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Barnaby Pace
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Weaponising pedantry for investigative journalism. Research and investigations at @ciel former @globalwitness. Tweets are in a personal capacity. He/Him
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desmog.com
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More Than 300 Lobbyists for Industrial Agriculture Attend COP30

Presence of high-polluting companies erodes trust in the UN process, say campaigners.

www.desmog.com/2025/11/18/m...

📝 @rachelsherrington.bsky.social & @ninalakhani.bsky.social 👇
More Than 300 Lobbyists for Industrial Agriculture Attend COP30
Presence of high-polluting companies erodes trust in the UN process, say campaigners.
www.desmog.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:13 PM
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ciel.org
AI’s soaring power demand is being used to justify new gas/coal plants “cleaned” by CCS. Track record: 88% failures, big costs, bigger delays. With #COP30, close CCS/offset loopholes and align NDCs with 1.5°C. Read: bit.ly/4pgcG55

Let's not power tomorrow’s AI with yesterday’s fuels.
November 7, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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jflevin.bsky.social
Oil & gas companies sure get lots of access to Carney's ministers....

Follow the @fedlobbot.bsky.social for updates on how much lobbying is happening
fedlobbot.bsky.social Big Oil's Lobbying bot 🍁 @fedlobbot.bsky.social · Oct 20
🚨 On Tue. September 09, 2025, Tourmaline Oil Corp. lobbied the Minister of Finance and National Revenue François-Philippe Champagne, the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Julie Dabrusin, and the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Tim Hodgson
October 25, 2025 at 12:05 PM
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ciel.org
You will:
📚 Conduct legal research on climate, human rights & trade
🗣️ Support advocacy & policy analysis
✍️ Contribute to briefs & publications
💰 Receive a monthly stipend

Apply now to help shape a more just and sustainable future.
October 21, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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ciel.org
Spring 2026 Legal Internship (Climate & Energy – Geneva) at CIEL.

🌍 Calling future environmental lawyers!
🗓️ Deadline: 2 Nov 2025
🔗 cielorg.bamboohr.com/careers/117?...

Join a team working at the intersection of #HumanRights, #ClimateJustice, and international law.
BambooHR
cielorg.bamboohr.com
October 21, 2025 at 11:09 AM
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ciel.org
They’ll take part in two critical workshops:
🔹 “Investigating false solutions: geoengineering and desalination plants”
🔹 “Climate litigation in the age of misinformation”

They aim to equip journalists with tools to expose greenwashing, track false climate fixes, and navigate legal battles.
October 3, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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ciel.org
Next Friday in Budapest, CIEL’s @duycks.bsky.social and @barnabypace.bsky.social join journalists and scientists at #ClimateArena2025 - an inspiring working conference by @journalismarena.eu to strengthen climate reporting across Europe.

📍 Corvinus University, Budapest
🗓️ October 10
October 3, 2025 at 6:53 AM
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ciel.org
ACT NOW. 🔥 Fires, explosions, toxic releases — chemical disasters happen nearly every day in the US.
⚠️ The Trump Admin is trying to eliminate the only agency that investigates and prevents them.
📣 Tell Congress: Save the Chemical Safety Board
☎️ Act now: bit.ly/3Kq1Z0w
September 30, 2025 at 6:06 PM
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ciel.org
⚠️ More than half of all fertilizers are made from fossil fuels. 🛢️ The result? A system that harms our health, drives climate change, and threatens food security. 🍽️ It’s time to rethink what’s on our plates.
👇 Learn more about the frack-to-fork supply chain.
Frack to Fork: Fossil Fertilizers Harm Health, Climate, and Food Systems (Sept 2025) - Center for International Environmental Law
Fossil-fueled fertilizers drive climate change and threaten human health. Explore their hidden costs and learn proven solutions for resilient food systems.
www.ciel.org
September 8, 2025 at 3:35 PM
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ciel.org
Insurance math:
🔥 Communities hit by floods + fires = uninsurable.
🏭 Polluters driving disasters = cash + coverage.

As we brace for hurricane season, @ellejurca.bsky.social, @barnabypace.bsky.social & ‪‪@cslidders.bsky.social‬ make it clear: the system is broken.
Trump, Fossil Fuels, and Insurers Are Making Hurricane Season Even More Dangerous | Common Dreams
With the federal government abdicating its responsibility, state and local leaders must step up. They have the power and duty to act.
www.commondreams.org
August 25, 2025 at 8:43 PM
barnabypace.bsky.social
The Gulf Coast — home to more than 84% of US plastics’ production and nearly half of US petroleum refining capacity — is bracing for more than five major hurricanes predicted for the Atlantic Ocean this year, all while federal protections are rolled back.

