Mozambique’s LNG project was supposed to bring prosperity to the country. Instead it has fueled the fires of civil unrest. And while local residents are struggling to survive, a small cadre of elite consultants have found success amidst the rubble.
Essays
Essays
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Activate Climate’s ‘Silent Majority’ to Supercharge Action, Experts Say
Making concerned people aware their views are far from alone could unlock the change so urgently needed.
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A Silent Climate Majority
Most of the world’s people want stronger climate action—but don’t realize they’re the majority.
Posted inEssays, Latin America + Caribbean, Think Tanks
Dispatch: For a Preview of Project 2025, Look to Argentina
It’s hard for people to imagine the environmental impacts of fascism until they experience them firsthand. Argentina holds a warning for the U.S.
Posted inAdvertising and PR, Essays
How Oil Companies Manipulate Journalists
Subpoenaed emails reveal the ways fossil-fuel corporations try to influence the media—and why they often succeed.
Posted inCollaborations, Essays
Slow Factory’s Céline Semaan on Climate Justice, Collective Liberation, and Building an Unbreakable Movement
When Céline Semaan began calling for a ceasefire in Gaza, she was surprised at the backlash she and her team at Slow Factory got, including multiple funders pulling their support. Today, Semaan is more determined than ever to push for climate justice and collective liberation.
Posted inEssays, Newsletter
Newsletter: How Extractive Industry Won the War on ESG
Extractive industries’ ability to quickly vilify an idea they embraced for years shows us just how good these guys are at controlling the narrative.
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Hot Take: Fixing Media Is a Climate Solution
Why aren’t climate foundations working to remove the fossil fuel industry’s influence from media?
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What Role *Should* the Fossil Fuel Industry Play on Climate?
Can we just take the money and leave the terrible ideas?
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What If the Climate Movement Stopped Being Extractive?
Is it really too much to ask the climate movement to model a less extractive society?