It’s no coincidence that the backlash against climate protest looks the same from country to country. Not only is industry sharing tactics across borders, but also a global network of more than 500 think tanks have been swapping strategies and rhetoric for decades.
Obstructionists
Posted inThink Tanks
How Canada Uses ‘Redwashing’ To Crack Down On Indigenous Pipeline Protesters
In an attempt to neutralize pipeline protests from First Nations groups, Canadian industry organizations and think tanks have devised a strategy to court First Nations pipeline allies, a tactic known as “redwashing.”
Posted inAgriculture, Drilled, Think Tanks
S10, Ep1 | The Corporate Push to Criminalize Speech
The more successful climate protestors are, the more effort industry is putting in to criminalize them.
Posted inAdvertising and PR, Drilled, Think Tanks
S1, Ep5 | Aggressive Think Tanks, Shouty Pundits, and a New Religious Argument
Shifting culture to enable the success of climate denial.
Posted inFinance Industry, Think Tanks
Roots of ESG, Anti-“Woke” Capital, and the New Battle in Climate Obstructionism
How right-wing groups organized and mobilized state treasurers in the anti-ESG battle.
Posted inLitigation and Law, North America, Politics, Think Tanks
False Friends of the Court, with Senator Whitehouse
Why every rightwing think tank has an amicus program
Posted inEurope, Trade Groups
Big Fossil’s Disaster-Capitalist Response to Russia-Ukraine
The gas industry moved quickly to capture the narrative in the early days of the invasion, going from disinformation blitz to policy wins within a matter of weeks.
Posted inThink Tanks
The New Denial Is Delay
How an attempt to revolutionize the environmental movement became a push to delay action on climate change.
Posted inAdvertising and PR, International climate negotiations, Trade Groups
E. Bruce Harrison: The Godfather of Greenwashing
From Silent Spring to the Kyoto Protocol
Posted inFossil Fuel Industry, Politics, Think Tanks
Another Line 3 Battleground—Free Speech
How the fossil fuel industry is undermining free speech.