Screenshot from this memo, unearthed by @themadstone.bsky.social @propublica.org @drilledmedia.bsky.social www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

2012.9.23 CMI renewal annex years 16-20

This document was obtained by reporter Maddie Stone as part of an investigative series from ProPublica and Drilled called "Carbon Captured."

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How the fossil fuel industry turned the plan to solve climate change into a plan to save itself: "Carbon Captured" @propublica.org @drilledmedia.bsky.social (Plus- Raspberry Beret) Face facts: roughlydaily.com/2026/07/06/y...

#RealHeroes @drilledmedia.bsky.social Vs #ClimateCriminals

Lucy Hamilton@lucyham.bsky.social · 4w ago

Listen to the first series of the outstanding Drilled podcast. It gives a brief but proof-filled survey of exactly how fossil fuel’s spin operations built that. It’s not a long listen in total but every second is worth its weight. drilled.media/podcasts/dri...

For carbon capture to work as envisioned, the world would need to devote almost unimaginable resources. Even then, it might still prove impossible to trap so much carbon dioxide inside the earth. Yet the oil industry still pushed it as a solution. with @drilledmedia.bsky.social

False Promises: The “Solution” to the Climate Crisis That Won’t Work

As global leaders look to tech advances to solve climate change, one leading idea involves capturing carbon pollution from the air and burying it underground forever. While carbon capture may sound pr...

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“It’s part and parcel of all the aspects of [Western Australia] because it’s coming at you from every single direction. Sport, now education—it’s everywhere, this complete takeover by the oil & gas industry. This is the state capture that we see around us.” @drilledmedia.bsky.social

“It’s By Stealth, Isn’t It?” The Multi-Million Dollar Effort by Australia Fossil Fuel Companies To Get Into Schools

Australian oil, gas and coal companies want to get into school to shape what kids learn about their industry and climate change. One group has been trying to map the scale of the problem.

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Thanks to @drilledmedia.bsky.social and @roycerk2.bsky.social for this coverage of our Cradle to Career report. 🧑‍🏫 drilled.media/news/austral...

“It’s By Stealth, Isn’t It?” The Multi-Million Dollar Effort by Australia Fossil Fuel Companies To Get Into Schools

Australian oil, gas and coal companies want to get into school to shape what kids learn about their industry and climate change. One group has been trying to map the scale of the problem.

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Wind Turbines Kill Birds?! The year 2000 called and it wants its disinformation back, @patsimons.bsky.social c/o @drilledmedia.bsky.social. How many bird deaths has Australia caused being the largest consumers per capita of diesel + coal? What is being done about them? drilled.media/news/disinfo...

The Drilled Guide to Global Climate Disinformation

The terms and narratives the fossil fuel industry is using to obstruct climate action.

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Cracking @drilledmedia.bsky.social read from @roycerk2.bsky.social on @commsdeclare.bsky.social report, From Cradle to Career, which maps Australian Oil, Gas & Coal companies' multimillion dollar, decades-long efforts to shape what kids learn about the fossil fuel industry & climate change

Yung En Chee@yungenchee.bsky.social · 4w ago

State capture & petro-grooming “Where are these children getting alternative points of view? When BHP is literally funding the education system, or Woodside is sponsoring your school, or Glencore’s bought your laptop [..] Where are they getting their views & skills to succeed in a warming world?”

Fossil fuel companies didn't fund CCS research because they thought it would work. They funded it because it gave them a reason to keep drilling. via @propublica.org and @drilledmedia.bsky.social

False Promises: Why carbon capture and storage won’t fix our climate crisis.

For decades, oil companies have funded universities’ research into climate change “solutions” that would not require the public to stop using oil and gas. Carbon capture is one of their favored…

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@globalwitness.org @desmog.com @mongabay.com @brettonwoodsproject.org @politico.com @levernews.com @drilledmedia.bsky.social @bellingcat.com @theguardian.com

Oakland Institute@oaklandinstitute.org · 3w ago

Who benefits from the global mineral rush? Not the communities whose lands are being decimated by new mines. RUSH reveals how governments, billionaires & corporations are racing to secure strategic minerals while local people bear the costs. @mittaloak.bsky.social

A scientific paper that made solving climate change seem possible was significantly shaped by oil giant BP — one of the single global entities most responsible for causing climate change. BP sponsored a Princeton research center and even handpicked scientists. @drilledmedia.bsky.social

How BP Execs Influenced a Climate Study That Shaped a Generation of Global Policy

BP sponsored an elite Princeton research center to address the climate problem without getting off fossil fuels. Its key work, a paper known as “Wedges,” guided climate discourse for a generation.

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Europe will regulate your stove, your car, your thermostat, and your plastic straw. But private jets are green you clueless poors.

The chart is part of this great dataviz by PP and @drilledmedia.bsky.social projects.propublica.org/why-carbon-c...

False Promises: The “Solution” to the Climate Crisis That Won’t Work

As global leaders look to tech advances to solve climate change, one leading idea involves capturing carbon pollution from the air and burying it underground forever. While carbon capture may sound pr...

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Finally—we've been needing this investigation for a long time, and who better to do it than @propublica.org and @drilledmedia.bsky.social? What happens if we stop baking carbon capture into our emissions reduction models and climate projections? Taking fossil fuel phaseout more seriously, I hope.

False Promises: The “Solution” to the Climate Crisis That Won’t Work

As global leaders look to tech advances to solve climate change, one leading idea involves capturing carbon pollution from the air and burying it underground forever. While carbon capture may sound pr...

