Social media is a growing vehicle for climate misinformation
Research shows that social media influencers can shape climate denialism around the world.
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EU bends to outcry from global producers and delays deforestation law
The deforestation law is aimed at preserving forests on a global scale by only allowing forest-related products that are sustainable and do not involve the degradation of forests. It applies to things like cocoa, coffee, soy, cattle, palm oil, rubber, wood and products made from them. Deforestation is the second-biggest source of carbon emissions after fossil fuels.
Big Oil has made $281B profit since Russia invaded Ukraine
The world’s five largest listed oil companies have made profits of more than a quarter of a trillion dollars since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine led to dramatic increases in energy prices and household bills.
COP28 climate talks to be led by UAE oil company chief
The United Arab Emirates on Thursday, January 12, 2023, named a veteran technocrat who both leads Abu Dhabi's state-run oil company and oversees its renewable energy efforts to be the president of the upcoming United Nations climate negotiations in Dubai, highlighting the balancing act ahead for this crude-producing nation.
200 environmental activists were killed globally in 2021
Some 200 environmental and land defense activists were killed around the world in 2021, including some 54 in Mexico, which assumed the position of the deadliest country in the annual report by nongovernmental organization Global Witness.
An explosive report on one of the largest carbon capture and storage facilities in Alberta
Carbon capture’s questionable numbers spell concern for Canada’s hydrogen plans
Hundreds of land defenders were killed in 2020, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg
At least 227 land and environment defenders were killed in 2020, making it the deadliest year on record, and international NGO Global Witness says that’s just the tip of the iceberg.
Latin American environmentalists face looming threats of violence
Foreign mining and energy companies that invest in the region have a responsibility to help safeguard local activists.
To the ends of the Earth: the activists risking their lives to defend the environment
The Guardian’s extraordinary Defenders project recorded the deaths of people around the world fighting to save the planet. Here, the series’ lead writer remembers their stories.
Nearly 200 environmental defenders murdered last year, says report
A report today by Global Witness shows environmental protesters are increasingly being treated like criminals when they are defending land from resource extraction.