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John Pabon @johnapabon.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

First in my new series of bite-sized billionaire facts to keep you up at night. Who do you want to see next? #eattherich #auspol

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John Pabon @johnapabon.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Book number four, here we go! I've had the brilliant idea to write two books this year. "Eat the Rich" will be out soon. Today, though, I begin the journey on something really special. It'll hit bookshelves worldwide April 2026. A huge thank you to Kogan Page for trusting me with this endeavour.

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John Pabon @johnapabon.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

Wanna stop the incelocracy by the broligarchs? Start here. #ElonMusk #trump

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John Pabon @johnapabon.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

“Mining industry offs koalas.” That should be the headline as any hope for nature reform in Australia goes the way of the dodo. Journalists & outlets covering the continued impact of legislation on the planet should use a bit of creativity in really telling us who’s behind everything going on.

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John Pabon @johnapabon.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Be nice. He’s just trying to secure a mining consultancy once he’s out next year.

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John Pabon @johnapabon.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

What if fighting WWII had to be profitable before we acted? That's kind of where things are in the climate tech space now, which is wrestling for funding as the shiny bobble of AI takes away critical investments. While climate-tech companies raised $10.3B in Q3, AI has seen a surge to over $21B.

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John Pabon @johnapabon.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

What fresh hell is this? They get nearly $20 million in seed funding but I - an actual human author - have to grovel for sales. Thoughts?

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John Pabon @johnapabon.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

That fact alone should act to galvanize and inspire anyone who may be toying with despondency at this moment.

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John Pabon @johnapabon.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Even developing markets are working hard to be better. Yet Amerocentrism would have you believe everything is over because of Trump. Nothing could be further from the truth. I’m not so naïve to think there won’t be major headaches on the horizon. But the work of millions around the world continues.

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John Pabon @johnapabon.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

A lot of amazing work has of course been done in the United States. But it’s not as if the US is the only player. I’ve argued for years China took up the mantle of global sustainability leader at the first Trump presidency. The EU’s work on corporate governance and transparency leads the world.

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John Pabon @johnapabon.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

My hot take: America wasn’t really pulling its weight on global climate action before, so fatalism around the election is probably misplaced. That’s because for a decade a large part of global climate and sustainability progress has been coming from places like Asia and Europe.

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John Pabon @johnapabon.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

The worst part is this monumental day in human history will go largely unnoticed. Developed countries will continue with business as usual while chastising the developing world. The whole thing makes me sad and angry, but it also reminds me why the international order is no longer fit for purpose.

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John Pabon @johnapabon.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

What was supposed to be a major win for climate finance devolved into a 💩 show of international proportions. But don't just take it from me. Read what those in the room at #cop29 had to say about the whole debacle.

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John Pabon @johnapabon.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

“Meaningless gibberish, like some finance bros vomited a bunch of random words that sound cool.” Pretty much sums up the final decision at #COP29, courtesy of Brandon Wu at ActionAid USA. I’ll do a longer write up once I’ve calmed down.

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John Pabon @johnapabon.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

Post-Covid there’s been a dramatic rise in #greenwashing not just from corporations, but also political leaders, favourite celebrities, and even social media influencers. They’re all gambling on us falling for their tricks. I want to make sure they lose that bet. Follow for all things greenwashing.

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John Pabon @johnapabon.bsky.social · 22/11/2024

So you joined an alliance. That don’t impress me much! Signing treaties. Joining alliances. Setting targets. These are great but that’s only the starting point. You’ve got to actually do the work too. I don’t know about you, but I’m kinda tired of all the talk and no action.

theguardian.com

Five firms in plastic pollution alliance ‘made 1,000 times more plastic than they cleaned up’

Five oil and chemical companies which promised to divert plastic from environment accused of producing 132m tonnes of it

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John Pabon @johnapabon.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

For those not following, gas giant Santos is being sued in Australian Federal Court for greenwashing. Santos used terms like zero emission hydrogen, clean fuel, and clean energy, implying natural gas had only minor emissions. In fact, internal estimates indicated emissions were actually material.

theguardian.com

Santos figured out net zero roadmap ‘literally on the fly’, court hears in world-first greenwashing case

Australasian Centre for Corporate Responsibility accuses Australian oil giant of misleading and false claims in closing arguments

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John Pabon @johnapabon.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Rich and Liz Uihlein are the most powerful conservative couple you’ve never heard of. They own popular supplier ULine and gave $138m to the Republicans this election. They also gave over $4 million to groups involved in Jan 6. Think about that next time you get one of their catalogs. #eattherich

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