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Changing the information climate. Declare you won’t promote climate pollution. Commsdeclare.org
Don’t forget to leave water out for animals and to blame fossil fuel companies.
#heatwave
#bushfires
#Exxon
#Shell
#BP
#SaudiAramco
#Woodside
#Santos
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It's a capital start to the year for children in the Australian Capital Territory. 🧒 The policy to prohibit fossil fuel advertising and sponsorships is now officially in effect A big thanks to all those who helped get climate misinformation out of our classrooms.
commsdeclare.org/2026/01/02/a...
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ACT kids start 2026 with a fossil-free education - Comms Declare
Children in the Australian Capital Territory will start 2026 with a new policy that prohibits fossil fuel companies from marketing in schools.
https://commsdeclare.org/2026/01/02/act-kids-start-2026-with-a-fossil-free-education/
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Don’t worry Venezuela, Chevron will be just fine.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/w...
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Excellent episode of Outrage and Optimism featuring the need for information integrity and
@jakedubbins.bsky.social
podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/o...
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Follow The Money: Who’s driving climate disinformation?
Podcast Episode · Outrage + Optimism: The Climate Podcast · 18/12/2025 · 44m
https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/outrage-optimism-the-climate-podcast/id1459416461?i=1000741797902
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🚘 Toyota is one of the planets biggest climate villains. Now they’re recruiting their own workforce to weaken environmental laws in the US.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Revealed: how Toyota uses retro-style games and prizes to urge US workers to lobby politicians
Games such as Dragon Quest used to mobilize workers to back corporate goals including relaxing environmental rules
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/dec/19/toyota-employee-lobbying
19 days ago
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Rod Campbell
21 days ago
Miners exaggerating tax. Again. What's new is that this is so demonstrably false. Will they take down false ads? If you see this ad after today, please let me know. Debunked on
@thepointau.bsky.social
here, more below:
thepoint.com.au/factchecks/2...
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The IPA has a new report which finds, it's not climate breakdown that is causing anxiety in children, but the evil of sustainability lessons. 🤔 Thanks to every news outlet that has ignored this nonsense (not News Corp).
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UPDATE! Queensland Museum has removed some of its Shell-sponsored education materials from its website following our report into systemic bias. Unfortunately the Shell logo remains ⛽😷
www.museum.qld.gov.au/learning-res...
#education
#climateobstruction
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NEW REPORT! ⛽Shell's Queensland gas business is funding science lessons for hundreds of thousands of students and teachers, via the Queensland Museum. Here's why that's a problem. 🧵
about 1 month ago
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We got you, Adelaide 🚍 You'll no longer see bull dust about gas being clean on your buses, following our successful complaint to Ad Standards.
#greenwashing
commsdeclare.org/2025/12/03/a...
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about 1 month ago
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As bushfires threaten schools in Geraldton, Western Australian kids are being taught by the companies causing the climate crisis. Energy Club WA - sponsored by Woodside, Inpex, and ExxonMobil. But it gets worse....
energyclubwa.org.au/education/ne...
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education | The Energy Club of WA | Next Generation School Program
The Next Generation Program introduces the
https://energyclubwa.org.au/education/nextgenprogram
about 1 month ago
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Save Ukraine Buy an EV 🚘
#bloodoil
www.smh.com.au/world/europe...
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How Putin’s ‘ghost ships’ put billions worth of blood oil into Australian cars
Australians have paid billions of dollars for petrol sourced from Russian oil – despite sanctions against Vladimir Putin’s regime. We’ve now managed to track exactly how it’s getting here.
https://www.smh.com.au/world/europe/how-putin-s-ghost-ships-put-billions-worth-of-blood-oil-into-australian-cars-20251124-p5ni06.html
about 1 month ago
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We're thrilled to report that Victorian public schools must now consider climate change when choosing sponsors. We've seen shocking cases of coal, petrol and gas companies push misinformation through school programs. Read more
commsdeclare.org/2025/11/21/v...
