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Teneo's work for Azerbaijan by the numbers: • Set up 10+ interviews in major international publications for COP 29 leadership • 505+ contacts with journalists • Led by 1 former BP executive who specialized in a strategy of being a "villain playing the victim"

⏰UPDATE: Exactly one year on, the UK government has ordered FTDI's Chinese majority-owner to sell their stake to mitigate the risk of "UK-developed semiconductor technology and associated intellectual property being deployed in ways that are contrary to UK national security."

The government will force a Chinese tech company to sell its majority stake in a British chipmaker a year after Tom Saunders, Louis Goddard and I revealed that microchips it had sold to Russia were found in a tank destroyed in Ukraine. thetimes.com/business-money…

🚨BREAKING: COP29 CEO EXPOSED using climate summit to discuss new oil deals Our latest investigation exposes how Azerbaijan were willing to facilitate fossil fuel deals as part of a sponsorship package. 🌍💰 gwitness.org/4fhvXy6

We hate to say we told you so, but... Global Witness & BBC News (World) have caught #COP29Azerbaijan's CEO mixing climate summit sponsorship with fossil fuels dealmaking. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Want to see these guys for the name alone

We’re in the midst of a self sabotaging moral panic over vaping. Let me explain 🧵

Maybe it’s because I don’t drive, but I’m still surprised whenever I see Dunkin Donuts and Taco Bell in the UK. Feel like this view (Hillsborough) could’ve been taken in the Appalachians or something.

Turkish energy ministry claims "no shipments [of Azeri crude] have been made with a delivery point in Israel" from Ceyhan. Shipments are clearly still being made (see AIS and satellite imagery), so they must be playing games with the language (DAP vs. FOB cargoes). #oott

🚨We’ve taken over COP29.com to demand #BigOil pay up for its role in climate disaster Fossil fuel companies are raking in billions while record heat, floods and hurricanes destroy lives🌪️🔥 This #COP29, it's #PaybackTime for polluters💰 ➡️ cop29.com

A new investigation on exporting toxic fuels to Africa by Sam Leon Marian Ansah Steven Vanden Bussche (stevabu.bsky.social) Louis Goddard Jess Staufenberg @BramLogger is out! Read in EL PAÍS España apache/ Onderzoekscollectief Spit SourceMaterial More information: t.ly/Se2DL

Here’s a crazy fact for you: Spain and Germany have now seen basically the exact same amount of economic growth post-2008. Would have been unthinkable to people during most of the 2010s. Spain has seen ~10 percentage points more cumulative growth since 2017.

Open the thread to find the links to multiple publications in English, Spanish and Dutch resulting from the cross-border investigation on toxic fuels exported from Europe to Africa apache/ De Groene Amsterdammer Onderzoekscollectief Spit Sam Leon Marian Ansah Steven Vanden Bussche (stevabu.bsky.social) Louis Goddard Jess Staufenberg #fossilfuels

so cringe

Benelux Secretary General Frans Weekers calls for a EU-wide ban on the export of toxic fuels following an investigation by our grantees t.ly/yTcYR apache/ Onderzoekscollectief Spit Louis Goddard Jess Staufenberg Marian Ansah Sam Leon Steven Vanden Bussche (stevabu.bsky.social) #impact #earthinvestigations

My next project is supported by Suffolk CC Arts Council England Eastern Angles … #DontKnockTheDock

Steve Coogan is right - bring our water back into public ownership!

The cheapest pint?

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