Stephen C
@blowhound.bsky.social
#KochNetwork #Freeports #DarkMoney #ClimateDenial #FossilFuel #BigOil. X - @blowhound
Public sector workers in the UK are inadvertently funding companies drilling new oil wells in the North Sea to the tune of more than £4bn.
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£4bn in UK public pensions funding North Sea oil giants drilling new wells
Public sector workers in the UK are inadvertently funding companies drilling new oil wells in the North Sea
www.thebureauinvestigates.com
November 15, 2023 at 7:49 AM
Public sector workers in the UK are inadvertently funding companies drilling new oil wells in the North Sea to the tune of more than £4bn.
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2023...
www.thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2023...
Crunch moment for Sunak as supreme court decides on legality of #Rwanda policy.
If court decides against government on Wednesday, dozens of Tory MPs are likely to demand exit from European convention on human rights.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023...
If court decides against government on Wednesday, dozens of Tory MPs are likely to demand exit from European convention on human rights.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023...
Crunch moment for Sunak as supreme court decides on legality of Rwanda policy
If court decides against government on Wednesday, dozens of Tory MPs are likely to demand exit from European convention on human rights
www.theguardian.com
November 15, 2023 at 7:48 AM
Crunch moment for Sunak as supreme court decides on legality of #Rwanda policy.
If court decides against government on Wednesday, dozens of Tory MPs are likely to demand exit from European convention on human rights.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023...
If court decides against government on Wednesday, dozens of Tory MPs are likely to demand exit from European convention on human rights.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023...
Rough sleepers have tents destroyed by enforcement officers in London.
Camden Council pledges 'urgent investigation' after its contractors are filmed throwing belongings into a bin lorry.
www.opendemocracy.net/en/rough-sle...
Camden Council pledges 'urgent investigation' after its contractors are filmed throwing belongings into a bin lorry.
www.opendemocracy.net/en/rough-sle...
Rough sleepers have tents destroyed in London crackdown
Camden Council pledges 'urgent investigation' after its contractors are filmed throwing belongings into a bin lorry
www.opendemocracy.net
November 11, 2023 at 8:14 AM
Rough sleepers have tents destroyed by enforcement officers in London.
Camden Council pledges 'urgent investigation' after its contractors are filmed throwing belongings into a bin lorry.
www.opendemocracy.net/en/rough-sle...
Camden Council pledges 'urgent investigation' after its contractors are filmed throwing belongings into a bin lorry.
www.opendemocracy.net/en/rough-sle...
"Project developers are forging ahead, eager to capitalize on billions of dollars in government subsidies supporting #CCS deployment, despite the technology’s poor track record of underperforming and the significant regulatory gaps around CO2 pipelines."
www.desmog.com/2023/11/06/g...
www.desmog.com/2023/11/06/g...
The Carbon Capture Sector's Community-Involvement Rhetoric Doesn't Match Reality
Local groups opposing carbon capture and storage projects claim the industry is ignoring community engagement and consent.
www.desmog.com
November 11, 2023 at 8:13 AM
"Project developers are forging ahead, eager to capitalize on billions of dollars in government subsidies supporting #CCS deployment, despite the technology’s poor track record of underperforming and the significant regulatory gaps around CO2 pipelines."
www.desmog.com/2023/11/06/g...
www.desmog.com/2023/11/06/g...
New Study Finds Overwhelming Evidence of Harms From Fracking.
A review of the scientific literature reveals enormous public health, environmental, and climate damage from fracking.
www.desmog.com/2023/11/10/s...
A review of the scientific literature reveals enormous public health, environmental, and climate damage from fracking.
www.desmog.com/2023/11/10/s...
New Study Finds Overwhelming Evidence of Harms From Fracking
A review of the scientific literature reveals enormous public health, environmental, and climate damage from fracking. Authors say that "no rules or regulations can make these practices safe."
www.desmog.com
November 11, 2023 at 8:10 AM
New Study Finds Overwhelming Evidence of Harms From Fracking.
