While neoliberal policy prescriptions fall out of favor in rich countries, they are being repackaged in green boxes for developing countries. The climate transition in the Global South is not going to be delivered by new investment vehicles. project-syndicate.org/commentary/neo…

‘Massive disinformation campaign’ is slowing global transition to green energy. UN says a global ‘backlash’ against climate action is being stoked by fossil fuel companies. We urgently need massive & radical change to create a world that is sustainable. theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Byline Times can reveal that… “Tommy Robinson is being backed by some of the most influential supporters of the January 6 insurrection, during which a mob of thousands rioted, vandalised, and looted the US Capitol Building to derail the 2020 Election” bylinetimes.com/2024/08/08/exp…

‘Massive disinformation campaign’ is slowing global transition to green energy theguardian.com/environment/ar…

Tenders for 5.5 GW offshore in German waters have been awarded Winners: RWE, Waterekke Energy (which I've never heard of) Instead of pure competition on price, auction took qualitative criteria into account e.g. decarbonised construction, innov tech bundesnetzagentur.de/DE/Beschlusska…

The section on climate change in the Musk/Trump "interview" is just *wild* It really is worth reading in full to get a sense of the two men. Just off-the-scale levels of ignorance, denial, misinformation and half-truths. I've put the transcript here docs.google.com/document/d/1OS…

desmog.com/2024/08/14/pro…

Unearthed video of Project 2025 leader: Trump is claiming to distance himself from Project 2025, but I’m not worried about that. He's been at our organization, he's raised money for our organization. He's very supportive of what we do

“If the worst of times for ordinary people ends up being the best of times for corporations,” Weber said, people feel cheated. “Some sort of basic social contract cracks.” Weber applauded Ms. Harris’s plan to combat grocery price gouging. Indeed she does 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Letter: Azerbaijan’s COP29 fund pledge is a distraction ft.com/content/1d9765… via @ft

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BBC Accused of Doing PR for Major Polluters scl.io/z7mMS6U via DeSmog

How can this be true? How could this be allowed?

NEW – Five charts: How climate change is driving up food prices around the world | Orla Dwyer Read here ➡️ buff.ly/3YXqY0d

eSportswashing: How the Youth Gaming Market is Being Targeted by Major Climate Polluters scq.io/um1JZQf via DeSmog

Brazil suspends twitter. Huge. cnn.com/2024/08/30/bus…

We got YouGov to ask non-EV drivers 10 questions to test their EV knowledge 59% got 2 or less out of 10 right And they're 11x less likely to want an EV as next car than those who got 8 or more Misinformation is having an effect Thread coming shortly mirror.co.uk/money/drivers-…

Dear #COP29 president, "We can’t afford any more empty words... It’s your responsibility to make sure COP29 results in meaningful climate finance commitments and the resources to swiftly transition away from fossil fuels." — Joseph Sikulu of 350 Pacific 👏 climatechangenews.com/2024/09/02/as-…

Just Ed Miliband making Richard Tice look v silly over renewable energy x