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Barnaby Pace

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Weaponising pedantry for investigative journalism. Research and investigations at @ciel former @globalwitness. Tweets are in a personal capacity. He/Him

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Rachel Salvidge @rachelsalvidge.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
PLEASE WATCH BBC TEN O'CLOCK NEWS, OR ITV NEWS AT TEN, OR READ THE TIMES SITE AT 10PM TONIGHT We found high levels of carcinogenic PFAS in people's blood. After finding high levels of it coming off a the site of chemicals plants past and present... pls watch for more...
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 06/09/2026
Good news! www.globalccsinstitute.com/role-of-ccs-...
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Role of CCS in US Data Centre Decarbonisation
Efficiency gains from adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) technology are driving its penetration into broad sectors of the US economy, ranging from business intelligence, healthcare, and educatio...
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Channel 4 News @channel4news.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation. 🔗 Read the exclusive story on Substack:
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Exclusive: Nigel Farage filmed undercover celebrating secret new foreign donations
Undercover footage verified by Channel 4 News reveals a secret plot by senior Reform UK figures to break the law on party donations. A leading legal expert is now calling for a criminal investigation.
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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
@ciel.org's new briefing calls for voting reform at the UNFCCC – arguing that consensus-only rules have stalled fossil fuel phaseout, while other UN bodies use votes to move forward when consensus fails.
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Breaking the Deadlock: Why and How Voting Can Advance Climate Negotiations Thirty Years On (June 9th, 2026) - Center for International Environmental Law
New CIEL briefing explores how voting reforms at the UNFCCC could break climate deadlock and accelerate ambitious global action.
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Leo Hickman @leohickman.carbonbrief.org · 22/03/2026
Writing in the climate-sceptic Sunday Telegraph, UK's Conservative opposition leader Kemi Badenoch is all in on "Drill Baby Drill" An all-you-can-eat buffet of half-truths, falsehoods and magical thinking
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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Most plastics, chemicals, artificial fertilisers, pesticides & synthetic fabrics are made from fossil fuels & they emit pollution throughout their life cycle, from extraction to processing to use & disposal. Fossil fuels give birth to so many major pollution sources.
Process map of the many points at which pollution is emitted in the life cycle of fossil fuels including oil, gas and coal, plastics, synthetic fabrics, fertilizers and petro-chemicals.
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Ben Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
A staggering statement from former Washington Post editor Marty Baron: "This ranks among the darkest days in the history of one of the world's greatest news organizations."
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Spotlight on Corruption @spotlightcorruption.org · 27/01/2026
🧑‍⚖️ The trial of Diezani Alison-Madueke, former Nigerian minister for petroleum resources, kicked off in London today. She stands accused of awarding government contracts worth millions to high-profile businessmen in return for bribes whilst she sat at the helm of Nigeria’s booming oil industry.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 16/12/2025
SO MANY people are promoting this, come on
 Your editorial advocates the “precautionary principle” – better to do nothing than to put risky technology under Donald Trump’s control. No one is promoting solar geoengineering as a solution to global heating. It’s a stopgap that may become our only strategy if we fail to curb CO2 emissions. We are already well down the dangerous road of net zero, where we are promised that untried technologies can offset our emissions so that we can carry on with business as usual. To make a difference, these carbon dioxide removal schemes would need to draw down some 30bn tonnes of CO2 a year.

One form of solar geoengineering is to spray particles into the high atmosphere to reflect sunlight away from Earth – solar radiation modification (SRM). Cooling of 1C can be achieved by spraying 10m tonnes of material. There are other strategies, including spraying seawater to make clouds more reflective. All these ideas are the subject of serious research, in universities around the world, that takes ethical and governance considerations seriously.

Solar geoengineering doesn’t cut greenhouse gas emissions – there is no suggestion that it should. What is clear is that the rate at which we are reducing emissions and devising methods to remove CO2 are not fast enough. SRM is, unfortunately, becoming a necessity. We cannot afford the risk of doing nothing.
