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Big Name Climate Deniers Aren't Joining Conspiracy Theory-Friendly Parler — Yet

DeSmogBlog

Read time: 12 mins Parler is fast becoming a conservative echo-chamber but big name climate deniers don't seem to be abandoning mainstream social media for the fringe platform — at least not yet. Tags: Social Media climate denial database climate denial twitter

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Fossil Freeze: Deadly Texas Catastrophe Shows How Natural Gas Systems Can Fail when Demand Spikes

DeSmogBlog

Read time: 16 mins As temperatures across Texas plunged in mid-February, memes showing frozen wind turbines — some including misleading photos from Europe in 2015 — spread rapidly on social media. Tags: texas Rick Perry natural gas pipelines extreme weather

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Major Fossil Fuel PR Group is Behind Europe Pro-Hydrogen Push

DeSmogBlog

Read time: 7 mins The recent deluge of pro-hydrogen stories in the media that tout hydrogen as a climate solution and clean form of energy can now be linked in part to FTI Consulting — one of the most notorious oil and gas industry public relations firms. Tags: Hydrogen FTI Consulting Bridge Fuel Green hydrogen

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Mainstream News Prioritises Big Business and Opponents of Climate Action – Study

DeSmogBlog

Tags: climate news Mainstream Media climate action Messaging false balance Read time: 3 mins Statements from large business associations and opponents of climate action are twice as likely to be included in climate change coverage by national newspapers than pro-climate action messaging, according to a new study.

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Koch Academic Influence Returns to Massachusetts With New Tufts University Think Tank

DeSmogBlog

Read time: 3 mins When a new Massachusetts think tank housed at Tufts University launched earlier this year , Boston-based media described it as a “ CBO -like center” (referring to the Congressional Budget Office) that would offer an “independent analysis” of proposed state policy and legislation.

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Instagram Influencers Paid to Boost UAE’s Climate Credentials Over COP28

DeSmogBlog

Social media influencers were paid to boost the UAE’s climate credentials in and around COP28 in what appears to be a coordinated PR effort by the oil-dependent host nation, DeSmog can reveal. Reports of the fossil fuel interests of the host country dominated much of the media coverage of the summit.

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Should Climate Tech Companies Pay For Twitter Subscriptions?

Michael Grossman

You'd think a guy who founded an electric vehicle company and a company that builds solar panels would be all in on helping promote companies pursuing clean technology solutions on one of the world's largest social media networks, right? In social media metrics, engagement is considered the gold standard. Not necessarily.