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Investigative reporter | Founder/Director of Centre for Climate Reporting - https://bsky.app/profile/climatereport.bsky.social

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Exclusive | Exxon Held Secret Talks With Rosneft About Going Back to Russia Resuming business in Russia would mark a dramatic rapprochement after Exxon’s messy breakup with Moscow when Putin attacked Ukraine in 2022

Breaking: Exxon has held secret talks with Russia’s biggest state energy company about resuming business in the country.

26.08.2025 19:43 β€” πŸ‘ 77    πŸ” 57    πŸ’¬ 20    πŸ“Œ 31
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Trump’s 2024 campaign chief claimed he secretly worked with Australia’s Liberals ahead of the general election

Leader Peter Dutton has rejected comparisons to Trump

But Chris LaCivita told undercover reporters he had helped them – and the public β€˜never knew I was there’

01.05.2025 00:21 β€” πŸ‘ 14    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 11

NEW UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION, ahead of the Australian election on Saturday.

The Liberal Party has distanced itself from Trump and the MAGA playbook.

But we reveal claims by Trump's campaign chief, that he helped the Liberals ahead of the election.

01.05.2025 00:23 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Trump campaign chief claims he visited Australia to advise Liberals at start of election campaign Exclusive: Chris LaCivita, Trump’s presidential campaign co-manager, tells undercover reporters he advised on β€˜structural issues’ related to Peter Dutton; the Coalition denies LaCivita was involved in...

#Breaking Dutton sought help from Trump campaign πŸ‘‡

β€˜β€˜I was in Australia two weeks ago helping the Liberal party there, on some of their structural issues that they were having with Peter Dutton,” LaCivita said on 16 April.
#NoTrumpForAUS #DontRiskDutton #auspol www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

01.05.2025 00:47 β€” πŸ‘ 55    πŸ” 29    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 5
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Trump campaign chief claims he visited Australia to advise Liberals at start of election campaign Exclusive: Chris LaCivita, Trump’s presidential campaign co-manager, tells undercover reporters he advised on β€˜structural issues’ related to Peter Dutton; the Coalition denies LaCivita was involved in...

EXCLUSIVE: Trump campaign chief claims he visited Australia to advise Liberals at start of election campaign

30.04.2025 23:52 β€” πŸ‘ 66    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 16

NEW UNDERCOVER INVESTIGATION, ahead of the Australian election on Saturday.

The Liberal Party has distanced itself from Trump and the MAGA playbook.

But we reveal claims by Trump's campaign chief, that he helped the Liberals ahead of the election.

01.05.2025 00:23 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Inside the small agency with a grand plan for Trump’s global energy dominance – Centre for Climate Reporting The U.S. Trade and Development Agency is working to push gas to emerging markets as part of Donald Trump’s plans for global energy dominance.

NEW | How a small US government agency is planning to push US gas to emerging markets around the world, as part of Trump's energy dominance agenda.

climate-reporting.org/ustda-plan-f...

23.04.2025 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

My latest for CCR and Rolling Stone ⬇️

23.04.2025 16:46 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

Our latest investigation by @benrst.bsky.social

23.04.2025 13:44 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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JBS is likely to fail to deliver on its Amazon deforestation promise, ranchers say

πŸ„ JBS, the world’s biggest meat company, says it’s cleaning up its supply chain in the Amazon by the end of this year. 🌳

We spoke to 30+ ranchers and industry leaders. The vast majority said JBS will miss its target: it’s β€œhumanly impossible”, said one.
unearthed.greenpeace.org/2025/04/17/j...

17.04.2025 11:21 β€” πŸ‘ 53    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
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Lobbying The chapter explores how fossil fuel companies seek to influence decision-makers and provides advice on uncovering evidence of these efforts and alerting the public.

In this chapter, @lawrencecarter.bsky.social explores how fossil fuel companies seek to influence decision-makers and provides advice on uncovering evidence of these efforts and alerting the public: https://twp.ai/1VGuZZ

31.03.2025 21:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Read our latest investigation (and also pls follow our new CCR Bluesky account!)

17.03.2025 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Meet Evan Anzoo, a five-year-old boy in South Sudan who died when Elon Musk shut down USAID and the boy lost access to his HIV meds. Musk says no one has died because of the aid shutdown, but that's because he didn't look. RIP, Evan, you deserved better. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

17.03.2025 14:00 β€” πŸ‘ 4338    πŸ” 1834    πŸ’¬ 143    πŸ“Œ 160

Read our latest investigation (and also pls follow our new CCR Bluesky account!)

17.03.2025 17:51 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Adnoc chief Sultan al-Jaber: β€˜It’s time to make energy great again’ The oil boss and COP28 president on what the Trump era means for his industry β€” and being a β€˜climate realist’

As with recent climate rollbacks by BP and Shell, it is absolutely wild how so many journalists and editors just accepted the spin that oil boss Al Jaber/UAE cares about tackling climate change.

