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Misinformation Stands in the Planet’s Way, Curated by Lisa Martine Jenkins
Our ability to mitigate the climate crisis is only as good as our ability to get the word out. Over the course of decades, many powerful players — from the fossil fuel industry to social media giants, and from politicians to a major public relations firm — have actively buried information on just how dire things are. That misinformation has delayed necessary climate action. In recent years, intrepid journalists and researchers have begun to uncover the truth about who knew what, and when.
10 Must-Read Articles and podcasts About Climate Change Misinformation
ExxonMobil continues to fight efforts to tackle climate change in the United States, despite publicly claiming to support the Paris climate …
Edelman, a PR firm that’s pledged to “work with an environmental conscience,” was paid $4 million to promote one of the most extreme fossil fuel …
Since its inception, the IPCC itself has been the target of corporate obstructionism. Of the primary reports that the Intergovernmental Panel on …
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About the Author
Lisa Martine Jenkins is a senior reporter at Protocol covering climate. She previously wrote for Morning Consult, Chemical Watch and the Associated Press.
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