David Whyte
@david-whyte.bsky.social
Professor of Climate Justice at Queen Mary University of London Law School. Director of @ccccjustice.bsky.social.
Op eds. in The Independent, The Guardian, The Age, The Herald and Al Jazeera.
Op eds. in The Independent, The Guardian, The Age, The Herald and Al Jazeera.
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Today we launch a major new report that reveals how British investors profit from the destruction of the third largest rainforest in the world, in West Papua.
Those investors are implicated in a brutal campaign of political repression.
Read the report here 👇👇👇
ccccjustice.org/publications/
Those investors are implicated in a brutal campaign of political repression.
Read the report here 👇👇👇
ccccjustice.org/publications/
September 9, 2025 at 7:03 AM
Today we launch a major new report that reveals how British investors profit from the destruction of the third largest rainforest in the world, in West Papua.
Those investors are implicated in a brutal campaign of political repression.
Read the report here 👇👇👇
ccccjustice.org/publications/
Those investors are implicated in a brutal campaign of political repression.
Read the report here 👇👇👇
ccccjustice.org/publications/
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Yesterday the police raided the houses of our close colleagues in Defend Our Juries. They are facing very serious charges just for protesting against a genocide.
We demand their immediate release.
Read our statement here 👇👇
ccccjustice.org/2025/09/03/e...
We demand their immediate release.
Read our statement here 👇👇
ccccjustice.org/2025/09/03/e...
September 3, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Yesterday the police raided the houses of our close colleagues in Defend Our Juries. They are facing very serious charges just for protesting against a genocide.
We demand their immediate release.
Read our statement here 👇👇
ccccjustice.org/2025/09/03/e...
We demand their immediate release.
Read our statement here 👇👇
ccccjustice.org/2025/09/03/e...
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Just published!!!!
CCCCJ member @billspence.bsky.social reviews 'Overshoot', a book which seeks to explain why the world is carrying on as if climate change is a conspiracy (if though we all know its real)..
👇👇👇
ccccjustice.org/2025/07/31/t...
CCCCJ member @billspence.bsky.social reviews 'Overshoot', a book which seeks to explain why the world is carrying on as if climate change is a conspiracy (if though we all know its real)..
👇👇👇
ccccjustice.org/2025/07/31/t...
August 1, 2025 at 7:38 AM
Just published!!!!
CCCCJ member @billspence.bsky.social reviews 'Overshoot', a book which seeks to explain why the world is carrying on as if climate change is a conspiracy (if though we all know its real)..
👇👇👇
ccccjustice.org/2025/07/31/t...
CCCCJ member @billspence.bsky.social reviews 'Overshoot', a book which seeks to explain why the world is carrying on as if climate change is a conspiracy (if though we all know its real)..
👇👇👇
ccccjustice.org/2025/07/31/t...
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Read the report by @ccccjustice and see how asset mgrs encourage the ongoing expansion of oil and gas production.
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ccccjustice.org
April 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Read the report by @ccccjustice and see how asset mgrs encourage the ongoing expansion of oil and gas production.
ccccjustice.org/wp-content/u...
ccccjustice.org/wp-content/u...
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Ogoni activists and rights organisations criticise the hypocrisy of the Nigerian state.
Is the pardon of the Ogoni 9 a precursor to more oil extraction in the Niger Delta?
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ccccjustice.org/2025/06/26/k...
Is the pardon of the Ogoni 9 a precursor to more oil extraction in the Niger Delta?
👇👇👇
ccccjustice.org/2025/06/26/k...
June 26, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Ogoni activists and rights organisations criticise the hypocrisy of the Nigerian state.
Is the pardon of the Ogoni 9 a precursor to more oil extraction in the Niger Delta?
👇👇👇
ccccjustice.org/2025/06/26/k...
Is the pardon of the Ogoni 9 a precursor to more oil extraction in the Niger Delta?
👇👇👇
ccccjustice.org/2025/06/26/k...
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“We get stronger as a movement in spite of the threats & the assassinations!”
This year’s CLASCO Award has been won by the Ríos Vivos Movement. Read Ignasi Bernat's commentary & translation of the Ríos Vivos Movevement's acceptance speach on our latest blog.
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ccccjustice.org/2025/06/16/d...
This year’s CLASCO Award has been won by the Ríos Vivos Movement. Read Ignasi Bernat's commentary & translation of the Ríos Vivos Movevement's acceptance speach on our latest blog.
