CNN aired almost five times as much oil industry advertising as climate change-related coverage in the one-week periods following the announcements that 2015 was the hottest year on record and February 2016 was the most abnormally hot month on record. Specifically, CNN aired 23.5 minutes of American Petroleum Institute ads during its morning, afternoon, and primetime coverage over those two weeks, compared to just five minutes of coverage about climate change or the temperature records. That disparity does not even account for dozens of Koch Industries ads that also ran on CNN, which were not energy-focused but did serve to boost the image of the oil billionaire Koch brothers’ primary corporation.

STUDY: CNN Viewers See Far More Fossil Fuel Advertising Than Climate Change Reporting | Media Matters for America
https://www.mediamatters.org/washington-post/study-cnn-viewers-see-far-more-fossil-fuel-advertising-climate-change-reporting

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The document notes the oil industry’s other extensive astroturf campaigns (including Edelman’s $52 million campaign for the American Petroleum Institute) to promote the Keystone XL pipeline and fracking, defeat climate legislation and attack renewable energy:

“Companies like ExxonMobil, Chevron, Shell and Halliburton (and many more) have all made key investments in building permanent advocacy assets and programs to support their lobbying, outreach, and policy efforts. In launching a program like this, TransCanada will be in good company with a strong roadmap to follow.” (Grassroots Advocacy Vision p. 5-6)

Edelman’s TransCanada Astroturf Documents Expose Oil Industry’s Broad Attack on Public Interest | The Narwhal
https://thenarwhal.ca/edelman-transcanada-astroturf-documents-expose-oil-industry-s-broader-attack-public-interest/

TUHO: moc zajímavý, můžu odkaz na první díl?

In 2020, 70 corporations reported over $1 billion in taxes but paid a statutory rate of less than 15%, according to a report by Senator Elizabeth Warren that was verified by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy. These corporations take advantage of various tax credits and deductions to drive their tax rates well under 15%. In 2020, GM reported $7.4 billion in profits but paid just $577 million in taxes, an effective tax rate of 7.8%.
Some corporations pay less than nothing. DISH Network, for example, reported $2.5 billion in profits in 2020 but received a $223 million rebate from the federal government, an effective tax rate of negative 8.7%.
The Business Roundtable also participated in a "significant, multifaceted campaign" to defeat previous versions of the climate legislation. It has produced television spots and spent hundreds of thousands on Facebook ads to kill the proposal.
The opposition by the Business Roundtable and other corporate groups is significant because passage of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 is not assured. The bill will get no Republican support in the Senate and needs the support of all 50 Democrats to pass. While Manchin is on board, Senator Krysten Sinema (D-AZ) has yet to endorse the legislation and is highly attuned to the views of the business community.

Corporations versus the climate - by Judd Legum
https://popular.info/p/corporations-versus-the-climate

UK heatwave: Weather forecasters report unprecedented trolling - BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-62323048

Weather forecasters faced unprecedented levels of trolling during this month's extreme heat in the UK, according to leading figures in the industry.

The BBC's team received hundreds of abusive tweets or emails questioning their reports and telling them to "get a grip", as temperatures hit 40C.

BBC meteorologist Matt Taylor said he had never experienced anything like it in

TUHO: obskurni platky nepodporuju ,) nicmene zaslouzi si to konzsitentni pozornost a dlouhej clanek na alarmu ,)

TADEAS: nemas to cely? jinak krasna ukazka posunu "from denial to delay" .))

"Odložme na chvíli stranou spory o to, zda se otepluje, o kolik se otepluje, zda je na vině člověk a jestli se jedná o existenční katastrofu, nebo spíše drobnou nepříjemnost. Připusťme, že se klima mění a nějaký díl viny má i člověkem vypouštěný oxid uhličitý. Pak se ale musíme ptát, proč zelené hnutí a jeho spojenci dělají vše pro to, aby snahu o snížení CO2 úspěšně sabotovali."