

November 23, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Oil and gas companies should be asking themselves whether they are investing in “the right kind of CCS”, its lead author said. Read here A carbon capture and storage facility launched by Canadian electric utility […]

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DeSmog UK: Energy Ministers To Mingle With CEOs of High-Carbon Companies at COP26 Business Dinner

November 5, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

The farce that is COP26 just keeps growing. Read here

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DeSmog UK: UN-Approved ‘Green’ Investors Funding UK Airport Expansion Bids

October 28, 2021 Mathew D. Rose 0

Thirteen investors with stakes in expanding airports including Bristol and Heathrow are signed up to the UN Principles for Responsible Investment scheme, DeSmog can reveal. Read here London Gatwick Airport. Credit: Mike McBey (Flickr/CC BY […]

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Fractured China: How State Transformation is Shaping China’s Rise by Lee Jones and Shahar Hameiri 

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Book Review by  Chenchao Lian Originally published by E-International Relations How is Chinese foreign policy made? How is it implemented? These are questions that have long occupied China specialists. With the growth of Chinese power […]

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