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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 4h

"Many oil and gas companies advocating for #CCS in UK have simultaneously raised issues with the technical feasibility and commercial viability of CCS in other countries when faced with regulation"

Report by @influencemap.bsky.social

#climatecrisis
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The UK Oil and Gas Industry's Advocacy on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)

New analysis from InfluenceMap suggests that for more than 15 years, the oil and gas industry has systematically pushed the UK government to adopt a costly, emissions-intensive energy policy agenda de...

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InfluenceMap @influencemap.bsky.social · 4h

➕🚗🏭 new calculations show that if all new gas plants with CCS currently proposed by industry were to go ahead - even at a 90% capture rate - they could emit 2.4-5 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions annually, the same as adding 1.3-2.6 million petrol cars per year in the UK.

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InfluenceMap @influencemap.bsky.social · 4h

📢 🚨New Report - How the UK oil and gas industry spent 15 years pushing for subsidies & incentives for Carbon Capture and Storage rather than regulatory accountability or science-based emissions reductions; maintaining a funding pipeline for a technology yet to deliver on its promises 👇

The UK Oil and Gas Industry's Advocacy on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS)

New analysis from InfluenceMap suggests that for more than 15 years, the oil and gas industry has systematically pushed the UK government to adopt a costly, emissions-intensive energy policy agenda de...

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InfluenceMap @influencemap.bsky.social · 1d

⏰✈️ Don’t forget to sign up tomorrow's InfluenceMap's webinar: “Have Vested Interests Captured the UN’s Aviation Agency on Climate?”

🗓️ Wednesday, October 8, 10:00–11:00 EDT | 15:00–16:00 BST

Sign up now: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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InfluenceMap @influencemap.bsky.social · 1d

Don't miss InfluenceMap's next webinar in partnership with TERI, 10:30 AM BST tomorrow -

“How the Corporate Sector Can Drive Ambitious Climate Action in India.”

Hear from experts on how companies and investors can drive climate action in India 🇮🇳

Sign up now ⬇️

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: How the Corporate Sector Can Drive Ambitious Climate Action in India. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

In this webinar, InfluenceMap and The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI)—joined by speakers from an Indian asset manager and the World Bank—will explore the corporate climate policy engagement land...

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InfluenceMap @influencemap.bsky.social · 6d

"InfluenceMap found Canada’s big five banks (RBC, TD, BMO, CIBC and Scotiabank) provided US$131 bn to fossil fuel companies in 2024, on average representing 18% of their entire financing portfolios. That’s more than twice than the top US banks, & more than three times their top European peers." 👀👇

John Woodside @woodsideful.bsky.social · 8d

Mark Carney's 'Tragedy of the Horizons' speech was a landmark moment for the financial sector to recognize climate change was a severe threat, but a decade later he's flouting his own prophetic warning as climate breakdown rapidly approaches.

A decade later, Carney's climate wake-up call to financiers still falls on deaf ears

Mark Carney's 'Tragedy of the Horizons' speech was a landmark moment for the financial sector to recognize climate breakdown was a severe threat, but a decade later he's flouting his own prophetic war...

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InfluenceMap @influencemap.bsky.social · 6d

Analysis of lobbying on these bills and laws finds that prominent fossil fuel industry associations representing many of these producers are leading opposition to this nationwide, alongside large cross-sector industry groups.

Read more👇

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California Superfund Legislation: Opposition by Major Industry Groups

New InfluenceMap analysis shows how powerful industry associations are strategically opposing state Climate Superfund bills and laws, including in California, that aim to recoup the costs of climate c...

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InfluenceMap @influencemap.bsky.social · 6d

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).

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InfluenceMap @influencemap.bsky.social · 8d

This latest report finds that the Big Five Canadian banks averaged $0.21 in green financing for every $1 in fossil fuel financing in 2024, substantially below the 0.68:1 ratio achieved by top European banks, indicating a lack of commitment to the climate transition.

Read the report in full:

Canada’s Big Five Banks: Fueling Fossil Risk?

FinanceMap’s 2025 assessment of the Canadian Big Five banks’ 2020–2024 lending and underwriting activities finds that the banks show persistent high exposure to the fossil fuel sector, particularly hi...

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InfluenceMap @influencemap.bsky.social · 8d

🇨🇦 New Report finds Canada's Big Five banks exposed to greater transition risk than global peers because of costly domestic FF financing...

💸 In 2024 18.3% of the banks’ financing went to FF companies, more than 2x their US counterparts and 3x their European peers

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 19d

Revealed: ‘Corporate capture’ of UN aviation body by industry

- Industry delegates outnumbered climate experts by 14 to one at recent ICAO meeting, @influencemap.bsky.social thinktank says

#climatecrisis
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Revealed: ‘Corporate capture’ of UN aviation body by industry

Exclusive: Industry delegates outnumbered climate experts by 14 to one at recent ICAO meeting, thinktank says

www.theguardian.com

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InfluenceMap @influencemap.bsky.social · 19d

InfluenceMap's latest report finds no improvement in transparency or accountability at ICAO since 2022 & that ICAO's positions on climate policy mirror industry demands.

Read the report in full: influencemap.org/report/Corpo...

Corporate Capture and the UN International Civil Aviation Organization

New research highlights the limited transparency practices and significant opportunities for industry engagement with climate negotiations at the UN agency for aviation, the International Civil Aviati...

