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

GreenBiz

He argued oil and gas company advertising is usually not directed at getting consumers to buy their products and services but is more akin to political lobbying. This is political advertising that they're running to maintain their influence over public policy," he suggested. For example, last year 20 U.K.

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Sowing Doubt: How Big Ag is Delaying Sustainable Farming in Europe

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Central to the industry’s fight against targets are scare stories about potential economic and political upheaval that could result from cutting back pesticides and fertilisers. The industry often claims that green targets are “ political ”. A full data set of the evidence behind this table is available on request from DeSmog.

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Reasons for cautious hope in a sea of gloom

GreenBiz

In looking across the broad array of business, environmental, social, technological and political topics that cross my screen and engage me in daily conversation, there is a temptation to allocate a growing share of mind for pessimism. Mon, 07/19/2021 - 02:00.

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How Shell Is Selling the Petrochemical Buildout as ‘Sustainable’

DeSmogBlog

For instance, the company’s just-published “ Energy Transition Progress report ” references chemicals right alongside “low carbon energy” and “renewable natural gas” as examples of the company’s stated commitment to lowering emissions. While selling off some refineries in the U.S.,

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

Business Green

He argues oil and gas company advertising is usually not directed at getting consumers to buy their products and services, but is more akin to political lobbying. This is political advertising that they're running to maintain their influence over public policy," he suggests.

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New Study Warns That Argentina Is Stuck in an ‘Oil and Gas Trap’

DeSmogBlog

The Argentine government, with the cooperation of an array of global institutions, has the country locked in an “oil and gas trap,” mortgaging the country’s future on fracking even as the financial risks continue to grow, the report warns. But it’s not at all clear the bet will pay off. The new Profundo report , commissioned by 350.org,

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

AGreenLiving

” He argued oil and gas company advertising is usually not directed at getting consumers to buy their products and services but is more akin to political lobbying. “This is political advertising that they’re running to maintain their influence over public policy,” he suggested. For example, last year 20 U.K.