👇👇👇
ccccjustice.org/2025/06/16/d...
June 17, 2025 at 7:48 AM
“We get stronger as a movement in spite of the threats & the assassinations!”
This year’s CLASCO Award has been won by the Ríos Vivos Movement. Read Ignasi Bernat's commentary & translation of the Ríos Vivos Movevement's acceptance speach on our latest blog.
👇👇👇
ccccjustice.org/2025/06/16/d...
This year’s CLASCO Award has been won by the Ríos Vivos Movement. Read Ignasi Bernat's commentary & translation of the Ríos Vivos Movevement's acceptance speach on our latest blog.
👇👇👇
ccccjustice.org/2025/06/16/d...
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3 weeks after the atrocity it was already clear there was prima facie evidence for charges of corporate manslaughter against the clearly responsible public and private corporations which produced the fire: www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/resources/hi... @david-whyte.bsky.social @inquest-org.bsky.social
From Hillsborough to Grenfell | Centre for Crime and Justice Studies
www.crimeandjustice.org.uk
June 13, 2025 at 1:15 PM
3 weeks after the atrocity it was already clear there was prima facie evidence for charges of corporate manslaughter against the clearly responsible public and private corporations which produced the fire: www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/resources/hi... @david-whyte.bsky.social @inquest-org.bsky.social
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“We remain alive... to leave a better land for future generations.”
This year’s CLASCO Award has been won by the Ríos Vivos Movement. Ignasi Bernat's commentary and translation of the speech given by the Ríos Vivos Movevement's Milena Mora is here.
👇👇👇
ccccjustice.org/2025/06/16/d...
This year’s CLASCO Award has been won by the Ríos Vivos Movement. Ignasi Bernat's commentary and translation of the speech given by the Ríos Vivos Movevement's Milena Mora is here.
👇👇👇
ccccjustice.org/2025/06/16/d...
June 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
“We remain alive... to leave a better land for future generations.”
This year’s CLASCO Award has been won by the Ríos Vivos Movement. Ignasi Bernat's commentary and translation of the speech given by the Ríos Vivos Movevement's Milena Mora is here.
👇👇👇
ccccjustice.org/2025/06/16/d...
This year’s CLASCO Award has been won by the Ríos Vivos Movement. Ignasi Bernat's commentary and translation of the speech given by the Ríos Vivos Movevement's Milena Mora is here.
👇👇👇
ccccjustice.org/2025/06/16/d...
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This is a terrific piece which does a great job at both critiquing the criminalisation of ecocide and offering crucial insight on the law-as-a-quick-fix and the implications thereof
This just out now, wherein @david-whyte.bsky.social (of @ccccjustice.bsky.social) gently pick apart the case for an international crime of ecocide.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Law’s quick fix? Ecocide, social transformation and the pitfalls of criminalisation
Calls to criminalise ‘ecocide’ are, it seems, everywhere. What unites these calls is both a sense of urgency and a need for international action. The need for a quick and plausible fix makes intern...
www.tandfonline.com
April 28, 2025 at 10:17 AM
This is a terrific piece which does a great job at both critiquing the criminalisation of ecocide and offering crucial insight on the law-as-a-quick-fix and the implications thereof
Reposted by David Whyte
"Public ownership is the only way we can save our crumbling utilities"
Thames Water, more than any other privatised company, has provoked a very high level of public anger. Eleanor Godwin and David Whyte discuss why and explore what we can do about it
www.redpepper.org.uk/economics-un...
Thames Water, more than any other privatised company, has provoked a very high level of public anger. Eleanor Godwin and David Whyte discuss why and explore what we can do about it
www.redpepper.org.uk/economics-un...
Thames Water and the failures of privatisation - Red Pepper
Thames Water has provoked a very high level of public anger. Eleanor Godwin and David Whyte discuss why and explore what we can do about it
www.redpepper.org.uk
May 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
"Public ownership is the only way we can save our crumbling utilities"
Thames Water, more than any other privatised company, has provoked a very high level of public anger. Eleanor Godwin and David Whyte discuss why and explore what we can do about it
www.redpepper.org.uk/economics-un...
Thames Water, more than any other privatised company, has provoked a very high level of public anger. Eleanor Godwin and David Whyte discuss why and explore what we can do about it
www.redpepper.org.uk/economics-un...
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The legal profession is grappling with the ethical predicaments posed by the climate and ecological crisis. Lawyers are asking how they refuse work that contributes to climate breakdown.