A review of the scientific literature reveals enormous public health, environmental, and climate damage from fracking.
www.desmog.com/2023/11/10/s...
A review of the scientific literature reveals enormous public health, environmental, and climate damage from fracking.
www.desmog.com/2023/11/10/s...
#Shell sues #Greenpeace for $2.1m in damages over fossil fuel protest in North Sea.
Energy firm’s lawsuit seeks indefinite block on protesters targeting its infrastructure.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Energy firm’s lawsuit seeks indefinite block on protesters targeting its infrastructure.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Shell sues Greenpeace for $2.1m in damages over fossil fuel protest in North Sea
Energy firm’s lawsuit seeks indefinite block on protesters targeting its infrastructure
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2023 at 9:05 AM
#Shell sues #Greenpeace for $2.1m in damages over fossil fuel protest in North Sea.
Energy firm’s lawsuit seeks indefinite block on protesters targeting its infrastructure.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Energy firm’s lawsuit seeks indefinite block on protesters targeting its infrastructure.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Insurers operating in the Lloyd’s of London market are the world’s biggest underwriters of #fossilfuel projects, research has found.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Lloyd’s of London insurers dominate underwriting of fossil fuel projects, study shows
Annual ‘scorecard’ of major firms insuring oil, gas and coal projects puts household names Allianz, Axa, AIG and Aegis in Top 10
www.theguardian.com
November 10, 2023 at 9:04 AM
Insurers operating in the Lloyd’s of London market are the world’s biggest underwriters of #fossilfuel projects, research has found.
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
www.theguardian.com/business/202...
Leonard Leo’s Federalist Society: A Hub for Corruption, Money, and Extremism . #KochNetwork
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MEMO: Leonard Leo’s Federalist Society: A Hub for Corruption, Money, and Extremism
As Federalist Society members prepare to gather in Washington, DC this weekend, it’s important to recognize this conference is not an exploration of conservative legal perspectives — it’s an opp...
accountable.us
November 10, 2023 at 9:02 AM
Leonard Leo’s Federalist Society: A Hub for Corruption, Money, and Extremism . #KochNetwork
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Bannon’s “War Room” is the media home of #Project2025 and Trump’s retribution plans.
Bannon’s show is a staging ground for Trump’s plans to gut the civil service and normalize deploying the military against civilians. #KochNetwork #HeritageFoundation
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Bannon’s show is a staging ground for Trump’s plans to gut the civil service and normalize deploying the military against civilians. #KochNetwork #HeritageFoundation
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Bannon’s “War Room” is the media home of Project 2025 and Trump’s retribution plans
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November 10, 2023 at 9:02 AM
Bannon’s “War Room” is the media home of #Project2025 and Trump’s retribution plans.
Bannon’s show is a staging ground for Trump’s plans to gut the civil service and normalize deploying the military against civilians. #KochNetwork #HeritageFoundation
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Bannon’s show is a staging ground for Trump’s plans to gut the civil service and normalize deploying the military against civilians. #KochNetwork #HeritageFoundation
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"Those fighting against the CFPB (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) include twenty-six attorneys general in mostly Republican-led states; the billionaire #KochNetwork’s Americans for Prosperity.."
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Private Banks Are Trapping Their Customers, and They Want to Keep It That Way
A new federal rule would make it easier for consumers to shop around at different banks to look for better interest rates. Financial institutions are fighting the agency behind it tooth and nail.
jacobin.com
November 8, 2023 at 7:33 AM
"Those fighting against the CFPB (Consumer Financial Protection Bureau) include twenty-six attorneys general in mostly Republican-led states; the billionaire #KochNetwork’s Americans for Prosperity.."
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According to a report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the total hidden costs of the world’s food system add up to $12.7 trillion dollars—roughly 10 percent of global GDP.
www.wired.co.uk/article/hidd...
www.wired.co.uk/article/hidd...