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Deputy director, Centre for Climate Repair, University of Cambridge
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DeSmog @desmog.com · 18/11/2025
🔴 NEW 🔴 More Than 300 Lobbyists for Industrial Agriculture Attend COP30 Presence of high-polluting companies erodes trust in the UN process, say campaigners. www.desmog.com/2025/11/18/m... 📝 @rachelsherrington.bsky.social & @ninalakhani.bsky.social 👇
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More Than 300 Lobbyists for Industrial Agriculture Attend COP30
Presence of high-polluting companies erodes trust in the UN process, say campaigners.
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 07/11/2025
AI’s soaring power demand is being used to justify new gas/coal plants “cleaned” by CCS. Track record: 88% failures, big costs, bigger delays. With #COP30, close CCS/offset loopholes and align NDCs with 1.5°C. Read: bit.ly/4pgcG55 Let's not power tomorrow’s AI with yesterday’s fuels.
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Julia Levin @jflevin.bsky.social · 25/10/2025
Oil & gas companies sure get lots of access to Carney's ministers.... Follow the @fedlobbot.bsky.social for updates on how much lobbying is happening
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 21/10/2025
You will: 📚 Conduct legal research on climate, human rights & trade 🗣️ Support advocacy & policy analysis ✍️ Contribute to briefs & publications 💰 Receive a monthly stipend Apply now to help shape a more just and sustainable future.
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 21/10/2025
Spring 2026 Legal Internship (Climate & Energy – Geneva) at CIEL. 🌍 Calling future environmental lawyers! 🗓️ Deadline: 2 Nov 2025 🔗 cielorg.bamboohr.com/careers/117?... Join a team working at the intersection of #HumanRights, #ClimateJustice, and international law.
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 03/10/2025
They’ll take part in two critical workshops: 🔹 “Investigating false solutions: geoengineering and desalination plants” 🔹 “Climate litigation in the age of misinformation” They aim to equip journalists with tools to expose greenwashing, track false climate fixes, and navigate legal battles.
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 03/10/2025
Next Friday in Budapest, CIEL’s @duycks.bsky.social and @barnabypace.bsky.social join journalists and scientists at #ClimateArena2025 - an inspiring working conference by @journalismarena.eu to strengthen climate reporting across Europe. 📍 Corvinus University, Budapest 🗓️ October 10
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 30/09/2025
ACT NOW. 🔥 Fires, explosions, toxic releases — chemical disasters happen nearly every day in the US. ⚠️ The Trump Admin is trying to eliminate the only agency that investigates and prevents them. 📣 Tell Congress: Save the Chemical Safety Board ☎️ Act now: bit.ly/3Kq1Z0w
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 08/09/2025
⚠️ More than half of all fertilizers are made from fossil fuels. 🛢️ The result? A system that harms our health, drives climate change, and threatens food security. 🍽️ It’s time to rethink what’s on our plates. 👇 Learn more about the frack-to-fork supply chain.
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Frack to Fork: Fossil Fertilizers Harm Health, Climate, and Food Systems (Sept 2025) - Center for International Environmental Law
Fossil-fueled fertilizers drive climate change and threaten human health. Explore their hidden costs and learn proven solutions for resilient food systems.
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 25/08/2025
Insurance math: 🔥 Communities hit by floods + fires = uninsurable. 🏭 Polluters driving disasters = cash + coverage. As we brace for hurricane season, @ellejurca.bsky.social, @barnabypace.bsky.social & ‪‪@cslidders.bsky.social‬ make it clear: the system is broken.
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Trump, Fossil Fuels, and Insurers Are Making Hurricane Season Even More Dangerous | Common Dreams
With the federal government abdicating its responsibility, state and local leaders must step up. They have the power and duty to act.