Reas our latest blog from Eduard Zelinschi and Monika Sobiecki here: ccccjustice.org/2025/05/26/r...
Reas our latest blog from Eduard Zelinschi and Monika Sobiecki here: ccccjustice.org/2025/05/26/r...
May 27, 2025 at 8:32 AM
The legal profession is grappling with the ethical predicaments posed by the climate and ecological crisis. Lawyers are asking how they refuse work that contributes to climate breakdown.
Reas our latest blog from Eduard Zelinschi and Monika Sobiecki here: ccccjustice.org/2025/05/26/r...
Reas our latest blog from Eduard Zelinschi and Monika Sobiecki here: ccccjustice.org/2025/05/26/r...
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Laws Quick Fix?
Check this newly published analysis of ecocide law by @pashukanist.bsky.social and our Director @david-whyte.bsky.social.
Check this newly published analysis of ecocide law by @pashukanist.bsky.social and our Director @david-whyte.bsky.social.
This just out now, wherein @david-whyte.bsky.social (of @ccccjustice.bsky.social) gently pick apart the case for an international crime of ecocide.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Law’s quick fix? Ecocide, social transformation and the pitfalls of criminalisation
Calls to criminalise ‘ecocide’ are, it seems, everywhere. What unites these calls is both a sense of urgency and a need for international action. The need for a quick and plausible fix makes intern...
www.tandfonline.com
April 29, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Laws Quick Fix?
Check this newly published analysis of ecocide law by @pashukanist.bsky.social and our Director @david-whyte.bsky.social.
Check this newly published analysis of ecocide law by @pashukanist.bsky.social and our Director @david-whyte.bsky.social.
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New article!
Law’s quick fix? Ecocide, social transformation and the pitfalls of criminalisation by @pashukanist.bsky.social & @david-whyte.bsky.social
The article challenges, from a critical perspective, the idea that to deal with ecocide we merely need to change the law.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
Law’s quick fix? Ecocide, social transformation and the pitfalls of criminalisation by @pashukanist.bsky.social & @david-whyte.bsky.social
The article challenges, from a critical perspective, the idea that to deal with ecocide we merely need to change the law.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
May 12, 2025 at 6:23 AM
New article!
Law’s quick fix? Ecocide, social transformation and the pitfalls of criminalisation by @pashukanist.bsky.social & @david-whyte.bsky.social
The article challenges, from a critical perspective, the idea that to deal with ecocide we merely need to change the law.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
Law’s quick fix? Ecocide, social transformation and the pitfalls of criminalisation by @pashukanist.bsky.social & @david-whyte.bsky.social
The article challenges, from a critical perspective, the idea that to deal with ecocide we merely need to change the law.
doi.org/10.1080/0964...
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Will Labour's plan to criminalise water bosses clean up our rivers?
Our new blog from Eleanor Godwin and @david-whyte.bsky.social, co-published with @redpeppermag.bsky.social
Our new blog from Eleanor Godwin and @david-whyte.bsky.social, co-published with @redpeppermag.bsky.social
May 19, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Will Labour's plan to criminalise water bosses clean up our rivers?
Our new blog from Eleanor Godwin and @david-whyte.bsky.social, co-published with @redpeppermag.bsky.social
Our new blog from Eleanor Godwin and @david-whyte.bsky.social, co-published with @redpeppermag.bsky.social
Reposted by David Whyte
This just out now, wherein @david-whyte.bsky.social (of @ccccjustice.bsky.social) gently pick apart the case for an international crime of ecocide.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Law’s quick fix? Ecocide, social transformation and the pitfalls of criminalisation
Calls to criminalise ‘ecocide’ are, it seems, everywhere. What unites these calls is both a sense of urgency and a need for international action. The need for a quick and plausible fix makes intern...
www.tandfonline.com
April 28, 2025 at 9:05 AM
This just out now, wherein @david-whyte.bsky.social (of @ccccjustice.bsky.social) gently pick apart the case for an international crime of ecocide.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Looking forward to this event at Kairos, Tottenham Court Rd London W1T 4TG.
tomorrow.
www.kairos.london/event/kill-t...
tomorrow.
www.kairos.london/event/kill-t...
April 22, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Looking forward to this event at Kairos, Tottenham Court Rd London W1T 4TG.
tomorrow.
www.kairos.london/event/kill-t...
tomorrow.
www.kairos.london/event/kill-t...
