Emily Sanders

Fox News chyron pre-Mamdani/Trump meeting: Showdown with Socialism

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Honored to see my book, Content Confusion, recognized by @emdashsanders.bsky.social for shedding light on how native ads blur the line between ads and journalism, especially in fossil fuel coverage. Grateful to contribute to this vital conversation on corporate influence and media integrity. 🙏

These ads are poisoning trust in media ‘Native advertising' allows fossil fuel companies to disguise their ads in news outlets. A new book argues the practice undermines journalistic credibility.

An important new book from @commscholar.bsky.social looks at native advertising, a practice allowing fossil fuel companies to disguise their ads as journalism in mainstream outlets.

It adds a hugely overlooked piece to the convo about corporate influence in media www.exxonknews.org/p/these-ads-...

After Exxon sued over California's climate disclosure law claiming it violates their "free speech" and the Chamber/Gibson Dunn taking the fight to the Supreme Court, a judge has suspended the rule

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Who is Wilson? She does not own a car. She lives in a rented 600-square-foot apartment with her husband and two-year-old daughter. By her own account, she depends on checks from her parents back east to cover expenses. To let them off the hook, she seeks to force residents of Seattle to pay for “free” child care and other goodies.

You guys realize that taxing people to pay for services isn't socialism, right? This is just how governments work.

Not surprised to see Gibson Dunn jumping on this case -- championing "corporate free speech" is kinda their thing. www.exxonknews.org/p/the-law-fi...

of course they want to get this issue in front of the Supreme Court (credit to @amywestervelt.bsky.social for warning us all on that one)

yyyikes

reminder: the Trump tax credits applauded here made it more profitable to capture carbon to... drill for more oil. www.exxonknews.org/p/exxons-new...

guess that type of thing is fine if you see oil companies as partners in solving climate change 🫣

How thousands of fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then kept drilling Exclusive: Research shows oil, gas and coal firms’ unprecedented access to Cop26-29, blocking urgent climate action

Exclusive by me: How thousands fossil fuel lobbyists got access to UN climate talks – and then oil and gas companies kept drilling
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Europeans recognize Zohran Mamdani’s supposedly radical policies as ‘normal’ Critics of New York City’s mayor-elect have said his pledges of free bus service and universal childcare are unrealistic, but in Europe it’s a given

was in Spain when Mamdani was elected and -- can confirm this was largely the sentiment! many many congratulations upon hearing I was from NY

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‘A Pretty Ugly History’: How Exxon Exported Climate Denial to the Global South With Brazil about to host COP30, DeSmog has obtained copies of checks Exxon mailed to the right-wing Atlas Network in the 1990s to turn Latin America against climate treaties.

Today a story I've spent months reporting and writing runs on @desmog.com and @theguardian.com.

It's based on hundreds of exclusive documents revealing how Exxon funded the rightwing Atlas Network to spread climate denial across Latin America and the Global South.

www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/a...

Judge slashes jury damages in Greenpeace case to $345 million • North Dakota Monitor A North Dakota judge has nearly halved the $660 million sum Greenpeace was ordered to pay the developer of the Dakota Access Pipeline in March.

A North Dakota judge just reduced the $666 million in damages a jury demanded Greenpeace pay Energy Transfer to $345 million.

Somehow there's still not a final judgement tho, 7 months after the trial wrapped up.

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How oil companies rebranded deceptive climate ads as ‘free speech’ In two dozen climate liability cases, companies are arguing that their public statements about climate change are not ‘deceptive’ so much as persuasive – and protected free speech

For more on the history of how Mobil pushed the idea of corporate free speech (and backed some of the first lawsuits using that argument), read @amywestervelt.bsky.social

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Exxon resorts to “intimidation” in legal battle over plastics recycling The oil giant is accusing its opponents of engaging in a “deliberate smear campaign” at the cost of Exxon’s reputation and business prospects.

Here's another lawsuit Exxon filed against the California AG and nonprofits this year, which legal experts said threatened (real) First Amendment rights.

www.exxonknews.org/p/exxon-reso...

The Law Firm Helping Big Oil Weaponize the First Amendment Gibson Dunn is “playing both sides” of free speech, using it to defend fossil fuel companies and silence the industry’s critics.

At the same time, many of the same companies (and their law firms) are going after the First Amendment rights of their opponents in court.

www.desmog.com/2024/01/05/g...

Exxon uses free speech argument to fight climate laws It’s not the first time the oil giant has tried to ward off accountability using the First Amendment.

Exxon is using the First Amendment to shield itself from scrutiny and regulation, experts say.

The oil giant & others have also claimed that lawsuits across the country accusing them of misleading the public about climate change violate their free speech rights.

www.exxonknews.org/p/exxon-uses...

always read @alleenbrown.bsky.social!

Exxon uses free speech argument to fight climate laws It’s not the first time the oil giant has tried to ward off accountability using the First Amendment.

Exxon is using the First Amendment to shield itself from scrutiny and regulation, experts say.

