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🤬Study: 58% of world's richest companies quietly lobby against climate policies while publicly claiming to fully support the Paris Climate Agreement….consistently lobbied against worldwide climate efforts, contradicting their own commitments

…most at risk for greenwashing, including Chevron, Delta Air Lines, ExxonMobil, Stellantis, Southern Company, Nippon Steel Corp., and Duke Energy. #ClimateCrisis

https://www.upi.com/Top_News/World-News/2023/11/17/net-zero-greenwashing-58-large-corporations-lobby-against-climate-efforts/7141700219198/

Study: 58% of world's richest companies quietly lobby against climate policies - UPI.com

Pledges by the world's largest corporations to fight climate change frequently do not align with their lobbying efforts, with more than half of companies engaging in misleading practices known as "net zero greenwashing."

UPI
Nov 17, 2023 at 2:24pmWeb
Show threadatticus1956Nov 17, 2023
@GottaLaff
Plain & simple....murderous bastards.
Show threadLaffyNov 17, 2023
@Atticus1956 🎯
Show threadLiz "Not A Convicted Felon" D.Nov 17, 2023

@GottaLaff

And we are subsidizing all of them (maybe not the airline industry). Stop the subsidies

Show threadJustice💙 LICSWNov 17, 2023
@GottaLaff boycott these fuckers #BoycottChevron #BoycottDelta #BoycottExxon If you are up for sacrificing for the greater good. Let’s do this.
Show threadkritikaPensuloFeb 11, 2024

@justiceLICSW @GottaLaff Chevron is an ALEC member, so no surprise there. Also not surprised about Delta and Exxon. I’ve already been boycotting them all. Boycotting Delta simply because a majority of their fleet is Boeing (and Boeing is an ALEC member not to mention how they put cost savings above human lives).

But wtf, there are a lot more companies not listed in the article. 58% of 300. When I try to reach the PDF, I get a 403 error:

https://web.archive.org/web/20240205080224/https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/high-level_expert_group_n7b.pdf

Show threadKyle Memoir 🍉🐧Nov 17, 2023

@GottaLaff

Surprise, surprise, surprise!

Show threadNicole ParsonsNov 17, 2023

@GottaLaff

The same companies lobbying against climate action, also fund attacks on democracy.

Like, literal attacks on democracy.

https://pluralistic.net/2022/10/26/boxed-in/

https://theintercept.com/2023/05/25/richard-uihlein-ohio-gop-abortion/

https://www.propublica.org/article/uline-uihlein-election-denial

https://www.politico.com/newsletters/politico-influence/2023/01/27/where-the-uihleins-sent-their-cash-after-the-insurrection-00079999

https://ohiocapitaljournal.com/2023/05/02/illinois-billionaire-attacking-ohio-voters-also-funded-jan-6-and-election-denier-groups/

https://www.exposedbycmd.org/2022/05/24/right-wing-families-bankroll-most-extreme-gop-candidates-nationwide/

https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/investigations/daniel-bice/2021/12/30/u-s-sen-ron-johnsons-10-most-controversial-statements-2021/9042901002/

https://www.alternet.org/richard-uihlein/

Pluralistic: 26 Oct 2022 Uline’s billions fund voter suppression – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow

Show threadPeachMcDNov 17, 2023

@GottaLaff

ShOcKeD 😒

Show threadVoronNov 17, 2023
@GottaLaff compare what any fast food burger looks like on a commercial versus what you actually get at a drive through and you might realize how honest corporations are 🤷‍♂️
Show threadAaron KarpNov 17, 2023

@GottaLaff To be fair, the surprising headline would have been "Study: 42% of world's richest companies don't quietly lobby against climate policies."

Considered that way, it seems like the researchers should probably keep researching.

Show threadWade WainioNov 17, 2023
@GottaLaff #ParisAgreement
Show threadWeaselNov 19, 2023
@GottaLaff
An indication of how weak the Paris Agreement is.
Show threadJustin DerrickNov 19, 2023
@GottaLaff “Other 42% are exceedingly good at covering their tracks.”