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As wildfires rage across Europe - and the UK & Spanish governments declare climate change a "national security emergency", who'd have guessed the Telegraph would pivot from claiming climate change is "pure fantasy" to insisting it's inevitable & mitigation efforts should be scrapped?
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Just when you think there could be no new anti-climate angle, The Telegraph publishes this article likening net zero to Aztec human sacrifice... 💰 Funded by ads: #GratWesternRailway, #LloydsBank, #MoneySupermarket, #TheAA & #ThreeUK
(c) covers drought, wildfires, and dangerous effects of the heatwave - with no mention of the climate crisis Daily Mail | 💰 funded by ads: #Aldi, #Trailfinders, #HargreavesLandsdowne & #Nationwide The Sun | 💰 funded by ads: #Lidl, #Aldi, #Asda #Vodafone & #Boots
(b) anti-net Zero content Telegraph has an editorial describing Net Zero as communism… 💰 Ad for @Three
(a) celebrated the heatwaves The Sun | 💰 funded by ads: for #Pepsi, #Morrisons & #Boots
The Daily Mail also published a double-page spread attacking a new climate report. I.e., a veteran climate denier appears to cherry pick from a Climate Change Committee report in an attempt to discredit it. 💰 Ads: #Morrisons, #Wren, #Co-Op, #NationalLottery, #Waitrose, #Aldi, #Nationwide & #Lidl
And then one of the Telegraph's staples: an anti-Net Zero article. 💰 Funded by ads: #Natwest, #AA, #VirginAtlantic & #BaillieGifford
The Express also celebrating the heatwave (without mentioning the climate crisis), whilst publishing another article in the same paper urging North Sea drilling... 💰 Funded by ads: #Nationwide, #Asda, #Co-op #IcelandFoods, #BritishGas, #GoodToGo Insurance, #Yimbly & #CanopiesUK
Over the bank holiday, toxic media (of course) celebrated the UK's heatwave with no mention of the climate crisis. First up, the Daily Mail 👇 💰 Funded by ads: #YouGarden, #Matalan, #Sky, #Specsavers, #Asda, #Boots, #Nationwide, #Argos, #Tesco, #BritishGas, #Stannah, #Trailfinders & #AllClear
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Of course, the Daily Mail has found a way to turn RSPB's legitimate concerns about wind farms on the Berwick Bank site into an opportunity to go full anti-renewables. 💰 Funded by ads: #Samsung, #NationalLottery, #ImagineCruises & #ClarksShoes
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And then this article in the Daily Mail, which appears to mock (very justified) anxieties about the climate crisis
Though this Express article appears to attempt balanced reporting, the questions posed ('should we use our own oil/gas or import?') ultimately point to the same solution / framing: fossil fuel use. Alternatives (e.g., ramping up renewables and cutting fossil fuel dependency) aren't emphasised.
This weekend, the Telegraph doubled down on their anti-climate and pro-fossil fuel coverage, with these three articles published on Friday alone👇 💰 Funded by ads, including #tesco & #ChaseBank
The Telegraph (again): 🟠 Keeps urging to drill into the North Sea 🟠 Uses terms like "ideological" and "dogma" to describe net zero 💰 Ads: in the above Telegraph post. 👆
The Express: 🟠 Anti-net zero headlines 💰 Ads: #Specsavers, #Tesco, #itv & #CoopUK
The Telegraph: 🟠 Extremely D2D (desperate to drill) 🟠 Seems to encourage North Sea oil field expansion 🟠 Long op-ed endorsing drilling and amplifying Reform 💰 Ads: #GoodEnergyUK (🧐), #Waitrose, #Tesco, #BootsUK, #Morrisons & #Argos
First up: Daily Mail 🟠 Very D2D (desperate to drill) 🟠 Published a request to fire Secretary of State for Energy Security & Net Zero, Ed Miliband 🟠 Amplified Reform MP 💰 Ads: #NationalLottery, #CoopUK, #Waitrose, #Aldi, #Specsavers, #Lidl, #Tui, #Trailfinders & #Matalan
Yesterday, the Express took a page out of Trump's playbook and went full "drill, baby, drill" agenda. 💰 Funded by ads: #IcelandFoods, #Specsavers, #Sainsburys, #Tesco, #Asda, #BandQ, #CoopUK, #Travelsphere & #YimblyShop
The Telegraph continues to beat the anti-climate action drum: 🟠 North Sea oil mania. 🟠 Claiming wind turbines interfere with military radars. 🟠 Criticising the *National Trust* for its policies. 💰 Ads by #Specsavers, #Tesco, #Morrisons, #VodafoneUK, #Savills & #BarclaysUK
Climate denial, racism, ableism, misogyny, and homophobia walk into a bar. Wait, sorry - not a bar - the GB News studio. Every single day. This is how fossil-fuelled media ragebaits you: by using hate and lies as a distraction tactic. Advertisers enable this. #StopFundingHeat
Though this article notes that most people oppose fracking, these people are referred to as "renewable robbers" (who's robbing what, and from whom, isn't clear 🤷♀️). 💰 Funded by ads: #Asda, #BootsUK, #BritishGas, #Tesco, #Morrisons, #SkyTV, #SagaInsurance, #Aviva & #Staysure
Another week, another stack of anti-climate action pieces by the Telegraph including articles that: 1️⃣ Imply solar panel plans in the countryside will cause higher energy bills, spoil the landscape, and threaten livelihoods 2️⃣ Suggest net zero puts UK at risk of Russian attack
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This Telegraph article acknowledges the reality of rising temperatures, but mocks climate crisis "madness" and "hysteria". Apparently, because polar bears are adapting, we don't need to worry! 💰Ads: #Specsavers, #Ocado, #HSBC, #VirginAtlantic, #ROLCruise, #MarellaCruise & #Stannah #StopFundingHeat
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