Latest from @ellejurca.bsky.social and me.
ciel.org Center for International Environmental Law @ciel.org · Aug 22
A deadly storm in Texas. Hurricane Erin floods the East Coast — US hurricane season has only just begun. As storms grow stronger, federal protections collapse, while the fossil fuel industry expands in the eye of the storm.
👉 Read more in our latest blog bit.ly/45XrjTP
As Hurricanes Intensify, US Protections Collapse — and the Fossil Fuel Industry Tightens Its Grip - Center for International Environmental Law
Intensifying hurricanes, collapsing protections, and petrochemical expansion are creating the perfect storm — leaving millions at risk.
bit.ly
August 23, 2025 at 11:51 AM
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youngvulgarian.marieleconte.com
I know no one has money anymore but publications should probably consider getting proper editors and fact checkers in again, as opposed to "overworked people who'll give your copy a quick look over before publishing", which is what most of them have now
August 21, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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caadcoalition.bsky.social
🛢️ Trump's EPA is helping Big Oil while communities pay the price. @ciel.org's analysis reveals companies lobbying millions to gut pollution rules are the same ones expanding toxic facilities at newly exempt sites.

Read more:
EPA Rollback: A New Era of Deregulation - Center for International Environmental Law
EPA grants sweeping air pollution exemptions to petrochemical giants, risking public health and aiding industry lobbyists.
buff.ly
August 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM
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greenpeace.org
❌ Plastics Treaty not for sale!
Oil producing countries want to sell out the #PlasticsTreaty to the fossil fuel lobby! We can’t let them!
Watch and share the video to demand world leaders to step up and deliver a strong treaty that cuts plastic production!
www.greenpeace.org/PlasticsTreaty
August 8, 2025 at 7:37 AM
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ciel.org
⚠️ Fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbyists have flooded #PlasticsTreaty talks at a record high. They're working with petrostates to distract, delay, and drag the treaty toward the lowest common denominator.
#KickPollutersOut #INC5-2
👉 Read more: bit.ly/41wUn1L
August 7, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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greenpeace.org
Did you know the plastic industry is Making Oil Great Again? 🛢️🤑🛢️
But “Drill Baby Drill” doesn’t have to be the future for plastic (99% of which is made of oil or gas) or the planet!

🎥 Watch & check out @Greenpeaceuk’s new report
www.greenpeace.org.uk/resources/pl...
July 29, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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unep.org
Tyre-wear particles are a major source of microplastics that harm the environment.

The good news? Prevention and mitigation can help to #BeatPollution.

Explore more from this online brief: www.unep.org/resources/em...
July 13, 2025 at 7:17 AM
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nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
There is no escape from #Microplastic and #Nanoplastics, but there's #inequality in the impact of this, as all of the other impacts of the #FossilFuel profiteers

#PlasticsTreaty
July 12, 2025 at 8:50 AM
barnabypace.bsky.social
Great to see @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social take up the issue of fossil fuel and chemical industry lobbying at the plastics treaty talks including our @ciel.org finding of 220 lobbyists at INC5.

www.ciel.org/news/inc-5-l...
July 11, 2025 at 11:11 AM
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cbonac.bsky.social
Memes I never thought I'd have to make....
July 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
barnabypace.bsky.social
The irony on top is politico carrying adverts for Equinor about "oil and gas powering the energy transition" and a brand survey for fossil fuel companies around their reporting.
patrickgaley.bsky.social Patrick Galey @patrickgaley.bsky.social · Jul 2
Saudi Arabia (and by that we can read Aramco) has a rich history of undermining IPCC findings, both during COPs and during AR periods

This is a blatant attempt to discredit the organisation to the extent that its findings can be whatabouted forever www.politico.eu/article/saud...
Global climate science body roiled by controversies stoked by Saudis, US
The proposed selection of a Saudi Aramco oil company staffer as one of the authors of a key science report has been denounced as “political capture.”
www.politico.eu
July 2, 2025 at 9:08 PM
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taylornoakes.com
An alliance of tarsands oil producers with a long track record of minimizing or ignoring the risks of climate change have been sponsoring science fairs

It's just the latest effort by the fossil fuel industry to gain social acceptance

Latest @desmog.com #cdnpoli

www.desmog.com/2025/06/30/p...
Pathways Alliance Sponsored Science Fairs for Canadian Children
Paying for social license is 'no substitute for solving environmental problems,' say critics.
www.desmog.com
June 30, 2025 at 9:04 PM
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transparencyuk.bsky.social
🚨UK TAX HAVENS MISS TRANSPARENCY DEADLINE🚨

UK offshore financial centres have failed to comply with the deadline for ending corporate secrecy, enabling dirty money to stay hidden in the UK.

This undermines the UK's anti-corruption efforts and weakens national security.

More in @theguardian.com ⤵️
British overseas territories miss final deadline to crack down on ‘dirty money’
Island havens accused of ‘defying the will of parliament’ after failing to initiate corporate transparency measures
www.theguardian.com
July 1, 2025 at 7:54 AM
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emorwee.bsky.social
It’s so important to understand WHY the new Senate bill has such drastic provisions to kill renewable energy

Fossil fuel industry lobbyists and Big Oil-funded activists have been ALL OVER the GOP in recent weeks, telling them that clean energy jobs are “fentanyl jobs” and “a cancer”
The Senate is about to destroy clean energy to give tax cuts to billionaires
The bill could pass within the next 24 hours.
heated.world
June 29, 2025 at 7:58 PM
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henrymance.ft.com
It is remarkable that the west is committing to spending 5% of GDP on defence, and almost no one has made the case that the most pressing threat to our security this century is climate change and we should be spending more on tackling that.
June 27, 2025 at 8:36 AM