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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 20h
NVIDIA’s disclosed supply-chain emissions have risen 725% since 2020, while its renewable-energy target covers less than 1% of its total emissions. Efficiency claims do not change the bigger picture: more chips, more data centres, and rising energy demand. via @greenpeace.org buff.ly/2x6koD1
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Green AI or greenwashing? Why NVIDIA can’t compute its way out of the climate crisis - Greenpeace International
The sleek panel entitled “Confronting the data center energy crisis” at New York Climate Week was in full swing, with tech executives painting a rosy vision of an AI-powered, sustainable…
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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 21h
Climate damages are becoming easier to trace and harder to ignore. New analysis from@influencemap.bsky.social looks at how attribution science is helping courts and legislators link climate harms to the historical emissions of fossil fuel producers. Read more: buff.ly/05CPUgp
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Carbon Majors: Quantifying Corporate Climate Liability
This analysis examines how attribution science is enabling courts and legislators to assign financial responsibility for climate damages.
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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 23h
Extreme weather is shaping Brazil’s election campaign, but the climate crisis is barely being mentioned. Oii’s monitoring of 8,190 candidate accounts found that politicians rarely connected disasters to climate change or El Niño. buff.ly/dzYM1yC
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EXCLUSIVE — Extreme weather enters Brazil’s election campaign, but the climate crisis all but disappears
Floods, storms, smoke, drought and landslides prompted 114 candidates in Amazonas, Paraná, Rio Grande do Sul and São Paulo to speak out. But climate change and El Niño barely appear in their posts
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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
“Policy advocacy is important in circumstances where there’s strong irrefutable evidence, and where the mis- and dis-information has the potential to slow our progress.” via @politico.com buff.ly/Z2ILevP
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Australia’s climate chief promises harder line on misinformation
Senior public servant says bureaucrats will speak up about misinformation that risks policy progress.
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Friends of the Earth Scotland 🌍 @foescot.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Join us for a discussion on data centres! ⚡️ Thurs 1st Oct from 6pm. 📆 Dundee Rep, Tay Square 📍
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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Fossil fuel companies are using AI to spot new reserves, streamline drilling and get more from existing fields, leading to a potentially significant rise in emissions. Learn more via @desmog.com www.desmog.com/2026/09/30/a...
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AI Was Supposed to Cut Emissions. Instead, Fossil Fuel Companies Are Using It to Find More Oil and Gas.
A new study found AI-driven fossil fuel productivity could increase emissions. Here are examples of companies already using AI to boost production.
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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
New from @drilledmedia.bsky.social : carbon credit markets are sold as a climate solution, but their record on emissions and human rights tells a more complicated story. buff.ly/OGIRMZO
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Carbon Credit Markets Have a Human Rights Problem | The Spill
Investigating the obstacles to action on climate change.
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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
"We would say when a company goes building trusted emotional connections with children in institutional environments, we think that can only be described as petro-grooming." via @news.abc.net.au buff.ly/VV92SGw
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Inside the fossil fuel industry's push into Australian classrooms
At least 260 educational programs in Australia are sponsored by fossil fuel companies, according to a report by a climate advocacy group.
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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 29/09/2026
WATCH LIVE: Dr. Gretchen Goldman, UCS President & CEO testifies to the Senate Environment & Public Works Committee on the Trump administration's unrelenting attacks on science:
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The science Big Oil wants to hide from you
YouTube video by Senate Environment & Public Works Committee
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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This summer’s extreme weather has shown how the climate crisis and the information crisis go hand in hand. @councilonstrategicrisks.org's Tom Ellison and @caadcoalition.bsky.social's Phil Newell share practical ways to spot and respond to harmful disinfo. buff.ly/OanVaL4
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Keeping Safe from Fires and Liars
Explore the connection between climate crises and disinformation as experts discuss current challenges and their impacts.