#climatehope
#schooleducation
about 1 month ago
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The United Nations climate talks in Brazil was the first to formally recognise that 'information integrity' is a vital part of phasing out fossil fuels. Here's three steps COP organisers and leaders nations should take now to put that into action.
#COP30
#COP31
#informationintegrity
about 1 month ago
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Simon Evans
about 2 months ago
COP30 TEXT ANALYSIS: One way to read dense COP text is to focus on the verbs. These are helpfully italicised – and for good reason. MOSTLY INACTIVE: Carbon Brief analysis of the “global mutirão” text finds 69 inactive verbs, requiring no action, against 32 active verbs. 1/4
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Dr. Genevieve Guenther (she/they)
about 2 months ago
Fossil-fuel phaseout is the only true solution — and the only message that industry will never (indeed *can* never) appropriate and weaponize. 2/2
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💡Need tips on how to phase out coal, petrol and gas advertising? Our friends from ACT Climate Labs and partners have launched a 5-point plan at
#COP30
about 2 months ago
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Well deserved
#fossiloftheday
award for New Zealand’s dodgy climate denying Luxon government.
#COP30
amp.rnz.co.nz/article/a1ca...
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New Zealand awarded dubious 'Fossil of the Day' at COP30 climate talks
https://amp.rnz.co.nz/article/a1ca87a6-7e26-4b0d-8260-11bbb9010f49
about 2 months ago
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Comms Declare has written to the National Press Club
#NPC
asking that tomorrow’s talk by Future Coal Chief Executive, Michelle Manook be cancelled. They declined, so we produced this handy bingo card to help viewers spot the climate obstruction and
#greenwashing
commsdeclare.org/2025/11/17/c...
about 2 months ago
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Great write up in
@reneweconomy.com.au
about the total charlatans trying to stop the renewable rollout.
#astroturfing
reneweconomy.com.au/sloppy-misle...
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https://reneweconomy.com.au/sloppy-misleading-and-funded-by-whom-rainforest-reserves-under-fire-at-senate-misinformation-inquiry/amp/
about 2 months ago
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Massive congratulations to
@stopwoodsidemonash.bsky.social
for kicking Woodside out of their university. Thanks to
@mehreenfaruqi.bsky.social
for taking up the cause of clean sponsorships!
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about 2 months ago
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T&E
about 2 months ago
Leading medical publication the British Medical Journal recognises SUVs as a danger to public health in a new editorial co-authored by T&E’s James Nix:
bit.ly/4hVDlBC
Large SUVs are a danger to pedestrians, cyclists & other drivers. It's time to take action to reduce their presence in urban areas.
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Creatives for Climate
about 2 months ago
Day 1 at
#COP30
: we’re part of the official CULTURE track, showing how creativity can drive climate action. Stay tuned for a big announcement tomorrow on shifting from fossil-fuelled influence to climate-aligned narratives. 🌍✊
#CreativesForClimate
#COP30
#CreativeIntegrity
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Clean Creatives
about 2 months ago
As COP30 begins today, Clean Creatives is releasing an open letter from influencers and creators with a combined audience of over 24 million, urging the UN and COP30 to pause new work with Edelman due to conflicts of interest. What’s the conflict?
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The National’s new coal-sponsored anti-climate platform is a masterclass in cherry picking, half truths and distraction dressed up as an environment policy.
#auspol
powering.au
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Powering Australia First
Cheaper energy, secure jobs and lower emissions - putting Australians first
https://powering.au
about 2 months ago
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WILD ⛽️ story of how ads about EV charging were designed to boost petrol sales - and succeeded. 🧵
www.desmog.com/2025/11/07/r...