The oil giant & others have also claimed that lawsuits across the country accusing them of misleading the public about climate change violate their free speech rights.

www.exxonknews.org/p/exxon-uses...

Southern Company is promoting “propaganda” disguised as research — with help from a major media company The utility is laundering strategic messaging about the energy transition through a partnership with The Atlantic's marketing team.

Utilities too — wrote this after getting a LinkedIn message from Southern Company about its “research” about the energy transition in partnership with the Atlantic 👀https://www.exxonknews.org/p/southern-company-is-promoting-propaganda

its wild how many media outlets take oodles of oil and gas money. like, immoral and craven sums

Oil giant Total’s net zero claims broke the law, court rules The ruling is the first court judgment against an oil company for statements about its role in combatting the climate crisis.

NEW: A Paris Court has ruled that French oil giant TotalEnergies is misleading consumers with claims about its "net-zero ambitions" and role in the energy transition.

It's the first court judgment against an oil company for those claims.

www.exxonknews.org/p/oil-giant-...

Philippine Typhoon Survivors Launch Legal Action Against Shell The case, which seeks to hold the oil major liable for climate damages, could set a global precedent for fossil fuel corporate accountability.

BREAKING: New climate case has been initiated against Shell, aiming to hold the oil major liable for damages associated with super typhoon Odette, which ravaged the Philippines in 2021

#climatelitigation #Philippines #climateaccountability

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Oil giant Total’s net zero claims broke the law, court rules The ruling is the first court judgment against an oil company for statements about its role in combatting the climate crisis.

TOTAL knew, and now a french court says they broke the law.
www.exxonknews.org/p/oil-giant-...

Oil giant Total’s net zero claims broke the law, court rules The ruling is the first court judgment against an oil company for statements about its role in combatting the climate crisis.

NEW: A Paris Court has ruled that French oil giant TotalEnergies is misleading consumers with claims about its "net-zero ambitions" and role in the energy transition.

It's the first court judgment against an oil company for those claims.

www.exxonknews.org/p/oil-giant-...

Trump EPA seeks to weaken scrutiny for some of US’s most toxic chemicals New rule would shorten the time it takes to review chemicals, and alter the methodology used to assess their dangers

Latest from the dumpster fire that is the USA ...

Trump EPA seeks to weaken scrutiny for some of US’s most toxic chemicals

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The Government Is Shut Down. But Not for Fossil Fuels.

Apparently rolling back pollution rules is essential government work.

“One regulation nearing completion would loosen power plant limits on emissions of mercury, a neurotoxin that impairs brain development,” per two anonymous EPA officials

How AI can unlock an extra trillion barrels of oil And deliver the volumes needed to meet resilient demand 15 October 2025 3 minute read Share on LinkedInShare on BlueskyShare on XShare by email Simon Flowers Chairman, Chief Analyst and author of The Edge Andrew Latham Senior Vice President, Energy Research Orla Marnell Principal Data Scientist, Upstream Josh Dixon Senior Research Analyst, Upstream Stronger-for-longer oil demand will heap pressure on the upstream industry to deliver new supply. I asked our subsurface experts, Dr Andrew Latham, Orla Marnell and Josh Dixon how artificial intelligence can identify opportunities to meet the challenge. Why do we need to unlock new supply? The slow pace of the energy transition means that oil demand is likely to be far more resilient than some thought just a few years ago. Wood Mackenzie forecasts annual consumption won’t peak until the early to mid-2030s, and cumulative demand will be almost 1,000 billion barrels through 2050. Firm demand throws the spotlight onto where new supply can be sourced. Production from assets already onstream or justified for development will gradually decline under current investment plans from just over 100 million b/d today to 50 million b/d 2050, cumulatively 650 billion barrels. That leaves a huge supply gap of 300 million barrels.

It's tough to explain exactly how nutty this new report from fossil fuel industry consultant Wood Mackenzie is, but I'm going to try in a short thread.

As you can guess: 1 trillion barrels of oil is...............................A LOT

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Study: Oil companies are not ‘part of the solution’ New research in the journal Nature reveals oil and gas companies own a “marginal” share of global renewable capacity, years after claiming they would lead the energy transition.

"Fossil fuel companies are the biggest cause of the climate crisis, and their political power is the biggest barrier to solving it,” Oil Change Int'l's research director Kelly Trout told @emdashsanders.bsky.social.

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Study: Oil companies are not ‘part of the solution’ New research in the journal Nature reveals oil and gas companies own a “marginal” share of global renewable capacity, years after claiming they would lead the energy transition.

Waiting for oil and gas majors to lead the "pivot" to clean energy? Don't hold your breath. New @nature.com study shows that fossil fuel companies have only accounted for marginal share of renewable energy generation, decades after promising to lead. 1/

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Coal Miners With Black Lung Say They Are ‘Cast Aside to Die’ Under Trump

"They’re mining a lot more now, the coal trucks and everything are running, but there’s no benefits for the coal miners coming in."

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/13/c...

a blatant violation of our most basic first amendment rights