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Barnaby Pace @barnabypace.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
The Gulf Coast — home to more than 84% of US plastics’ production and nearly half of US petroleum refining capacity — is bracing for more than five major hurricanes predicted for the Atlantic Ocean this year, all while federal protections are rolled back. Latest from @ellejurca.bsky.social and me.
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Marie Le Conte @youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com · 21/08/2025
I know no one has money anymore but publications should probably consider getting proper editors and fact checkers in again, as opposed to "overworked people who'll give your copy a quick look over before publishing", which is what most of them have now
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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
🛢️ Trump's EPA is helping Big Oil while communities pay the price. @ciel.org's analysis reveals companies lobbying millions to gut pollution rules are the same ones expanding toxic facilities at newly exempt sites. Read more:
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EPA Rollback: A New Era of Deregulation - Center for International Environmental Law
EPA grants sweeping air pollution exemptions to petrochemical giants, risking public health and aiding industry lobbyists.
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 08/08/2025
❌ Plastics Treaty not for sale! Oil producing countries want to sell out the #PlasticsTreaty to the fossil fuel lobby! We can’t let them! Watch and share the video to demand world leaders to step up and deliver a strong treaty that cuts plastic production! www.greenpeace.org/PlasticsTreaty
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Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · 07/08/2025
⚠️ Fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists have flooded #PlasticsTreaty talks at a record high. They're working with petrostates to distract, delay, and drag the treaty toward the lowest common denominator. #KickPollutersOut #INC5-2 👉 Read more: bit.ly/41wUn1L
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Greenpeace International 🌍 @greenpeace.org · 29/07/2025
Did you know the plastic industry is Making Oil Great Again? 🛢️🤑🛢️ But “Drill Baby Drill” doesn’t have to be the future for plastic (99% of which is made of oil or gas) or the planet! 🎥 Watch & check out @Greenpeaceuk’s new report www.greenpeace.org.uk/resources/pl...
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 13/07/2025
Tyre-wear particles are a major source of microplastics that harm the environment. The good news? Prevention and mitigation can help to #BeatPollution. Explore more from this online brief: www.unep.org/resources/em...
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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
There is no escape from #Microplastic and #Nanoplastics, but there's #inequality in the impact of this, as all of the other impacts of the #FossilFuel profiteers #PlasticsTreaty
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Barnaby Pace @barnabypace.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Great to see @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social take up the issue of fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbying at the plastics treaty talks including our @ciel.org finding of 220 lobbyists at INC5. www.ciel.org/news/inc-5-l...
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Fossil Fuel Lobbyists Flood Final Scheduled Round of Global Plastics Treaty Negotiations - Center for International Environmental Law
A new analysis finds that 220 fossil fuel and petrochemical lobbyists registered to attend the final scheduled plastics treaty negotiations.
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Cate Bonacini @cbonac.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
Memes I never thought I'd have to make....
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Barnaby Pace @barnabypace.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
The irony on top is politico carrying adverts for Equinor about "oil and gas powering the energy transition" and a brand survey for fossil fuel companies around their reporting.
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Taylor Noakes @taylornoakes.com · 30/06/2025
An alliance of tarsands oil producers with a long track record of minimizing or ignoring the risks of climate change have been sponsoring science fairs It's just the latest effort by the fossil fuel industry to gain social acceptance Latest @desmog.com #cdnpoli www.desmog.com/2025/06/30/p...
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Pathways Alliance Sponsored Science Fairs for Canadian Children
Paying for social license is 'no substitute for solving environmental problems,' say critics.
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Transparency International UK @transparencyuk.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
🚨UK TAX HAVENS MISS TRANSPARENCY DEADLINE🚨 UK offshore financial centres have failed to comply with the deadline for ending corporate secrecy, enabling dirty money to stay hidden in the UK. This undermines the UK's anti-corruption efforts and weakens national security. More in @theguardian.com ⤵️
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British overseas territories miss final deadline to crack down on ‘dirty money’
Island havens accused of ‘defying the will of parliament’ after failing to initiate corporate transparency measures
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Emily Atkin @emorwee.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
It’s so important to understand WHY the new Senate bill has such drastic provisions to kill renewable energy Fossil fuel industry lobbyists and Big Oil-funded activists have been ALL OVER the GOP in recent weeks, telling them that clean energy jobs are “fentanyl jobs” and “a cancer”
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The Senate is about to destroy clean energy to give tax cuts to billionaires
The bill could pass within the next 24 hours.
