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Jude Law says fossil fuel companies need to answer for their actions

Celebrities including Sir Mark Rylance and Aisling Bea are backing the Global Witness Payback Time campaign.

Evening Standard

Cop29 week one diary: from fossil fuel colouring books to Ronaldinho

Keir Starmer gets a warm welcome, a vegan burger costs the earth, and cop29.com makes a point

The Guardian - UK

Top Climate Change Official Caught on Camera Making Secret Fossil Fuel Investment Deals

A senior official at the COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan was caught on camera discussing potential fossil fuel investment deals.

International Business Times

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Carbon credit trade rules approved, breaking lengthy deadlock – Cop29 day one, as it happened

Draft decision on article 6 approved with no objections

The Guardian - UK

Azerbaijan is the host of the UN's climate conference, shining a spotlight on the petrostate

Diplomats from across the world will descend on the Azerbaijani capital of Baku for the annual climate summit, known as COP29, to discuss how to avoid the increasing threats from climate change in a place that was one of the birthplaces of the oil industry

The Independent UK

Top Climate Change Official Caught on Camera Making Secret Fossil Fuel Investment Deals

A senior official at the COP29 climate summit in Azerbaijan was caught on camera discussing potential fossil fuel investment deals.

Latin Times

Cop29 CEO filmed agreeing to facilitate fossil fuel deals at climate summit

Elnur Soltanov recorded speaking with fake oil and gas group that asked for deals in exchange for sponsoring talks

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Apparently fake social media accounts boost Azerbaijan before Cop29

Exclusive: Linked accounts on X push petrostate’s posts about climate summit and drown out criticism

The Guardian - UK

TikTok, Facebook Approve Ads With US Election Disinformation, Study Says

TikTok and Facebook approved advertisements containing blatant US election falsehoods just weeks ahead of the vote, a watchdog investigation revealed Thursday, calling into question the tech platforms' policies to detect harmful disinformation.

International Business Times

TikTok let through disinformation in political ads despite its own ban, Global Witness finds

Just weeks before the U.S. presidential election, TikTok still approved advertisements that contained election disinformation even though it has a ban on political ads

The Independent UK

Three Activists Risking Their Lives For The Planet

Almost 200 environmental activists were murdered last year, with the toll especially heavy in South America, according to rights group Global Witness.

International Business Times

Nearly 200 killed protecting environment

Most were Black or Indigenous

Salon

Almost 200 people killed worldwide last year trying to defend the environment - report

Nearly 200 environmental and land defenders around the world were murdered in 2023, with Colombia once again the deadliest place for activists, watchdog Global Witness said in a report Tuesday.

Radio France Internationale

Nearly 200 Land And Environment Defenders Killed In 2023, Says NGO

Nearly 200 environmental and land defenders around the world were murdered in 2023, with Colombia once again the deadliest place for activists, watchdog Global Witness said in a report Tuesday.

International Business Times

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The Guardian - UK

Almost 200 people killed last year trying to defend the environment, report finds

Latin America was the most deadly region in which to defend ecosystems from mining and deforestation, with Indigenous people among half the dead

International Business Times

Bot-like Accounts On X Fuel US Political Conspiracies, Watchdog Says

Bot-like accounts on social media platform X that spread misinformation and hate ahead of Britain's election are now amplifying conspiracy theories around US politics, a watchdog investigation revealed Tuesday, as the race to the White House kicks into high gear.

International Business Times

Bot-like Accounts Spreading 'Hate' During UK Election: NGO

Bot-like social media accounts have spread "disinformation and hate" in tens of thousands of posts viewed an estimated 150 million times during the UK general election campaign, a watchdog investigation revealed Tuesday.

The Independent UK

‘Bot-like’ X accounts having ‘oversized influence’ on General Election – study

A new investigation looked at 10 accounts that have shared more than 60,000 posts on the social media site in the last few weeks.

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Radio France Internationale

Tiktok 'fails' political disinformation test ahead of EU elections

International Business Times

TikTok Fails 'Disinformation Test' Before EU Vote, Study Shows

Evening Standard

BP plans cost cutting alongside multi-billion payday for investors as profits miss forecasts

New CEO at FTSE 100 oil multinational points to $2 billion in ‘cash cost savings’

Al Jazeera

‘Blood minerals’: What are the hidden costs of the EU-Rwanda supply deal?

EU plans to secure supplies for green revolution from Rwanda likely to support smuggling of conflict minerals from DRC.

International Business Times

DR Congo Accuses Apple Of Using 'Blood Minerals' From War-torn East

The government of the Democratic Republic of Congo is accusing Apple of using "illegally exploited" minerals extracted from the country's embattled east in its products, lawyers representing the African country said Thursday.

The Guardian - UK

UK ‘helping Russia pay for its war on Ukraine’ via loophole on refined oil imports

£2.2bn-worth of oil processed in China, India and Turkey – to whom Russia supplies crude – was imported in 2023, data shows

International Business Times

Peru Court Sentences Killers Of Indigenous Land Defenders

A Peruvian court on Thursday imposed near three-decade sentences on five men who were being retried for the murders of four Indigenous Amazon land defenders who had crossed swords with illegal loggers.

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