Action-oriented research around greenwashing and other forms of climate obstruction. https://teapawt.net/t.co/HTooHI3p2F, https://teapawt.net/t.co/XnSCKjCbMW
Leiden, the Netherlands
Joined May 2023
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🔴We’re LIVE with the launch of our first-database on anti-Palestinian repression in Germany, big impact / don’t miss it.
youtube.com/watch?v=8k26ImR4…
We're switching to Bluesky 🌤️✨! Follow us there (or on LinkedIn) to stay up to date on our research 📚🔬🚀: @ solid-research.bsky.social
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New 🚨 InfluenceMap's COP29 attendee tracker shows only 17% of companies present take science aligned climate advocacy positions.
Conversely, 21% of attendees advocate obstructively, as do 1/3 of industry associations present.
Access the full database: tinyurl.com/IMCOP
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UT-student Jelle van Dijk en UT-alumnus Mark Akkerman doen in een opiniebrief een oproep aan de UT en andere universiteiten om geen samenwerkingen met de militaire industrie aan te gaan.
utoday.nl/opinion/74849/werk…
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World Weather Attribution turns 10 today 🎉
To mark the occasion, we've launched our study tracker – an interactive tool to explore our analyses on extreme weather events around the world.
worldweatherattribution.org/…
Friday 8 November: join us for Leiden Woo hackathon #3 and film screening of Merchants of Doubt, organised by @FVReclame!
👩💻 Leiden Woo hackathon:
⏲ Friday 8 Nov, 14:00-20:00, Leiden
👉 Ask us for the location
🍕 We will have food and drinks together
🎞 Merchants of Doubt + panel conversation (Linda will be in the panel):
⏲Friday 8 Nov, doors open: 20:00, start: 20:30
📍Resistor, @VryplaatsLeiden, Middelstegracht 36
👉 tickets at the door, donation resistor.nl/programma/202411…
@FVReclame
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We organiseren onderzoeks-'hackathons' voor @milieudefensie om de resultaten van hun Woo-verzoek (Wet open overheid) over 'maatwerkafspraken' (miljardensteun aan de Nederlandse industrie voor de transitie) te analyseren. Doe je mee? veranderaars.milieudefensie.…
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🚨BREAKING🚨The School of the Environment at @UofT commits to #FossilFuelDissociation and #FossilFreeResearch, announcing it will not accept funding from or engage in sponsorships, research partnerships or recruitment events w/ fossil fuel companies!
theguardian.com/us-news/2024…
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De gebrekkige berichtgeving van @NOS bij extreem weer is becijferd door @solid_research. Wat blijkt?
In slechts 22% van de berichten wordt het verband tussen extreem weer en klimaatverandering benoemd.
linkedin.com/pulse/hoe-vaak-…
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Princeton in 2022 pledged to dissociate from top fossil fuel companies — ie stop taking their funding.
it just rolled back that pledge.
fossilfueldissociation.princ…
@abounn and @FTM_eu uncovered examples of @bp_plc-backed research that found limited harm of oil to fish and oysters in comparison to independent or government-conducted studies.
ftm.eu/articles/bp-research-…
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@UniUtrecht recently started a new research project with @bp_plc on bio-derived feedstocks, bc it "could potentially have a major impact on the energy transition"&"BP is among the most progressive fossil companies in the world when it comes to investing in new energy sources".
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@UniUtrecht acknowledges that @bp_plc is not Paris-aligned, but the project was already orally agreed upon right before their statement of last year to only enter into research collabs with fossil companies if they are committed the Paris Agreement. dub.uu.nl/nl/nieuws/tussenti…
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NEW : How BP shaped the science after the world’s biggest oil spill
My new investigation for @FTM_eu looks into newly released court documents on the US Deepwater Horizon oil spill
ftm.eu/articles/bp-research-…
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It would be reckless, however, to think that these deals are the end of Equinor's greenwashing.
The company has recently moved into sponsoring students and academia.
Its industry scholarships at @aberdeenuni are one notable example of this new tactic.🤥 8/9
The book "Towers of Ivory and Steel" by Dr. @mayaywind, detailing Israeli universities' complicity in human rights violations against Palestinians & occupation of 🇵🇸 land, has led to increasing scrutiny of European universities' ties with 🇮🇱 universities. (1/4)
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The site academiccomplicity.be, launched last Friday, documents current ties between 🇧🇪 universities and 🇮🇱 universities and companies, as well as military companies such as @thalesgroup and @Airbus. (3/4)
It follows the website academiccomplicity.nl which looked at 🇳🇱 universities, and was also co-developed with @elsclegal, @CTWnl , and a team of volunteers. (4/4)
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