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“political leaders are currently showing unprecedented support for Big Oil ... If we really want to ‘drain the swamp’, we need to start with the big asset managers who are able to keep getting richer and richer by increasing fossil fuel production”.
My latest research report for @ccccjustice.bsky.social, published tomorrow...
ccccjustice.org/publications/
@europeangroup.bsky.social @just-stopoil.bsky.social @gndrising.bsky.social @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social @environmentalpol.bsky.social @shellslies.bsky.social @citizensarrestnet.bsky.social
ccccjustice.org/publications/
@europeangroup.bsky.social @just-stopoil.bsky.social @gndrising.bsky.social @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social @environmentalpol.bsky.social @shellslies.bsky.social @citizensarrestnet.bsky.social
🔴The Big Money Firms Bankrolling a Global Retreat From Climate Targets
A small group of “super investors” is quietly fuelling the oil industry’s abandonment of environmental goals
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/14/t...
A small group of “super investors” is quietly fuelling the oil industry’s abandonment of environmental goals
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/14/t...
April 15, 2025 at 9:27 AM
“political leaders are currently showing unprecedented support for Big Oil ... If we really want to ‘drain the swamp’, we need to start with the big asset managers who are able to keep getting richer and richer by increasing fossil fuel production”.
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New on @lpeblog.bsky.social and @lpeproject.bsky.social : @david-whyte.bsky.social and I have a new piece out. We explore how the fossil fuel industry uses tax havens to shield toxic assets while reproducing colonial extractive logics.
Read here: lpeproject.org/blog/fossil-...
Read here: lpeproject.org/blog/fossil-...
Fossil Capital’s Regulatory Havens in the Carribean
Offshore jurisdictions don’t just hide wealth — they enable the climate crisis by shielding the fossil fuel industry from taxes, environmental regulation, and political accountability.
lpeproject.org
April 21, 2025 at 1:21 PM
New on @lpeblog.bsky.social and @lpeproject.bsky.social : @david-whyte.bsky.social and I have a new piece out. We explore how the fossil fuel industry uses tax havens to shield toxic assets while reproducing colonial extractive logics.
Read here: lpeproject.org/blog/fossil-...
Read here: lpeproject.org/blog/fossil-...
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Today, @joseatiles.bsky.social and @david-whyte.bsky.social explain how offshore jurisdictions enable the climate crisis by shielding the fossil fuel industry from taxes, environmental regulation, and political accountability.
Fossil Capital’s Regulatory Havens in the Carribean
Offshore jurisdictions don’t just hide wealth — they enable the climate crisis by shielding the fossil fuel industry from taxes, environmental regulation, and political accountability.
lpeproject.org
April 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Today, @joseatiles.bsky.social and @david-whyte.bsky.social explain how offshore jurisdictions enable the climate crisis by shielding the fossil fuel industry from taxes, environmental regulation, and political accountability.
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Fossil Capital in the Caribbean
In our new blog, @joseatiles.bsky.social and @david-whyte.bsky.social exposes the role of offshore secrecy jurisdictions in facilitating climate breakdown.
Read it here: ccccjustice.org/2025/04/22/e...
In our new blog, @joseatiles.bsky.social and @david-whyte.bsky.social exposes the role of offshore secrecy jurisdictions in facilitating climate breakdown.
Read it here: ccccjustice.org/2025/04/22/e...
April 22, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Fossil Capital in the Caribbean
In our new blog, @joseatiles.bsky.social and @david-whyte.bsky.social exposes the role of offshore secrecy jurisdictions in facilitating climate breakdown.
Read it here: ccccjustice.org/2025/04/22/e...
In our new blog, @joseatiles.bsky.social and @david-whyte.bsky.social exposes the role of offshore secrecy jurisdictions in facilitating climate breakdown.
Read it here: ccccjustice.org/2025/04/22/e...
My latest research report for @ccccjustice.bsky.social, published tomorrow...
ccccjustice.org/publications/
@europeangroup.bsky.social @just-stopoil.bsky.social @gndrising.bsky.social @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social @environmentalpol.bsky.social @shellslies.bsky.social @citizensarrestnet.bsky.social
ccccjustice.org/publications/
@europeangroup.bsky.social @just-stopoil.bsky.social @gndrising.bsky.social @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social @environmentalpol.bsky.social @shellslies.bsky.social @citizensarrestnet.bsky.social
🔴The Big Money Firms Bankrolling a Global Retreat From Climate Targets
A small group of “super investors” is quietly fuelling the oil industry’s abandonment of environmental goals
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/14/t...