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Henry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 27/06/2025
It is remarkable that the west is committing to spending 5% of GDP on defence, and almost no one has made the case that the most pressing threat to our security this century is climate change and we should be spending more on tackling that.
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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Thrilled to be moderating this panel of badass women journalists. Join us! (open to the public on Zoom) @amywestervelt.bsky.social @democracynow.org and more BREAKTHROUGH JOURNALISM: STRATEGIES FOR COVERING THE CLIMATE CRISIS. June 28, 2025. 2pm ET #WECAN www.wecaninternational.org/womens-assem...
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Rob Ralston @policyrelevant.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
with the final round of UN plastic treaty negotiations in 4 weeks time, we've written a short piece that sets out the concept of a 'petrochemical historical bloc' to reveal the depth and extent of forces opposing strong global governance of plastic
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The petrochemical historical bloc: Exposing the extent and depth of opposition to a high-ambition plastics treaty | Cambridge Prisms: Plastics | Cambridge Core
The petrochemical historical bloc: Exposing the extent and depth of opposition to a high-ambition plastics treaty
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Lien Vandamme @lienvandamme.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
With @ciel.org's @erikalennon.bsky.social: "It is long past time for a conflict of interest policy. You wouldn’t let the tobacco companies write the rules on public health or the gun manufacturers writing rules on gun control." #KickBigPollutersOut of the UN Climate Talks, NOW!
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Sue Hawley @suehawley.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Last week the OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights produced its report on the UK's 2024 election with a specific section on campaign finance. And made a series of weighty recommendations along the lines that others have recommended for years🧵 www.osce.org/files/f/docu...
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Dan Froomkin/Press Watch/Heads Up News @froomkin.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
On the eve of "NO KINGS" day, some advice for journalists on how to cover protests (and how not to.) presswatchers.org/2025/06/how-...
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‘How many people were arrested?’ is a lousy way to cover protests | Press Watch
Protests are big news now. That calls for better reporting on them.
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Jason Leopold @jasonleopold.bsky.social · 13/06/2025
Happy FOIAFriday the 13th! NEW issue of my newsletter is out. In March, I filed a #FOIA request with the US Institute of Peace just as DOGE was taking over the agency. This week USIP sent me the most incredible response to a #FOIA request I have ever received. www.bloomberg.com/news/newslet...
Dear Mr. Leopold,
This letter is in response to your correspondence to the United States Institute of Peace (USIP or the Institute) regarding a request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA).
We understand that your request was submitted on March 18, 2025. As you may know, at the time of your request, USIP was operating under the control of Mr. Kenneth Jackson and Mr. Nate Cavanaugh of the United States Department of Government Efficiency. Mr. Jackson and Mr. Cavanaugh disabled and restricted access to the Institute's FOIA system, terminated the employees responsible for processing FOIA requests, and restricted the use of Institute tinancial resources. The United States District Court for the District of Columbia declared all actions taken by Mr. Jackson and Mr. Cavanaugh to be null, void, and without legal effect" and affirmed USIP's current leadership on May 19, 2025. USIP leadership regained control of the Institute's FOIA system on June 4, 2025. Accordingly, we received your request on June 4, 2025. We regret any confusion caused by Mr. Jackson's and Mr. Cavanaugh's actions.
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Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Such an important project tracking a toxic disaster at a sprawling petroleum refinery. Accidents like this often go unscrutinized but this series showed the importance of digging in. 👏👏👏 @oliverlaughland.bsky.social @sarasneath.bsky.social @wcraft.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/us-news/arti...
