7. News from our members: Climate Forum in Kaliningrad - Russia Kaliningrad Regional Center of Environment, Local history and Tourism, one of the members of the EKOenergy Network, organised a Climate Forum. There were discussions about the outcome of the COP 21 in Paris, about the perspectives for renewable energy development in the Kaliningrad region and about international cooperation.
On the second day of the Forum there was a training for “Climate Ambassadors”. Students discussed climate change and launched ideas about how to reduce our environmental impact and promote green solutions (such as Climate School Plans).
For more information about Kaliningrad Regional Center of Environment, Local history and Tourism and their many activities, click here (In Russian) |
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8. Exxon is still helping fund the spread of climate denial ExxonMobil — the world’s largest publicly traded oil and gas company — has had an interesting year. In September, two investigations by InsideClimate News and the Los Angeles Times revealed that the company’s own scientists had recognized the dangers posed by climate change as far back as 1977, and yet did nothing about it. Those revelations sparked a cascade of calls from politicians demanding an investigation into whether or not Exxon knowingly mislead shareholders, and the public, about climate change.
The increased public scrutiny, however, does not seem to be stopping Exxon from giving money to groups that actively fund climate misinformation and oppose climate legislation. According to Exxon’s most recent disclosures on donations — first reported on over at DeSmogBlog — the company donated more than half a million dollars to groups that have either campaigned against climate legislation or have spread misinformation about climate change.
Text by Natasha Geiling, copied from ClimateProgress / Picture: 350.org |
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