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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Indonesia’s military-linked networks are using disinformation to brand activists and journalists “foreign agents”, putting them at risk and silencing dissent. Learn more via @amnesty.org buff.ly/yvnusM7
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Indonesia: Military silences dissent with disinformation campaigns branding activists and journalists 'foreign agents'
Coordinated disinformation campaigns portraying government critics as “foreign agents” are silencing dissent and fueling intimidation and violence under Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, Amnesty…
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NewClimate Institute @newclimate.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🆕 Primer: How policymakers in the #EU can address, prepare for and react to climate #disinformation. Preventing the viral spread of false narratives is essential for effective climate action, healthy democratic debate, and Europe’s credibility on the global stage. Read more 👉 bit.ly/3VpwSaK
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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 27/09/2026
Write today and demand your members of Congress reject a liability shield for the fossil fuel industry. Take action: act.ucs.org/4iG87AS Learn more in our Decades of Deceit timeline: act.ucs.org/3TOOwEv
1979 Exxon memo warned CO2 buildup could cause global environmental harm, urging limits on fossil fuel use.
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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
When advertising looks like journalism, corporate PR gets mistaken for public-interest reporting. That is Big Oil’s native-ad playbook. And Big Tech is now using it to sell AI data centres. Read Michelle A. Amazeen's new piece on the blog. buff.ly/xYFnOF1
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The Datacenter Playbook: How Big Tech Is Copying Big Oil’s Native Advertising Tactics
We've seen this story before. A struggling region needs economic relief. An industry arrives with promises of jobs, tax revenue, and progress. Sleek, editorial-style content – indistinguishable from journalism – celebrates the arrival of prosperity. Local concerns about environmental damage, strain on infrastructure, and resource depletion get buried beneath narratives of regional rescue.
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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
“The message from this administration is clear: Big Oil gets the profits, and American families get the bill.” @rsanta.bsky.social examines how oil and gas interests are pushing the EPA to weaken methane rules, according to a new @fieldnotes.co investigation. buff.ly/Yx1txy6
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How the Oil Industry Is Pushing EPA to 'Effectively Gut' Methane Rules During Affordability and Climate Crises
As House Republicans crafted President Trump’s domestic policy bill last spring, the oil and gas industry watched closely, eyes trained on the fate of one policy in particular: a fee on excess methane...
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Center for Climate Integrity @climateintegrity.org · 25/09/2026
"Communities that have suffered real harm deserve the opportunity to make their case before a court [&] the corporations that allegedly caused that harm deserve the opportunity to defend themselves. The Constitution does not—& should not—shield energy companies from paying for the harms they cause."
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Legal scholars: SCOTUS should reject Big Oil’s arguments to escape trial in Colorado | Center for Climate Integrity
Law professors say Big Oil’s “unusual” arguments have “no merit” and are “at odds” with principles of federalism.
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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
“The Pathways project, … will not come close to compensating for the new west coast oil pipeline, which could add up to 28 MTA of greenhouse gas emissions every year.” buff.ly/zdyqPnq
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Pathways Proponent Claims Carbon Capture Project Only 'Slightly Smaller' Despite Reduction by Half
Oil Sands Alliance's Kendall Dilling confirms that the proposed carbon capture project is more scaled back than oil producers originally advertised.
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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
What do you get when you combine Big Tech’s AI-driven consumption of materials and electricity with Big Carbon’s dirty climate-warming pollution? A 725% rise in emissions since 2020, apparently. caad.info/blog/nvidias...
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Nvidia’s Indirect Emissions Risen 725% Since 2020 As ‘AI Profiteer’ Sells Itself As A Climate Champ – Climate Action Against Disinformation
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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
New research links the emissions of 122 fossil fuel and cement producers to around 40% of the Western US’s decline in mountain snowpack, deepening water shortages for communities and agriculture. via @climateconnections.bsky.social
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Scientists link fossil fuel producers to the West’s worsening water shortages » Yale Climate Connections
A new study blames 122 companies for contributing to severe drought in the region.
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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Canada’s wildfire coverage often focuses on smoke, evacuations and the immediate emergency, but too rarely explains the bigger picture: fossil fuel emissions drive climate change, which is making wildfires more intense. via ReClimate buff.ly/7IXaWT5
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What Canada’s Wildfire Media Coverage Is Missing: Climate Change - Re.Climate
When wildfires strike, the news focuses on what’s happening now. But Canadians also need to understand why wildfires are getting worse and what can be done to solve it.