A small group of “super investors” is quietly fuelling the oil industry’s abandonment of environmental goals
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/14/t...
The Big Money Firms Bankrolling a Global Retreat From Climate Targets
A small group of “super investors” is quietly fuelling the oil industry’s abandonment of environmental goals
bylinetimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 5:27 PM
My latest research report for @ccccjustice.bsky.social, published tomorrow...
ccccjustice.org/publications/
@europeangroup.bsky.social @just-stopoil.bsky.social @gndrising.bsky.social @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social @environmentalpol.bsky.social @shellslies.bsky.social @citizensarrestnet.bsky.social
ccccjustice.org/publications/
@europeangroup.bsky.social @just-stopoil.bsky.social @gndrising.bsky.social @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social @environmentalpol.bsky.social @shellslies.bsky.social @citizensarrestnet.bsky.social
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#Earlyview Paper by @joseatiles.bsky.social & @david-whyte.bsky.social examines ‘Regulatory Havens’ links to climate change via mechanisms that enable fossil fuel capital to avoid tax, regulations, sanctions, & social and political conflicts #RegGov #Climate
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Fossil Capital in the Caribbean: The Toxic Role of “Regulatory Havens” in Climate Change
Secrecy jurisdictions play a crucial role in the legal framework perpetuating climate change. This paper demonstrates how these jurisdictions sustain the dynamics of climate change by enabling capita...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 17, 2025 at 1:52 PM
#Earlyview Paper by @joseatiles.bsky.social & @david-whyte.bsky.social examines ‘Regulatory Havens’ links to climate change via mechanisms that enable fossil fuel capital to avoid tax, regulations, sanctions, & social and political conflicts #RegGov #Climate
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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"Riveting as a story, compelling as a political analysis & utterly devastating in its portrayal of the subversion of law & legal process" says @niaolainf.bsky.social on book by @paddyzemia.bsky.social www.beyondthepalebooks.com/shopnewbooks...
@david-whyte.bsky.social @andrewmjefferson.bsky.social
@david-whyte.bsky.social @andrewmjefferson.bsky.social
shoot-to-kill in Northern Ireland — beyond the pale books – books on Irish society and politics
State agents and informers murdered with impunity during the conflict in Northern Ireland – the outcome of a secret and illegal strategy introduced by MI5 in 1981.
John Stalker uncovered this during a...
www.beyondthepalebooks.com
April 4, 2025 at 8:29 AM
"Riveting as a story, compelling as a political analysis & utterly devastating in its portrayal of the subversion of law & legal process" says @niaolainf.bsky.social on book by @paddyzemia.bsky.social www.beyondthepalebooks.com/shopnewbooks...
@david-whyte.bsky.social @andrewmjefferson.bsky.social
@david-whyte.bsky.social @andrewmjefferson.bsky.social
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Check out our latest research report on the movers and shakers behind Big Oil.
Reported by @bylinetimes.bsky.social
Reported by @bylinetimes.bsky.social
🔴The Big Money Firms Bankrolling a Global Retreat From Climate Targets
A small group of “super investors” is quietly fuelling the oil industry’s abandonment of environmental goals
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/14/t...
A small group of “super investors” is quietly fuelling the oil industry’s abandonment of environmental goals
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/14/t...
The Big Money Firms Bankrolling a Global Retreat From Climate Targets
A small group of “super investors” is quietly fuelling the oil industry’s abandonment of environmental goals
bylinetimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Check out our latest research report on the movers and shakers behind Big Oil.
Reported by @bylinetimes.bsky.social
Reported by @bylinetimes.bsky.social
Reposted by David Whyte
🔴The Big Money Firms Bankrolling a Global Retreat From Climate Targets
A small group of “super investors” is quietly fuelling the oil industry’s abandonment of environmental goals
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/14/t...
A small group of “super investors” is quietly fuelling the oil industry’s abandonment of environmental goals
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/14/t...
The Big Money Firms Bankrolling a Global Retreat From Climate Targets
A small group of “super investors” is quietly fuelling the oil industry’s abandonment of environmental goals
bylinetimes.com
April 14, 2025 at 4:44 PM
🔴The Big Money Firms Bankrolling a Global Retreat From Climate Targets
A small group of “super investors” is quietly fuelling the oil industry’s abandonment of environmental goals
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/14/t...
A small group of “super investors” is quietly fuelling the oil industry’s abandonment of environmental goals
bylinetimes.com/2025/04/14/t...