🇦🇺 Australia's climate progress is under threat as media and political attacks on emissions targets follow the classic obstruction playbook

“This is straight out of the climate obstruction playbook.” said Professor Christian Downie

🛢️ A new report by @publiccitizen.bsky.social & @revolvingdoordc.bsky.social has found 43 fossil-fuel industry insiders among Trump's latest agency nominees & appointees, putting polluter interests in charge of US energy & environmental policy.

Learn more via @insideclimatenews.org

💡 Join the International Panel on the Information Environment (IPIE) on 22 Oct at 16:00 BST to explore findings from their 2025 Expert Survey, which captures the views of 438 researchers from 76 countries on the health of the global information environment.

🌐 Climate scientists are fighting back against censorship by building public hubs to ensure climate facts can’t be erased.

“It’s unbelievable…We were literally forced to word search our own website & take down articles because they didn’t want to read the word ‘equity’ “

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin recently proposed a rule that would eliminate requirements for measuring and reporting carbon emissions for most US industries, including fossil fuel producers and refiners. UCS’s Laura Peterson explains why this proposal could backfire, harming both people and business.

This conversation on how media adds to obstruction on climate action by @amywestervelt.bsky.social with @aronczyk.bsky.social and @maxboykoff.bsky.social is really good

🌪️ Research from @counterhate.com has found that Meta, X, and YouTube are actively enabling and profiting from the spread of false information during catastrophic weather events, putting lives at risk and hindering emergency responses.

🏥 Earlier this year, @docsforclimate.bsky.social brought together experts to tackle climate misinformation at their Our Planet, Our Health convention.

Watch the panel featuring CAAD's Comms co-chair Phil Newell, Investigative Reporter Mario Ariza & Dr. Elizabeth White.

President Macron in his speech on Germany‘s reunification today:

“We were very naive to leave our public space to social media networks controlled by US or Chinese companies that don’t share our interests and not interested in survival of our democracies.”

🚨 New episode from @drilledmedia.bsky.social: The Media As a Tool of Climate Obstruction.

@aronczyk.bsky.social and @maxboykoff.bsky.social join @amywestervelt.bsky.social to discuss why understanding the media’s role in blocking climate action is crucial to solving the crisis.

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Today, a look at the role the media has played in climate obstruction, with @maxboykoff.bsky.social and Melissa Aronczyk: drilled.media/podcasts/dri...

❌ Inside the viral lies that spread climate confusion
Misleading WhatsApp groups and political sound bites aren’t just nonsense – they’re putting Latino communities in danger during floods, fires, and storms.

For years, agencies have said they can’t afford to walk away from fossil fuel contracts. The truth? No one knew just how much those contracts were really worth, so we did the research 👉 Enter: The Off Ramp Report and our FFIRE Index🔥

When the UN Secretary-General is calling out PR firms for blocking action on climate change, we need to do something. My latest in @theconversation.com on PR firms and climate misinformation in Australia.

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What do leading experts think about the health of the global information environment?

Join IPIE on 22nd October for a discussion of its annual Expert Survey, reflecting the views of 438 researchers from 76 countries.

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🗳️ New polling from @globalwitness, @amnestyuk.bsky.social & @ipsosgroup.bsky.social has found strong public support for greater climate action and corporate accountability across 10 EU countries.

Read the analysis in full: buff.ly/2rRPd82

🚨 New from @ucs.org: Who Wrote the Trump Administration’s Flawed Climate Report? Meet the Architects of Disinformation .

Kathy Mulvey explores the authors' industry connections and why the science they produced was so deeply flawed. buff.ly/NdLDUdB

🇦🇺 PR firms are spreading climate misinformation on behalf of fossil fuel companies. Could Australia stop them?

Australian policymakers are hearing expert testimony from officials, climate scientists & researchers about the scale of the problem & its effects on Australian politics.

🔥 How is Big Tech’s AI boom affecting climate commitments?

Our report GENERATING A(I) CRISIS details how Google, Microsoft, and Nvidia are abandoning emissions targets to scale up AI and machine learning, with serious consequences for energy use and climate action.

New research 🚨👉 At least 47 extractive oil and gas companies could be liable under California’s proposed Polluters Pay Climate Superfund Act, according to the Carbon Majors database.

At least 18 of these 47 companies are members of the American Petroleum Institute (API).

🧠 The Psychology of Misinformation: Why Does It Work So Well?

The latest episode from @drilledmedia.bsky.social explores how misinformation spreads, why our brains fall for repeated falsehoods, and what makes people so vulnerable to manipulation online.

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