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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
With COP31 approaching, the focus must be on turning commitments into action: scaling clean energy and electrification, moving away from fossil fuels, and unlocking climate finance for adaptation. @eciu.net sets out what lies ahead: buff.ly/yEhgmYC
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COP31 - what lies ahead?
As the next UN climate summit approaches, we take a look at what's up for discussion
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Emily Sanders @emdashsanders.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Journalists reporting on Suncor v. Boulder at SCOTUS: me, @alejandrocamacho.bsky.social, @lesleyclark.bsky.social and @ishan-thakore.bsky.social talked potential angles, qs before the court, implications of a ruling & other ways you can approach this coverage. Thanks @coveringclimatenow.org!
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Suncor v. Boulder: The Climate Showdown at the Supreme Court — Covering Climate Now
 The first case the US Supreme Court will hear this fall term is a blockbuster climate lawsuit — one of dozens brought by state and local governments that argue oil companies deceived the public abou...
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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
According to a new @quotaclimat.org and Droit à l’Info survey, 64% of people in France think the ecological transition is moving too slowly. Yet climate disinformation risks undermining support for action. Read the findings in full: quotaclimat.org/actualites/d...
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Désinformation climatique : les Français proches de la bascule, les médias conservent le pouvoir de la désamorcer - quotaclimat
Alors que 64 % des Français jugent la transition écologique trop lente, l’enquête inédite réalisée par Cluster 17 pour Droit à l’Info auprès de 5 009 personnes révèle la réceptivité aux narratifs de d...
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Friends of the Earth Australia @foe.org.au · 24/09/2026
'The gas industry has been accused of unleashing a “scare campaign” before the Victorian election as it pressures the state government to reverse a ban on gas in new homes.' www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Gas lobby ‘scare campaign’ urges Victoria to scrap ban in new homes, leaked documents show
Exclusive: Australian Gas Infrastructure Group lobbying campaign warns energy bills could increase by $100 unless ban is reversed, despite experts disagreeing
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WHAT TO FIX @whattofix.tech · 21/09/2026
📣 BIG NEWS: We have filed a #DSA complaint against #Meta with the Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) for potential non-compliance with Articles 12, 14, 16 and 20 of the DSA.
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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
The climate crisis needs action on every front — and the law is one of the most powerful tools we have. @clientearth.bsky.social explain how legal action can help hold governments and companies accountable, and turn climate commitments into meaningful change. Read more: buff.ly/P3spNbt
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How can the law fight climate change?
Here's why we use the power of the law in the climate fight
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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Climate disinformation is easier to counter when we prepare for it. @ucs.org's Kate Cell sets out six ways to strengthen information resilience, including learning manipulation tactics, relying on credible sources and asking who benefits from our attention. buff.ly/Wr9FTi4
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Congratulations! You’re a Disinformation Target. 6 Ways to Head Off the Deception
With the 2026 midterm elections coming, we're all targets. You can plan for it.
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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
"We know that fossil fuel interests won't step aside on their own. For decades, Big Oil has treated the atmosphere as an open sewer – and cashed in on the consequences." Antonio Guterres at the UN General Assembly this week www.lemonde.fr/en/internati...
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UN chief says fossil fuel majors treat atmosphere like 'open sewer'
Antonio Guterres slammed the energy industry at the UN General Assembly on Tuesday. 'Those who polluted the most, and profited the most, must do far more to repair the damage they caused,' he urged.
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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
AI is melting the planet while they tell #NYClimateWeek it's a cure. Dont fall for it. Nvidias emissions are up 725% to fuel the AI bubble. AIgreenwashing.org
Ice sculpture of the planet with "AI is melting the planet" and logos for Meta, Google, anthropic, openai, nvidia and Microsoft logos with flamesLater shot of a more melted version of the Ice sculpture of the planet with "AI is melting the planet" and logos for Meta, Google, anthropic, openai, nvidia and Microsoft logos with flames
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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🚨 @newclimate.bsky.social's “New guidance for EU policymakers on countering climate disinformation,” is out now. It offers practical guidance for EU and Member State policymakers to understand, anticipate and respond to climate disinformation.
