Polly Bindman (@pollybindman) 's Twitter Profile
Polly Bindman

@pollybindman

Investigative Journalist @Global_Witness focused on forests and finance. Prev: @Newstatesman/@EnergyMonitorAI. she/her. @Jschofieldtrust fellow 2024

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Layla Moran 🔶🕊️ (@laylamoran) 's Twitter Profile Photo

It’s been a horrible few days. My family in the Catholic Church in Gaza city are reporting white phosphorous and gunfire into their compound. The bin collector and the janitor have been shot and their bodies are laying outside and remain uncollected. 1/2

The New Statesman (@newstatesman) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Rishi Sunak has lost investor confidence, says the head of the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association. Polly Bindman reports for The New Statesman Spotlight ⬇️ newstatesman.com/spotlight/sust…

Helena Horton (@horton_official) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The chancellor is misrepresenting the Climate Change Committee by saying their advice states the UK can open more oil and gas fields. Wrong! And scandalous to politicise them. See more context in my story here- theguardian.com/environment/20…

Common Wealth (@cmmonwealth) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“Three sets of companies dominate: the multinational fossil fuel giants; overseas companies, many of which are state-owned entities; and private equity-backed firms.” Mathew Lawrence spoke to Polly Bindman for Energy Monitor on who owns the North Sea. energymonitor.ai/sectors/indust…

Rami Jarrah (@ramijarrah) 's Twitter Profile Photo

As the case was being made for genocide at the ICC today, another journalist, Mohamad Thalathini, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Southern Gaza. Mohamed recently graduated in journalism from Israa University, his first & final assignment was covering the onslaught on Gaza.

As the case was being made for genocide at the ICC today, another journalist, Mohamad Thalathini, was killed in an Israeli airstrike in Southern Gaza.

Mohamed recently graduated in journalism from Israa University, his first & final assignment was covering the onslaught on Gaza.
Common Wealth (@cmmonwealth) 's Twitter Profile Photo

“Shell invested 4.7x as much in oil and gas as ‘renewables and energy solutions’, finds analysis from Common Wealth”. Shell channelled 8.9x as much to shareholders as it invested in low-carbon. Polly Bindman on our latest analysis of Big Oil's results. energymonitor.ai/finance/corpor…

Simon Evans (@drsimevans) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We often hear fossil fuel firms pushing higher oil & gas investment bc it's good for shareholder returns… …but this IEEFA.org analysis suggests fossil fuel stocks consistently underperform the market, across almost all time periods & geographies ieefa.org/articles/finan…

We often hear fossil fuel firms pushing higher oil & gas investment bc it's good for shareholder returns…

…but this <a href="/ieefa_institute/">IEEFA.org</a> analysis suggests fossil fuel stocks consistently underperform the market, across almost all time periods &amp; geographies

ieefa.org/articles/finan…
Ben van der Merwe (@_bvdm) 's Twitter Profile Photo

An Egyptian company is making up to $1 million a DAY by charging Palestinians to flee #Gaza. Hala is the only way out of Gaza for most people, and has raised its prices 14-fold since the war began. news.sky.com/story/the-pric…

Energy Monitor (@energymonitorai) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Daily Chart using data from InfluenceMap's #CarbonMajors database to show how just 10 single entities including bp and Shell are responsible for 40% of historic emissions, by Polly Bindman. Full story: bit.ly/43OZQAU

Daily Chart using data from <a href="/InfluenceMap/">InfluenceMap</a>'s #CarbonMajors database to show how just 10 single entities including bp and Shell are responsible for 40% of historic emissions, by <a href="/pollybindman/">Polly Bindman</a>. Full story: bit.ly/43OZQAU
Energy Monitor (@energymonitorai) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Daily chart: G20 countries channeled over 3X as much public finance towards fossil fuels as to clean energy between 2020 and 2022 - using figures from Oil Change International. Read the full story: bit.ly/3U9LpnZ

Daily chart: G20 countries channeled over 3X as much public finance towards fossil fuels as to clean energy between 2020 and 2022 - using figures from <a href="/PriceofOil/">Oil Change International</a>. Read the full story: bit.ly/3U9LpnZ
Polly Bindman (@pollybindman) 's Twitter Profile Photo

This week I joined Global Witness as an investigator, where I’ll be reporting on the links between finance and deforestation. Really excited to get started - DM with stories/tips!

Global Witness (@global_witness) 's Twitter Profile Photo

BREAKING 🚨 Our latest investigation found ADNOC sought $100B worth of oil deals while their CEO was president of the COP28 climate summit. This is five times more than they sought the previous year. thetimes.co.uk/article/abu-dh…

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Powerful investigation from Elisângela Mendonça (Lili) for Global Witness showing how Barclays earned $1.7bn from financing Brazilian meat giant JBS, while the company’s operations contributed to the invasion and destruction of an Indigenous territory in Brazil globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/f…

Elisângela Mendonça (Lili) (@lilimendonca) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🌎London remains a hub for some of the world’s most unethical financial actors. Over 💰 £1bn has been funnelled by 🇬🇧 financiers into companies linked to deforestation 🌱— despite #COP26 climate pledges. Investigation by Polly Bindman for Global Witness globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/f…

Elisângela Mendonça (Lili) (@lilimendonca) 's Twitter Profile Photo

My colleague Polly Bindman and I partnered up with The Telegraph to expose how top banks, including HSBC, continue to funnel millions into meatpacking companies driving the destruction Paraguay's vital forest and home to the Ayoreo Totobiegosode Indigenous group. Read 🧵

JUSTICE (@justicehq) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Unless the Government change course, a presumption of anonymity will soon be granted to firearms officers involved in criminal proceedings. JUSTICE & NUJ wrote to the Home Secretary expressing deep concern over this – here’s why... justice.org.uk/presumption-of… 1/4

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We are doubtful that our film investigating attacks on hospitals & medics in Gaza, produced with BBC News (UK) over 14 months, cleared multiple times at all levels, containing graphic footage of attacks & searing testimony of survivors of those attacks, will be released by BBC News (UK)

Elisângela Mendonça (Lili) (@lilimendonca) 's Twitter Profile Photo

🌳 New Global Witness data shows Chinese banks have increased their forest-risk lending despite China's green commitments. From the Amazon to SE Asia, forests and their defenders are under threat. By Polly Bindman & Beibei Yin. globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/f…

🌳 New <a href="/Global_Witness/">Global Witness</a> data shows Chinese banks have increased their forest-risk lending despite China's green commitments. From the Amazon to SE Asia, forests and their defenders are under threat. By <a href="/pollybindman/">Polly Bindman</a> &amp; Beibei Yin. 

globalwitness.org/en/campaigns/f…