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Pressure on creatives: PR, advertising firms targeted by fossil fuel divestment movement

GreenBiz

Between 2008 and 2017, fossil-fuel industry trade associations in the U.S. This is political advertising that they're running to maintain their influence over public policy," he suggested. It is a big business. spent almost $1.4 trillion on public relations, advertising and communications, according to Clean Creatives.

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Creative pressure: Why the advertising and PR industry is in the sights of the fossil fuel divestment movement

Business Green

Between 2008 and 2017, fossil fuel industry trade associations in the US spent almost $1.4tr on public relations, advertising, and communications, according to Clean Creatives. This is political advertising that they're running to maintain their influence over public policy," he suggests. It is a big business.

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Pressure on creatives: PR, advertising firms targeted by fossil fuel divestment movement

AGreenLiving

Between 2008 and 2017, fossil-fuel industry trade associations in the U.S. “This is political advertising that they’re running to maintain their influence over public policy,” he suggested. It is a big business. spent almost $1.4 “The sector can help businesses drive positive change,” says Woodford.

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Climate-Science Deniers, Right-Wing Think Tanks, and Fossil Fuel Shills Are Plotting Against the Clean Energy Transition

DeSmogBlog

.” That apparent conservation activist was, in fact, an infamous climate change disinformation artist : Marc Morano, who’s done more than perhaps any other person to manufacture doubt about global warming. DonorsTrust gave the group nearly $8 million between 2008 and 2017, according to federal tax data.

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Inflation Reduction Act: 10 ways it will turbocharge US climate action (and one way it won't)

Business Green

As Mark Carney noted this morning, this is part of a global trend. Finally climate policy action is getting real," he said. The citing of concerns over its potentially inflationary effects was widely seen as a convenient cover story that allowed Manchin to torpedo a vast array of measures that would have curbed fossil fuel production.