In place of climate denial, narratives have trended towards discrediting any proposal for mitigation, adaptation and transition - arguments sometimes referred to as ‘discourses of delay’
The European Union has moved more quickly than the United States to adopt laws and regulations impacting digital platforms.
Immediate actions for the administration to hold social media companies accountable for letting climate disinformation spread.
The draft Digital Services Oversight and Safety Act (DSOSA) bill will empower analysts and advocates working to reduce climate disinformation by requiring transparency from social media companies.
Disclosing the data: recommendations for transparent climate change disinformation policies, community standards and reporting
Fossil fuel development costs society trillions of dollars in air and water pollution, climate change, public health, and environmental degradation.
Ranking Big Tech on transparency: A new scorecard by Friends of the Earth, Avaaz, and Greenpeace USA shows that social media companies are largely leaving the public in the dark about their efforts to combat climate disinformation.
President Biden and lawmakers should focus on protecting consumers, supporting our allies with clean renewables, and preventing the runaway profiteering of Big Oil and Wall Street.
While the Biden administration’s current failure to meaningfully act on leasing could have devastating climate impacts, it is not too late to change course. Interior still can conduct a full analysis of the leasing program.
A handful of Big Oil companies drilling overseas have benefited massively from carve-outs they won in the GOP’s 2017 tax bill