Environmentalists slam corporate influence at U.N. climate talks

The Washington Post via MSN ^ | November 4, 2022 | By Maxine Joselow, Vanessa Montalbano

[Oldeconomybuyer]

Companies with ties to the fossil fuel industry and poor records on pollution will have a notable presence at the United Nations climate summit starting Sunday in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, sparking backlash from environmentalists.

Egyptian organizers have hired Hill+Knowlton Strategies, a public relations firm that has represented oil giants including ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell and Saudi Aramco, to manage communications for the COP27 negotiations.

Meanwhile, Coca-Cola was selected as a sponsor of the summit, despite the beverage company’s connection to the billions of tons of plastic waste choking the world’s oceans.

“It's like putting Philip Morris in charge of tobacco negotiations,” said Jamie Henn, the founder of Clean Creatives, a campaign pressuring PR and advertising agencies to quit working with fossil fuel companies.

Naomi Oreskes, a Harvard University professor who studies climate disinformation, called it “unconscionable” that the firm is involved with the climate summit, given its work on behalf of Big Tobacco and Big Oil.

The other sponsors of COP27 include IBM, Microsoft, Boston Consulting Group and Vodafone, but they have drawn less criticism for their participation. Microsoft, for its part, has pledged to purchase massive amounts of renewable energy to feed its power-hungry data centers.

[Oldeconomybuyer]

This is what “fundamental transformation” looks like.

[FlingWingFlyer]

The envirowackoes need to stop pimpin’ for government grants and get themselves REAL JOBS where they have to get their hands dirty. Stupid jerks.

[READINABLUESTATE]

...and corporations slam environmentalist influencers at U.N. climate talks.

In other news, the sun will rise tomorrow.

[Worldtraveler once upon a time]

-— “Environmentalists slam not finding more free money at U.N. climate talks”

[antidemoncrat]

The Greeniacs just want everyone to stop using fossil fuels ... except for them after all they are so important and need their limos and private jets and 20,000 sq ft mansions.