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InfluenceMap @influencemap.bsky.social · 19d

New Report from InfluenceMap - A "clear case of corporate capture" at the UN Aviation body ICAO

✈️ Industry delegates outnumbered climate experts by 14:1 at the latest ICAO environmental committee meeting
✈️ Meetings take place behind closed doors, with media banned and delegates made to sign NDAs

Revealed: ‘Corporate capture’ of UN aviation body by industry

Exclusive: Industry delegates outnumbered climate experts by 14 to one at recent ICAO meeting, thinktank says

www.theguardian.com

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InfluenceMap @influencemap.bsky.social · Aug 21

New 🚨 Fossil Fuel Industry Seeks Major Expansion of US Federal Offshore Oil & Gas

Analysis of new comments submitted to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) reveals how US FFs continue to use deceptive narratives around energy security and affordability to justify expansion.

Read here:

Fossil Fuel Industry Seeks Major Expansion of US Federal Offshore Oil & Gas Leasing Program

In April 2025, the Trump administration’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) initiated the preparation of the 11th National Five-Year Oil and Gas Leasing Program in the Outer Continental Shelf (...

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InfluenceMap @influencemap.bsky.social · Aug 21

New 🚨Fossil Fuel Industry Seeks Major Expansion of US Federal Offshore Oil & Gas

Analysis of new comments submitted to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) reveals how US FFs continue to use deceptive narratives around energy security and affordability to justify expansion.

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Fossil Fuel Industry Seeks Major Expansion of US Federal Offshore Oil & Gas Leasing Program

In April 2025, the Trump administration’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) initiated the preparation of the 11th National Five-Year Oil and Gas Leasing Program in the Outer Continental Shelf (...

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InfluenceMap @influencemap.bsky.social · Jul 16

Join our next webinar - 'Transparency on Climate Lobbying: What Should Companies Do?'

🗓️ Thursday, 24 July 0900 EDT / 1400 BST

To hear the case for policy engagement in reporting & transition plans & the limits of voluntary initiatives in this space.

Sign up 👉 tinyurl.com/webjulyim

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InfluenceMap @influencemap.bsky.social · Jun 27

InfluenceMap’s 🆕 India platform just went live -

Early analysis shows that although corporate India is broadly more supportive of science-aligned policy than its global peers, this top line support is not being translated into active policy engagement to drive the energy transition.

Read more 👀👇

InfluenceMap's India Platform

InfluenceMap's initial analysis of 20 of India's most climate significant companies and eight of India’s most influential industry associations revealed a clear opportunity for corporate India to step...

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InfluenceMap @influencemap.bsky.social · Jun 26

Read the coverage in @opendemocracy.net

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Weak UK laws let fossil fuel giants sway climate policies

Oil and gas firms were able to water down or change Conservative policies without scrutiny, new report finds

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InfluenceMap @influencemap.bsky.social · Jun 26

🚨 🇬🇧 New from InfleunceMap: How major lobbying transparency gaps are enabling efforts to delay UK climate & energy policy.

This new analysis finds that the true advocacy picture on many climate policies is often obscured by lax reporting and disclosure regulations, leading to derailment and delay 👇

Climate and Energy Lobbying in the UK

**InfluenceMap’s analysis indicates that there is a major transparency gap between the climate lobbying taking place in the UK, and that which is disclosed by companies and the Government.**

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InfluenceMap @influencemap.bsky.social · Jun 24

Just published 📩 new analysis of the EU fund market & changes in response to new ESMA guidelines.

It shows:

🔻 the number of funds with “ESG” and “Sustainable” in their names respectively decreased by 28% and 27%

🔺 but the number of funds using “Transition”-related names has grown by 10%

FinanceMap Newsletter

EU Fund Names Shift After Implementation of Climate Criteria

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InfluenceMap @influencemap.bsky.social · Jun 19

📣🎌 New research from InfluenceMap's Japan team reveals the considerable impact of utility sector lobbying on the 7th Strategic Energy Plan.

The industry is found to be drawing on global fossil fuel industry narratives to oppose coal phase out.

Read more here: influencemap.org/briefing/The...

The Power Behind the Plan: Japan’s Energy and Climate Policy

Assessing Electric Power Industry Influence on the 7th Strategic Energy Plan and 1.5°C Pathways

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InfluenceMap @influencemap.bsky.social · Jun 17

🎉This year marks 10 years since InfluenceMap was founded.

To celebrate, we’re highlighting our mission, achievements & impact over the past decade.

While climate policy is facing increasingly coordinated opposition, InfluenceMap’s data and insights are key for separating rhetoric from reality

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Impact

An independent think tank producing data-driven analysis on how business and finance are impacting the climate crisis

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · Jun 13

Methane a potent greenhouse gas but ....

Oil and Gas Lobby Escalates Global Campaign Against Methane Regulations

via @influencemap.bsky.social
#climatecrisis
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Methane Bulletin

This online briefing is the fourth in InfluenceMap’s regular series expanding on recent corporate engagement with global methane policy captured on the [https://methane.influencemap.org/ Methane Platf...

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Stella Levantesi @stellalevantesi.bsky.social · Jun 11

🧵 New research highlights how oil and gas companies and lobby groups across the EU and US used a range of tactics aimed at weakening the EU’s regulation on methane.

My latest @desmog.com
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Oil and Gas Lobby Behind ‘Concerted’ Attempt to Weaken EU Methane Policy, Research Finds

The fossil fuel industry is ramping up efforts to weaken a key EU policy aimed at tackling the potent greenhouse gas methane, according to a new report by research group InfluenceMap. Published today,...

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InfluenceMap @influencemap.bsky.social · Jun 10

New InfluenceMap analysis of oil and gas lobbying reveals methane regulations are being targeted as part of a push within the EU for ‘simplification’.

Read more in @desmog.com: www.desmog.com/2025/06/10/o...

Oil and Gas Lobby Behind ‘Concerted’ Attempt to Weaken EU Methane Policy, Research Finds

The fossil fuel industry is ramping up efforts to weaken a key EU policy aimed at tackling the potent greenhouse gas methane, according to a new report by research group InfluenceMap. Published today,...

www.desmog.com

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