"#Climate #disinformation “refers to content that has been deliberately created to deceive people or give them an inaccurate understanding of an issue.”
King said a great deal of climate disinformation is beholden to only one principle: the maintenance of a profitable status quo.
King urged both regulators and media to report on this phenomenon, and for the former to ensure that such falsehoods are no longer possible."
"Oil and gas supermajors incl Shell and BP are using #UK #influencers to push false solutions to the #ClimateCrisis and manufacture a more family friendly image.
The influencers have included a popular former #BBC presenter, a polar explorer, and an exasperated father of five.
#DeSmog analysed examples of more than 100 influencers being paid to promote #FossilFuel firms worldwide since 2017, from the US to Malaysia, in campaigns that have reached billions of people."
Oil and gas supermajors including Shell and BP are using UK influencers to push false solutions to the climate crisis and manufacture a more family friendly image, DeSmog can reveal. The influencers have included a popular former BBC presenter, a polar explorer, and an exasperated father of five who needs a break and finds it […]
#ExtremeWeather events in recent years have eroded #FossilFuel companies' social license to operate. They're using #SocialMedia influencers to shore it up.
These #influencers have names and social media handles. Let them know doing this is hurting their reputations.
List of UK influencers in this article. Also:
Astronaut Abby
Sam Fane
GadgetsBoy
Radhika Apte
& others in India, Chile, Germany, and Indonesia
PR firms behind this campaign: #Edelman and #EssenceMediacom
Oil and gas supermajors including Shell and BP are using UK influencers to push false solutions to the climate crisis and manufacture a more family friendly image, DeSmog can reveal. The influencers have included a popular former BBC presenter, a polar explorer, and an exasperated father of five who needs a break and finds it […]
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