The World’s Broken Food System Costs $12.7 Trillion a Year
The hidden costs of the global food system are equivalent to 10 percent of global GDP, according to new analysis from the United Nations.
www.wired.co.uk
November 8, 2023 at 6:56 AM
According to a report from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the total hidden costs of the world’s food system add up to $12.7 trillion dollars—roughly 10 percent of global GDP.
www.wired.co.uk/article/hidd...
www.wired.co.uk/article/hidd...
The world’s #fossilfuel producers are planning expansions that would blow the planet’s carbon budget twice over, a UN report has found. Experts called the plans “insanity” which “throw humanity’s future into question”.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Insanity’: petrostates planning huge expansion of fossil fuels, says UN report
Plans by nations including Saudi Arabia, the US and UAE would blow climate targets and ‘throw humanity’s future into question’
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2023 at 6:55 AM
The world’s #fossilfuel producers are planning expansions that would blow the planet’s carbon budget twice over, a UN report has found. Experts called the plans “insanity” which “throw humanity’s future into question”.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The US chemical industry likely spent over $110m during the last two election cycles deploying lobbyists to kill dozens of pieces of PFAS legislation and slow administrative regulation around “forever chemicals.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023...
US chemical industry likely spent $110m trying to thwart PFAS legislation, study finds
Analysis of federal lobbying documents by Food and Water Watch finds industry targeted dozens of pieces of legislation
www.theguardian.com
November 8, 2023 at 6:53 AM
The US chemical industry likely spent over $110m during the last two election cycles deploying lobbyists to kill dozens of pieces of PFAS legislation and slow administrative regulation around “forever chemicals.”
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023...
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023...
The gas industry funded its own scientific studies using the same laboratories, consultants, and statisticians as Big Tobacco; and that it was advised by the same public relations firm that masterminded the tobacco strategy.
www.desmog.com/2023/11/07/g...
www.desmog.com/2023/11/07/g...
Burned Out: Documents Reveal The Gas Industry’s Use Of Tobacco Tactics Over Gas Stove Emissions
In the 1970s, Dr. Bernard Goldstein, a young professor at the New York University School of Medicine, researched the health impacts of nitrogen dioxide (NO2) produced by gas stoves. In a series of stu...
www.desmog.com
November 8, 2023 at 6:52 AM
The gas industry funded its own scientific studies using the same laboratories, consultants, and statisticians as Big Tobacco; and that it was advised by the same public relations firm that masterminded the tobacco strategy.
www.desmog.com/2023/11/07/g...
www.desmog.com/2023/11/07/g...
The US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Ekaterina Zhdanova on Nov. 3 for moving and laundering virtual currency in the interest of Russian elites legally barred from accessing western financial markets.
www.darkreading.com/attacks-brea...
www.darkreading.com/attacks-brea...
US Sanctions Ryuk Ransomware’s Russian Money Launderer
Woman is accused of assisting Russian oligarchs and ransomware affiliates with schemes to evade sanctions.
www.darkreading.com
November 7, 2023 at 9:18 AM
The US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned Ekaterina Zhdanova on Nov. 3 for moving and laundering virtual currency in the interest of Russian elites legally barred from accessing western financial markets.
www.darkreading.com/attacks-brea...
www.darkreading.com/attacks-brea...
"Project developers are forging ahead, eager to capitalize on billions of dollars in government subsidies supporting CCS deployment, despite the technology’s poor track record of underperforming and the significant regulatory gaps around CO2 pipelines."
www.desmog.com/2023/11/06/g...
www.desmog.com/2023/11/06/g...
The Carbon Capture Sector's Community-Involvement Rhetoric Doesn't Match Reality
Local groups opposing carbon capture and storage projects claim the industry is ignoring community engagement and consent.
www.desmog.com
November 7, 2023 at 8:14 AM
"Project developers are forging ahead, eager to capitalize on billions of dollars in government subsidies supporting CCS deployment, despite the technology’s poor track record of underperforming and the significant regulatory gaps around CO2 pipelines."
www.desmog.com/2023/11/06/g...
www.desmog.com/2023/11/06/g...
Alliance for Responsible Citizenship.
Paul Marshall, Jordan Peterson, Christopher Chandler, Philippa Stroud, Alan McCormick, all #Legatum, all #KochNetwork
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/the...