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Climate disinformation: what EU policymakers need to know and do?
​This primer offers actionable guidance for EU policymakers to combat climate disinformation in their daily functions.
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Stop Funding Heat @stopfundingheat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
"Each instance was then checked by a researcher, blah, blah, blah". This is what Ikea have been choosing to align themselves with... Read @dcarrington.bsky.social's article to get the full picture about Talk's track record on climate change: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Environmental Defense Fund @envdefensefund.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This decision shows what EDF and others have been arguing for years: increasingly expensive gas plants that come with a 30 year mortgage are a bad deal to meet unpredictable data center demand. Read what EDF NC Policy Director, Will Scott, told Politico: politi.co/4AuEnNS
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Citing Trump, GOP regulators reject gas plant for Amazon data center
GOP officials in North Carolina said Duke Energy’s plans for powering the Amazon facility ran counter to the president’s Ratepayer Protection Pledge.
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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
IPIE’s new survey of 470 researchers across 71 countries finds the global information environment is under growing pressure. Unaccountable platform power is experts’ biggest concern, followed by misinformation, polarisation and generative AI. Read the report in full buff.ly/miyFEek
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Expert Survey on the Global Information Environment 2026: Under Pressure
Summary for Policymakers - Expert Survey on the Global Information Environment 2026: Under Pressure
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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
A new @desmog.com investigation from @geoffdembicki.bsky.social has found that Suncor lead a climate denial group spreading 'uncertainties' about climate science. www.desmog.com/2026/09/21/s...
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Suncor Helped Lead Climate Denial Group Spreading ‘Uncertainties’
With a U.S. Supreme Court decision looming on whether the company can be held liable for climate deception, internal documents show a campaign to question science.
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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
New from @e3g.bsky.social : Britain’s gas power stations doubled profits during energy crisis – time for a new energy market vision buff.ly/66wzhHs
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Britain's gas power stations doubled profits during energy crisis – time for a new energy market vision
Gas power stations in Great Britain made approximately £4bn extra profit over 2021 and 2022, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as shown by new UCL analysis funded by E3G. This is due to the…
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ClientEarth @clientearth.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🔍Companies making green claims should be paying attention. Poland’s consumer watchdog, UOKiK, has formally weighed in on our case against Nestlé Poland, just weeks before its first court hearing.
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Stop Funding Heat @stopfundingheat.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This weekend in anti-climate coverage, we have The Telegraph encouraging oil drilling in the Falklands, whilst #BiffaWasteManagement (a brand built around sustainability) advertises below. Other ads include: #O2, #MarksAndSpencer, #GreatWesternRailway & #SkyTV
Telegraph article with headline that reads: Argentina's bullying must not kill off Falklands oil boom
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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
“The IPCC’s mandate as the arbiter of climate science has always been based on its independence and neutrality. The conflicts [reported in this investigation] risk damaging such a reputation.” @theguardian.com buff.ly/ZyfSdA9
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How Saudi oil scientists ended up working on the world’s most important climate reports
Guardian investigation reveals fossil fuel links of IPCC authors, with experts declaring the body’s conflict of interest policy ‘not fit for purpose’
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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Join CAAD at the Berlin Climate Security Conference on 6 October for a session on climate disinformation, AI and security. Featuring Mathilde Jourde (@IRIS), @thaislazzeri.bsky.social (FALA) and CAAD’s Anna Siewiorek, moderated by Laís Clemente Pereira of @climatediplo.bsky.social buff.ly/ArCBqJR
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BCSC 2026: Climate disinformation, AI and security
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DeSmog @desmog.com · 18/09/2026
🚨 New🚨 : Advertising Contracts with Big Oil Hit Record High as Profits Soar Amid War in Iran buff.ly/68koodi
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Advertising Contracts with Big Oil Hit Record High as Profits Soar from War in Iran
Campaigners say advertising and PR agencies are “nowhere close” to giving up their oil and gas clients.
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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
“This Court should not stop this process of seeking accountability for the industry’s role in causing the damage local government must remediate.” via @climateintegrity.org buff.ly/uzJpOuz
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Big Oil, not taxpayers, should pay for climate damages, local governments tell SCOTUS | Center for Climate Integrity
“This Court should not stop this process of seeking accountability for the industry’s role in causing the damage local government must remediate.”