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Revealed: Soap Opera-inspired Clean Energy Ads Helped Shell Boost Petrol Sales in Brazil
British-owned VML used positivity of clean energy to build brand awareness that increased fuel sales, documents show.
https://www.desmog.com/2025/11/07/revealed-soap-opera-inspired-clean-energy-ads-helped-shell-boost-petrol-sales-in-brazil/
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Emily Atkin
2 months ago
To understand how Bari Weiss might approach climate coverage at CBS, I read every climate article the Free Press has published. Almost every one reinforced a common fossil fuel industry talking point—that climate change is exaggerated, that solutions don't work, and that fossil fuels = freedom
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Bari Weiss vs. climate change
At The Free Press, Weiss consistently rebrands tired fossil fuel talking points as courageous, rebellious dissent.
https://heated.world/p/bari-weiss-vs-climate-change
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A big thanks to those that dug into the Nationals decision to drop net zero and discovered it was based on “research” from the Coal Australia lobby group.
#auspol
www.aemo.com.au/-/media/file...
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https://www.aemo.com.au/-/media/files/major-publications/isp/2025/draft-2025-gencost-submissions/coal-australia.pdf
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South Australia is a leader in renewables, so why are government buses still calling methane gas 'clean and green'? 😮 Comms Declare has asked Ad Standards to investigate Adelaide Metro buses for potential greenwashing.
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WATCH our wonderful board member (and Australia’s best climate communicator)
@ketanjoshi.co
on
@theshot.net.au
m.youtube.com/watch?v=cyYQ...
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Nature Be Damned - November 2, 2025 - Lucy Hamilton and Ketan Joshi
YouTube video by The Sunday Shot
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=cyYQM_lQjfg
2 months ago
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If you wonder why UN COP climate talks are failing - look no further than their choice of Edelman for their PR. By
@shilpichhotray.bsky.social
#cop30
www.thenation.com/article/envi...
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How a PR Giant Hijacked COP30 to Greenwash the Planet
Edelman invented the fossil fuel narratives, and now it’s running communications for COP30. All the while, frontline communities are telling very different stories.
https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/edelman-cop30-climate-change/
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When is a front page story not journalism? In our second submission to the Senate Greenwashing inquiry, we argue that advertising features are an open door for misleading the public on climate change.
commsdeclare.org/2025/10/27/g...
2 months ago
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🥳 World first WIN against oil company
#greenwashing
Total Energies must stop all statements on net zero and the energy transition.
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
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https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/french-court-rules-totalenergies-misled-consumers-with-carbon-neutrality-claims-2025-10-23/
3 months ago
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World Resources Institute
3 months ago
BREAKING: The
#StateOfClimateAction
2025 finds the world is failing to act fast enough to combat the climate crisis and secure a livable future, with no indicators of global climate action currently on track for 2030. 🌏🌡️ Read the report to learn more:
bit.ly/4o6hPwm
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Feeling the heat today? As climate change pushes us into more record temperatures, attribution science can tell us which companies are to blame. It's a legal and moral minefield for the agencies that work for climate polluters.
mumbrella.com.au/updating-adv...
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Updating advertising's codes of ethics is now a matter of life and death
It’s not every day that advertising and public relations becomes a matter of life and death. But now, following progress in attribution science, we can demonstrate the direct impact of corporate green...
https://mumbrella.com.au/updating-advertisings-codes-of-ethics-is-now-a-matter-of-life-and-death-903836
3 months ago
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Hahahahahah 😂 NewsCorp's Environment, Social and Governance report for 2025 claims the Bush Summit demonstrates its commitment to the environment. LOLZ!
newscorp.com/app/uploads/...
3 months ago
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Dave Levitan
3 months ago
Did you know, McKinsey has worked with like 2/3 of the companies responsible for 80 percent of global emissions over the last decade, including Exxon, Chevron, Saudi Aramco, etc. They may not be the most reliable narrator.
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The role of PR agencies in delaying climate action is increasingly being recognised by academics.
theconversation.com/pr-firms-are...
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PR firms are spreading climate misinformation on behalf of fossil fuel companies. Could Australia stop them?
