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Corporate Giants Promote Climate Action, But Work With Oil Lobbyists in State Capitols

DeSmogBlog

Yet many of these tech companies employ lobbyists who are promoting further dependence on fossil fuels” by simultaneously lobbying on behalf of oil and gas companies, James Browning, communications director for Global Energy Monitor, told DeSmog. Credit: Mike Mozart. (CC Walmart store front. CC BY 2.0).

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Oil Industry ‘Net-Zero’ Pledges are an Attempt to Delay Climate Action, New Paper Warns

DeSmogBlog

They ranked oil executive compensation, finding that Shell’s CEO Ben van Beurden ranked highest, earning more than $23 million in 2018, with Chevron’s Mike Wirth just behind at $20 million. This is clearly fossil fuel propaganda, designed to mislead the public and the elites about the actual practices of these companies,” Brulle said.

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Oil Industry ‘Net-Zero’ Pledges are an Attempt to Delay Climate Action, New Paper Warns

DeSmogBlog

They ranked oil executive compensation, finding that Shell’s CEO Ben van Beurden ranked highest, earning more than $23 million in 2018, with Chevron’s Mike Wirth just behind at $20 million. This is clearly fossil fuel propaganda, designed to mislead the public and the elites about the actual practices of these companies,” Brulle said.

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Online Event - MaRS Impact Week 2020

Green Market Oracle

Seamus O’Regan, Natural Resources Canada Farah Brunache, Lagatos Manjula Selvarajah, CBC Radio Tom Rand, ArcTern Ventures Tim Bray, Software technologist Ilse Treurnicht, Triphase Caitlin Rosser, Calvert Impact Capital Evelyn Allen, Evercloak Rob Niven, CarbonCure Allyson Hewitt, MaRS Discovery District Angelique Ahlstrom, Flash Forest Alexandra Tavasoli, (..)

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Mayor Gloria?Announces?Visionary? ‘Our Climate, Our Future’ Initiative?

CleanTech San Diego

. “Mayor Gloria is taking a different approach to climate action by partnering with labor and other stakeholders to develop policies that ensure no worker is left behind,” said Brigette Browning, Executive Secretary-Treasurer at the San Diego & Imperial Counties Labor Council. Congressman Mike Levin.

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'We urgently need to prepare': Green figures react to the CCC's climate risk warning

Business Green

Baroness Brown, chair of the CCC's adaptation committee: "The severity of the risks we face must not be underestimated. Friends of the Earth's head of policy Mike Childs: "The government's response to the accelerating impacts of the climate emergency is totally inadequate.

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'For a clean, inclusive and resilient UK recovery plan'

Business Green

Mike Watson, CEO, LGPS Central Limited. Mike Hughes, President, UK and Ireland, Schneider Electric. Andrew Brown, Chair, The William Leech Foundation Limited. Mark Neill, Managing Director, Landmarc Support Services Ltd. Meryam Omi, Head of Sustainable and Responsible Investing, Legal & General Investment Management.