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Climate Lawyers Take Aim at ‘Green’ Heating Scheme Fed by Incinerator
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Internal Documents Show Big Oil PR Messages Still ‘Mislead’ Public on Climate
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Conservative Party Given £651k by Aviation Industry
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House Committee Investigates the Role of PR Firms in Spreading Climate Disinformation
On September 14, a congressional committee probed the history that PR firms have played in creating and spreading climate disinformation in order to block...
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