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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
A single climate denialist comment by Flávio Bolsonaro on Brazil’s main evening news triggered 27,000 online mentions, reaching an estimated 55.1 million people. Analysis from Oii found that 11 of the 12 highest reach climate denial posts in August were linked to the episode. buff.ly/rwL4Z2K
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EXCLUSIVE — 27,000 mentions: how Flávio Bolsonaro’s remarks on Jornal Nacional dominated the climate debate
Of the 12 posts containing disinformation found among the 100 most widely reached posts about climate and the environment, 11 were linked to the episode
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Union of Concerned Scientists @ucs.org · 17/09/2026
New York Climate Week is coming! We’re excited to share that UCS President & CEO Gretchen Goldman, PhD will join a powerhouse lineup of community leaders, journalists, elected officials, & scientists to collaborate on critical issues related to energy, impact, and action. ➡️ bit.ly/4A59QWv
🗽New York Climate Week is right around the corner! We’re excited to share that UCS President and CEO Gretchen Goldman will be joining a powerhouse lineup of community leaders, journalists, elected officials, and scientists to collaborate on issues of energy, impact, and action—what's happening in climate, and what's at stake.

Learn more: https://bit.ly/4A59QWv
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Stand.earth @stand.earth · 17/09/2026
NVIDIA is the largest company in the world, and has an ever increasing pollution footprint to match. In fact, since 2020, its indirect emissions have risen 725%, enough to match the product use emission of state-owned Russian coal. And they still claim to be a sustainability leader. #GreenSky 🧵
Background photo of a microchip. REPORT icon in top left corner. “NVIDIA’s AI climate hoax: Analysis on NVIDIA’s rising emissions and greenwashing” “NVIDIA’s indirect emissions have risen 725% since 2020, despite claiming AI will be a ‘net benefit’ for climate.” Arrow icon in bottom right corner.
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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
"Removing tobacco ads saved lives by reducing levels of smoking. As a Bristol resident who cares deeply about climate change and air pollution, I am proud that Bristol has gone even further than other UK councils in curbing polluting ads. It feels like common sense" www.desmog.com/2026/09/16/b...
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Bristol Becomes First UK City to Ban Fast Fashion Adverts Over Industry’s Environmental Toll
Policy update also restricts advertising for fossil fuels products and services in council owned ad sites.
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Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Statements like 'the fact that there have been no investigations probably speaks to the fact that broadcasters are complying broadly with our rules' 😖 We see climate misinformation being broadcast day-in and day-out in the UK. Ofcom have to do better. committees.parliament.uk/publications...
Laura Rhea, Ofcom’s Director of Standards and Audience Protection,
responded that “the fact that there have been no investigations [ … ]
probably speaks to the fact that broadcasters… are complying broadly with our rules”
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Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Meanwhile, the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee has published its report on the UK energy transition. It does cover climate misinformation, and questions are asked of Ofcom about how they will do more to regulate this space. But some of Ofcom's replies are deeply disheartening…
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Stop Funding Hate @stopfundinghate.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Today, a study concluded that climate change contributed to the deadly floods in Nepal. One co-author said there is "absolutely no doubt that human-induced climate change played a role here" Denying this reality is dangerous But GB News consistently air climate denial #climatechange #nepalfloods
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CAAD_Coalition @caadcoalition.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
The fossil-fuel industry is still paying advertising and PR agencies to shape its image, protect its reputation and normalise the continued use of oil and gas. @cleancreatives.bsky.social newly released F-List identifies a record 1,321 active contracts enabling that work in 2026. buff.ly/pFxel0f
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Fossil fuel advertising contracts at all-time high in 2026
In year of extreme weather, ad agencies found to be building Big Oil’s image as integral to family life and security
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Kairos @kairosfellows.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Kairos and 7 other groups published a new report that takes the first ever hard look at NVIDIA's climate record. NVIDIA's the world's largest company by market cap. But its emissions have risen 725% since 2020 -- while it claims AI is going to be a 'net benefit' for climate without evidence.
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