Paul Marshall, Jordan Peterson, Christopher Chandler, Philippa Stroud, Alan McCormick, all #Legatum, all #KochNetwork
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/the...
The Alliance of Responsible Citizenship conference: the most depressing show on Earth
When will the right give us a break from cringing public displays of their existential crisis?
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
November 7, 2023 at 8:13 AM
Alliance for Responsible Citizenship.
Paul Marshall, Jordan Peterson, Christopher Chandler, Philippa Stroud, Alan McCormick, all #Legatum, all #KochNetwork
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/the...
Paul Marshall, Jordan Peterson, Christopher Chandler, Philippa Stroud, Alan McCormick, all #Legatum, all #KochNetwork
yorkshirebylines.co.uk/politics/the...
The UK is a messier, more complicated market to supply than many in Europe – it is overseas from lots of its suppliers and therefore it is at the end of the supply chain. But that has always been the case, and it all worked perfectly well before #Brexit.
www.theneweuropean.co.uk/theres-troub...
www.theneweuropean.co.uk/theres-troub...
There’s trouble in store for post-Brexit Britain
Thanks to higher costs, increased red tape and supply chain damage, we must get used to living in a country with empty shelves
www.theneweuropean.co.uk
November 7, 2023 at 8:12 AM
The UK is a messier, more complicated market to supply than many in Europe – it is overseas from lots of its suppliers and therefore it is at the end of the supply chain. But that has always been the case, and it all worked perfectly well before #Brexit.
www.theneweuropean.co.uk/theres-troub...
www.theneweuropean.co.uk/theres-troub...
"Much of the planning for the campaign of military violence, repression and persecution has been outsourced to a group of ultra-right figures dubbed “#Project2025,” originally set up by the Heritage Foundation." #KochNetwork
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
Washington Post reports Trump plan to deploy military against political opponents if he returns to t...
Under the rubric of “Project 2025,” Trump aides are drawing up plans for authoritarian rule and the legal persecution of their enemies.
www.wsws.org
November 6, 2023 at 8:20 AM
"Much of the planning for the campaign of military violence, repression and persecution has been outsourced to a group of ultra-right figures dubbed “#Project2025,” originally set up by the Heritage Foundation." #KochNetwork
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
www.wsws.org/en/articles/...
"The law, last updated in 1871, authorizes the president to deploy the military for domestic law enforcement." #Project2025 #KochNetwork #HeritageFoundation
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
Trump and allies plot revenge, Justice Department control in a second term
Advisers have also discussed deploying the military to quell potential unrest on Inauguration Day. Critics have called the ideas under consideration dangerous and unconstitutional.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 6, 2023 at 8:19 AM
"The law, last updated in 1871, authorizes the president to deploy the military for domestic law enforcement." #Project2025 #KochNetwork #HeritageFoundation
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...
A world ripe for #freezones
Adrianople Group, an advisory firm focused on #SEZs, has identified 4921 active zones spread across more than 90 countries. Around 750 of those are still under construction.
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Adrianople Group, an advisory firm focused on #SEZs, has identified 4921 active zones spread across more than 90 countries. Around 750 of those are still under construction.
www.fdiintelligence.com/content/feat...
A world ripe for free zones
From diversification to levelling up, more countries are embracing the benefits of FTZs
www.fdiintelligence.com
November 6, 2023 at 8:18 AM
A world ripe for #freezones
Adrianople Group, an advisory firm focused on #SEZs, has identified 4921 active zones spread across more than 90 countries. Around 750 of those are still under construction.
www.fdiintelligence.com/content/feat...
Adrianople Group, an advisory firm focused on #SEZs, has identified 4921 active zones spread across more than 90 countries. Around 750 of those are still under construction.
www.fdiintelligence.com/content/feat...
Reposted by Stephen C
Wrote a piece for The House magazine on Westminster's addiction to 'X', and whether Elon Musk's platform is still fit for purpose.