This week, Australian policymakers heard about the real and growing problem of climate misinformation. Stopping it would mean regulating the PR industry.
https://theconversation.com/pr-firms-are-spreading-climate-misinformation-on-behalf-of-fossil-fuel-companies-could-australia-stop-them-266353
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Badvertising
3 months ago
🚨 Campaign win! 🚨 The City of Stockholm has just voted to ban fossil fuel advertising on public ad spaces from summer 2026. This is a landmark that adds momentum to the wave of local governments banning the promotion of polluting industries. 🧵 1/6
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Stockholm visar vägen med förbud mot fossilreklam — New Weather Sverige
Stockholms stad meddelade den 8 oktober att ett förbud mot fossilreklam i staden införs från och med sommaren 2026.
https://www.newweather.se/artiklar1/stockholm-visar-vgen-med-frbud-mot-fossilreklam
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Michael West
3 months ago
Mining companies paid less tax last year. Annual ATO data dump is out - we name, shame and give credit
#auspol
youtu.be/yEVWxXs0rlo?...
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Naming and Shaming | The West Report
YouTube video by The West Report
https://youtu.be/yEVWxXs0rlo?si=EgT9C8mfWcqHUIOe
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Amy Westervelt
3 months ago
Said it before, will probably die saying it, we are never going to solve the climate disinfo problem if we don't fix media. As
@maxboykoff.bsky.social
notes here, the public by and large learns about climate change via the media, so if the media trades in false equivalence, it's damaging!
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The new Pope has called on citizens to pressure for faster climate action.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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Pope Leo hits out at critics of global warming
In his first major statement on climate change, the pontiff criticises those who minimise climate change.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgl1pgr2zn8o
3 months ago
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Yep, 👍🏻
@readfearn.bsky.social
is a national treasure.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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News Corp embraces fantasy genre by turning climate crisis into ‘laughable’ science fiction | Graham Readfearn
The National Climate Risk Assessment is attacked in the Daily Telegraph, while wind turbines became a frightening obstacle for firefighting planes and solar panels a source of mountains of landfill wa...
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/commentisfree/2025/oct/01/news-corp-daily-telegraph-calls-climate-crisis-science-fiction
3 months ago
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A small reminder of Toyota’s role as a climate obstructionist.
#auspol
3 months ago
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Our annual list of fossil-fuelled agencies is out. With help from
@cleancreatives.bsky.social
we've compiled a looooong list of 156 communications companies helping to delay climate action across Australia and New Zealand. See it here
commsdeclare.org/f-list/
#F-list
#Auspol
3 months ago
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The Australian’s climate coverage also runs on natural gas.
#misinformation
#newscorp
4 months ago
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Read our submission to the federal committee on climate misinformation - including examples of fossil fuels influencing schools, sports and election ads.
#misinformation
#disinformation
commsdeclare.org/2025/09/17/s...
4 months ago
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Adam Morton
4 months ago
Australia’s climate risk assessment prompts deluge of misinformation from the usual suspects - Temperature Check by
@readfearn.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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Australia’s climate risk assessment prompts deluge of misinformation from the usual suspects | Temperature Check
Nationals senator Matt Canavan and Sky presenter Chris Kenny line up to misinterpret and misquote report in effort to press case against net zero
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/sep/16/australia-climate-risk-assessment-prompts-misinformation-from-usual-suspects?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
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The Australian’s headline writers cast doubt on the National Climate Risk Assessment.
#climatedenial
4 months ago
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The Albanese government has put out the Friday night trash 🗑️ green-lighting Woodside’s carbon bomb 💣 This will be exporting gas right up to the time when climate change makes the top end unliveable.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Australia’s biggest gas project greenlit to 2070 with ‘partial’ protection for Indigenous rock art
Environment minister Murray Watt says he’s confident new conditions imposed on the North West Shelf gas project extension will ‘protect jobs … and protect the rock art’
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/sep/12/north-west-shelf-gas-project-extended-to-2070-with-partial-protection-for-indigenous-rock-art
4 months ago
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