Now he’s in the U.S. saying it’s time to β€œmake energy great again”

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on.ft.com/43Q8vFj

16.03.2025 10:26 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
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Adnoc chief Sultan al-Jaber: β€˜It’s time to make energy great again’ The oil boss and COP28 president on what the Trump era means for his industry β€” and being a β€˜climate realist’

As with recent climate rollbacks by BP and Shell, it is absolutely wild how so many journalists and editors just accepted the spin that oil boss Al Jaber/UAE cares about tackling climate change.

Now he’s in the U.S. saying it’s time to β€œmake energy great again”

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on.ft.com/43Q8vFj

16.03.2025 10:26 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
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US officials have been absent from global climate forums during Trump 2.0 Exclusive: The β€˜deeply troubling’ move comes amid concerns US ignoring international climate ramifications

US officials appear to have missed a number of climate meetings since Trump took office. Surprising? Perhaps not, but it marks a potentially significant shift from his first term.

NEW by me for CCR and The Guardian today www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

25.02.2025 13:22 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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US officials have been absent from global climate forums during Trump 2.0 Exclusive: The β€˜deeply troubling’ move comes amid concerns US ignoring international climate ramifications

NEW | US officials appear to have missed a number of climate meetings since Trump took office, marking a potentially significant shift from his first term.

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Story by @benrst.bsky.social & @theguardian.com

25.02.2025 13:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Great to see the Guardian embracing undercover reporting

25.02.2025 09:40 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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LEAKED: Oil Execs and Trump Allies Attend Jordan Peterson’s ARC Conference Executives from some of the world’s biggest oil and gas firms are listed as attendees at a conservative conference in London whose keynote speakers include the leader of the Heritage Foundation – the ...

πŸ”΄ LEAKED: Oil Execs and Trump Allies Attend Jordan Peterson’s ARC Conference πŸ”΄

A list of attendees viewed by DeSmog shows fossil fuel companies represented alongside major religious right groups at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship event.

17.02.2025 06:48 β€” πŸ‘ 96    πŸ” 57    πŸ’¬ 16    πŸ“Œ 15
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Guide to Investigating Fossil Fuels: Lobbying The chapter explores how fossil fuel companies seek to influence decision-makers and provides advice on uncovering evidence of these efforts and alerting the public.

✨ GIJN's NEW Investigating Fossil Fuels Guide

In this chapter, @lawrencecarter.bsky.social explores how fossil fuel companies seek to influence decision-makers and provides advice on uncovering evidence of these efforts and alerting the public. https://twp.ai/1RMAeM

15.02.2025 06:05 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards β€” Covering Climate Now Entry submissions are OPEN for the 2025 Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards. This is the fifth year for our annual awards program, and every year we’re amazed by the quality and variety of work ent...

πŸ₯ It's that time of year again... We know you've all been waiting for it... Submissions are OPEN for the 2025 Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards! πŸŽ‰

13.02.2025 16:22 β€” πŸ‘ 123    πŸ” 89    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 18

I wrote a chapter on how to investigate oil and gas lobbying for GIJN’s new climate change journalism guidebook.

You can read it here πŸ‘‡

12.02.2025 21:09 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Equinor

- Cutting their 2030 renewable target
- Putting a range for their intensity target (ie, weakening it)
- And completely removing their target for renewable energy capital expenditure

aka: "we don't need to greenwash anymore, so why would we bother?"

05.02.2025 09:32 β€” πŸ‘ 30    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

Russ Vought is set for a confirmation hearing this afternoon. He accidentally told our undercover reporter his plans to erode democratic norms and change America forever.

15.01.2025 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 19    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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Undercover in Project 2025 – Centre for Climate Reporting The secretive β€œsecond phase" and the radical policies set for rollout on day one of a new Trump administration

In August, @lawrencecarter.bsky.social and Tom Costello at the Centre for Climate Reporting published a secretly recorded video of Russel Vought, a Project 2025 co-author, laying out his secret work preparing for a 2nd Trump term. Vought is Trump's pick to head the office of administration & budget.

27.12.2024 11:44 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Coal use to reach new peak – and remain at near-record levels for years Spike in fossil fuel use a result of global gas crisis triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

Coal use to reach new peak – and remain at near-record levels for years

- Spike in fossil fuel use a result of global gas crisis triggered by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, says @IEA

#ClimateCrisis
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

18.12.2024 09:58 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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It’s almost like the industry took advantage of a crisis to create a hype supercycle that was divorced from the reality of actual demand

Yeah, almost like we don’t need all that LNG after all πŸ€”

16.12.2024 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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In an archetypal display of hubris, BP and Shell are exiting renewable energy generation, 5 years after wading into the sector with all the arrogance and distain you’d expect of people who make their money from some of the most heavily subsidised products in history www.ft.com/content/318e...

11.12.2024 08:12 β€” πŸ‘ 43    πŸ” 23    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 3
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Musk’s $100m to Farage will break our democracy Keir Starmer needs to fix Britain’s broken electoral laws now - if he doesn’t, we will all suffer the consequences

NEW 🚨 Britain's electoral laws are broken - but successive governments have done nothing

Musk's proposed $100million donation to Nigel Farage shows we are on the cusp of a real crisis for British democracy

But it can be fixed. Here's how, by me

democracyforsale.substack.com/p/musks-100m...

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