With special thanks to @benansell.bsky.social and @stephenkb.bsky.social for their insights on what it would take to loosen X's grip on Westminster.
With special thanks to @benansell.bsky.social and @stephenkb.bsky.social for their insights on what it would take to loosen X's grip on Westminster.
Westminster's Twitter addiction: what would it take to kill off X?
Westminster loves to moan about the social media platform formerly known as Twitter even as it becomes ever less useful to politicians and journalists alike. What would it take to finally kill off X a...
www.politicshome.com
November 4, 2023 at 11:00 AM
Wrote a piece for The House magazine on Westminster's addiction to 'X', and whether Elon Musk's platform is still fit for purpose.
With special thanks to @benansell.bsky.social and @stephenkb.bsky.social for their insights on what it would take to loosen X's grip on Westminster.
With special thanks to @benansell.bsky.social and @stephenkb.bsky.social for their insights on what it would take to loosen X's grip on Westminster.
Why we should be worried about the GB News-funded alt-right conference in London.
Paul Marshall, Jordan Peterson, Christopher Chandler, Alan McCormick, Philippa Stroud, all #Legatum Institute/Foundation, all ties to #KochNetwork
leftfootforward.org/2023/11/why-...
Paul Marshall, Jordan Peterson, Christopher Chandler, Alan McCormick, Philippa Stroud, all #Legatum Institute/Foundation, all ties to #KochNetwork
leftfootforward.org/2023/11/why-...
Why we should be worried about the GB News-funded alt-right conference in London
This latest curious meeting of right-wing minds in a sold out inaugural conference at the world’s busiest concert venue, shows how much this form of cultural nationalism, which emphases the preserva...
leftfootforward.org
November 5, 2023 at 6:59 AM
Why we should be worried about the GB News-funded alt-right conference in London.
Paul Marshall, Jordan Peterson, Christopher Chandler, Alan McCormick, Philippa Stroud, all #Legatum Institute/Foundation, all ties to #KochNetwork
leftfootforward.org/2023/11/why-...
Paul Marshall, Jordan Peterson, Christopher Chandler, Alan McCormick, Philippa Stroud, all #Legatum Institute/Foundation, all ties to #KochNetwork
leftfootforward.org/2023/11/why-...
According to the Union of Concerned Scientists, #Koch is the largest funder of climate denialism, spending $162 million between 1997 and 2020 on groups and individuals willing to spread disinformation about the causes of the climate crisis. #KochNetwork
www.exposedbycmd.org/2023/10/25/k...
www.exposedbycmd.org/2023/10/25/k...
Koch Industries Forced to Pay $1.2 Million for its Latest Lies - EXPOSEDbyCMD
On September 13, 2023, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) fined Georgia-Pacific, a subsidiary of Koch Industries, $1.2 million for abandoning a natural gas pipeline without notifying fede...
www.exposedbycmd.org
November 5, 2023 at 6:48 AM
According to the Union of Concerned Scientists, #Koch is the largest funder of climate denialism, spending $162 million between 1997 and 2020 on groups and individuals willing to spread disinformation about the causes of the climate crisis. #KochNetwork
www.exposedbycmd.org/2023/10/25/k...
www.exposedbycmd.org/2023/10/25/k...
Canadian climate science denier Jordan Peterson’s new right-wing project launched this week with claims that carbon emissions have “declined” and that the climate crisis is a “secular religion”. #ARC #Legatum #KochNetwork
www.desmog.com/2023/11/03/c...
www.desmog.com/2023/11/03/c...
Climate Science Denial Rife at Launch of Jordan Peterson’s ARC Project
Canadian climate science denier Jordan Peterson’s new right-wing project launched this week with claims that carbon emissions have “declined” and that the climate crisis is a “secular religion...
www.desmog.com
November 3, 2023 at 7:04 PM
Canadian climate science denier Jordan Peterson’s new right-wing project launched this week with claims that carbon emissions have “declined” and that the climate crisis is a “secular religion”. #ARC #Legatum #KochNetwork
www.desmog.com/2023/11/03/c...
www.desmog.com/2023/11/03/c...