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The huge US toxic fire shrouded in secrecy: ‘I taste oil in my mouth’
Louisianans say a major accident at a sprawling Marathon refinery caused health issues. The company insists there were ‘no offsite impacts’
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Barnaby Pace @barnabypace.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
"The pollution metaphor is apt because it captures the chaotic and toxic nature of today’s information landscape, which is controlled by a handful of powerful companies that commodify attention and inundate our feeds with “AI slop”" www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/i...
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Information Pollution Is Undermining Climate Progress | by Lili Fuhr & Stephanie Hankey - Project Syndicate
Lili Fuhr & Stephanie Hankey warn that platforms built to maximize engagement are suppressing facts and amplifying dangerous falsehoods.
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Jordan Barab @jbarab.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Trump wants to shut down the Chemical Safety Board which has a unique role investigating chemical plant incidents. The result: more chemical releases, worker deaths and community pollution. All to save $14 million. And to make the chemical industry happy www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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White House proposes shutting down chemical safety agency
Since 1998, the Chemical Safety Board has played a key role in probing the causes of major chemical accidents.
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Rebecca John @rebeccajohn.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
🚨 NEW STORY 🚨 Did you know the US's most powerful oil trade group sponsored the Girl Scouts USA as "nontraditional local allies" useful in the battle over policy issues? or that BP funded Ford's Theatre to access "Members of Congress, the Administration"? Internal company documents tell all ...
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REVEALED: Now There’s Proof That the Fossil Fuel Industry Uses Cultural Sponsorships to Block Climate Action
BP, Chevron, Shell, and other oil majors back arts and community groups to protect their business models, subpoenaed documents show.
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Rob Ralston @policyrelevant.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
New commentary with colleagues from @ciel.org @greenpeace.org and @scientistscoa.bsky.social on the UN global plastics treaty and corporate capture We highlight power imbalances in negotiations, and suggest ways to strengthen the democratic legitimacy of a future treaty
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Preventing corporate capture: Democratic legitimacy and the global plastics treaty
UN global plastics treaty negotiations have been marked by power imbalances impacting the participation of rights holders and civil society. This commentary examines how multistakeholder processes hav...
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Popehat @kenwhite.bsky.social · 12/05/2025
This is getting a fair amount of scorn, and I’d say it deserves it. The hidden premise is that “corruption” requires the specific proof that the Supreme Court has decided (controversially) is required for certain very specific federal criminal statutes. /1
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Brilliant achievement! Now MPs must consider the petition for a debate in Parliament - it couldn’t be more urgent to stop fossil fuel ads creating a social licence of trust & acceptability
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Antonia Juhasz @antoniajuhasz.bsky.social · 29/04/2025
Breaking: Three people were killed and two others injured in an accident at a #LNG plant under construction in Texas on Tuesday, according to the lead contractor Bechtel. The fatal incident occurred at Sempra's (SRE.N) Port Arthur LNG construction site, according to Bechtel. c/o Reuters
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
"The only way this establishment thinking can be routed... is by improving accountability and giving greater force to the FOI Act and the EIRs" Terrific piece by @davidallengreen.bsky.social about Democracy for Sale's information battle w/ARIA www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/th...
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Uncovering the secrets of ARIA
How an ‘advanced’ scientific body was reduced to claiming environmental information was not ‘environmental information’
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Peter Geoghegan @petergeoghegan.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
🔴 Remember Aria, the “moonshot" research agency dreamed up by Dominic Cummings? It's funded by £800m in public money but exempt from FOI laws We decided to fight for transparency... and we won 🎉 New on Democracy for Sale w/ @lucasamin.bsky.social democracyforsale.substack.com/p/dominic-cu...
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Democracy for Sale 1, Dominic Cummings 0
We fought to expose the £800m research agency that Cummings built to escape scrutiny - and we won.
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