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This @propublica.org @drilledmedia.bsky.social investigation is astounding: Perhaps the most popular climate planning paper ever - Pacala and Socolow's "Stabilization Wedges," which framed fossil fuels as climate solutions - was deeply shaped by BP through Princeton's Carbon Mitigation Initiative.

Beyond Denial: How Oil Execs Shaped a Landmark Climate Study

BP sponsored an elite Princeton research center to address the climate problem without getting off fossil fuels. Its key work, a paper known as “Wedges,” guided climate discourse for a generation.

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Incredible chart from @propublica.org. If you don’t follow enviro stuff closely, your instinct might be that the hold-your-nose solution (carbon capture from fossil fuels) would be the “pragmatic” one versus covering Earth in solar panels, which seems utopian. In fact it’s the opposite

As global leaders look to tech advances to solve climate change, one leading idea involves capturing carbon pollution from the air and burying it underground forever. But while this concept may sound practical, there is no conceivable way it can work. Here's why 👇 w/ @drilledmedia.bsky.social

False Promises: The “Solution” to the Climate Crisis That Won’t Work

As global leaders look to tech advances to solve climate change, one leading idea involves capturing carbon pollution from the air and burying it underground forever. While carbon capture may sound pr...

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Insane investigation by @propublica.org & @drilledmedia.bsky.social: One of the most influential climate studies ever — it was cited in "An Inconvenient Truth"! — was extensively shaped by BP, which wanted to build support for continued fossil fuel reliance. www.propublica.org/article/wedg...

Beyond Denial: How Oil Execs Shaped a Landmark Climate Study

BP sponsored an elite Princeton research center to address the climate problem without getting off fossil fuels. Its key work, a paper known as “Wedges,” guided climate discourse for a generation.

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"For a generation, people learning how to address global warming were taught the ideas in the “Wedges” paper. What they didn’t learn was this: “Wedges” was significantly shaped by the British oil giant BP — one of the single global entities most responsible for causing climate change."

Beyond Denial: How Oil Execs Shaped a Landmark Climate Study

BP sponsored an elite Princeton research center to address the climate problem without getting off fossil fuels. Its key work, a paper known as “Wedges,” guided climate discourse for a generation.

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"Socolow, in an interview, agreed that BP’s funding was likely conditioned on his support for maintaining fossil fuels. 'There was a synergy,' he told @propublica.org and @drilledmedia.bsky.social in January." Wow, amazing work, @themadstone.bsky.social, @amywestervelt.bsky.social & katieworth.com

“Chaps, I have had a go at rewriting the paper.” -Chris Mottershead, BP climate adviser Beyond Denial: How Oil Execs Shaped a Landmark Climate Study @themadstone.bsky.social @amywestervelt.bsky.social @katieworth.bsky.social @drilledmedia.bsky.social @propublica.org

Beyond Denial: How Oil Execs Shaped a Landmark Climate Study

BP sponsored an elite Princeton research center to address the climate problem without getting off fossil fuels. Its key work, a paper known as “Wedges,” guided climate discourse for a generation.

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I’ve spent more than a year reporting on how the fossil fuel industry has infiltrated academia over the last 30 years, shaping fundamental paradigms on how to address climate change. My first story in the new @propublica.org and @drilledmedia.bsky.social series, “Carbon Captured”, is out today.

ProPublica@propublica.org · last mo.

NEW: This is the story of how one of the most influential climate papers in history came to exist thanks to one of the companies most responsible for causing the climate crisis — and one with a financial stake in the technologies described in the paper. w/ @drilledmedia.bsky.social

BP didn’t just fund climate research at Princeton, it helped shape it. BP helped pick key scientists, got to review drafts of the landmark “wedges” paper, and saw carbon capture touted as a proven, scalable fix. Learn more via @drilledmedia.bsky.social and @propublica.org

Beyond Denial: How Oil Execs Shaped a Landmark Climate Study

BP sponsored an elite Princeton research center to address the climate problem without getting off fossil fuels. Its key work, a paper known as “Wedges,” guided climate discourse for a generation.

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How one of the most influential climate papers in history exists thanks to one of the companies most responsible for causing the climate crisis — and one with a financial stake in how the tech would play out. @propublica.org @drilledmedia.bsky.social . projects.propublica.org/carbon-captu...

Carbon Captured

How the fossil fuel industry turned the plan to solve climate change into a plan to save itself

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NEW: This is the story of how one of the most influential climate papers in history came to exist thanks to one of the companies most responsible for causing the climate crisis — and one with a financial stake in the technologies described in the paper. w/ @drilledmedia.bsky.social

Beyond Denial: How Oil Execs Shaped a Landmark Climate Study

BP sponsored an elite Princeton research center to address the climate problem without getting off fossil fuels. Its key work, a paper known as “Wedges,” guided climate discourse for a generation.

propublica.org

Spoiler alert: CCS will never work at the scale necessary (and assumed in many models!) to blunt the climate crisis. The great @katieworth.bsky.social has well and truly put this myth to rest (with an assist from me and @themadstone.bsky.social at @drilledmedia.bsky.social)

ProPublica@propublica.org · last mo.

NEW: For decades, oil companies have funded universities’ research into climate change “solutions” that would not require the public to stop using oil and gas. Carbon capture is one of their favored ideas. One snag: It won’t fix the climate crisis. w/ @drilledmedia.bsky.social

NEW: For decades, oil companies have funded universities’ research into climate change “solutions” that would not require the public to stop using oil and gas. Carbon capture is one of their favored ideas. One snag: It won’t fix the climate crisis. w/ @drilledmedia.bsky.social

False Promises: The “Solution” to the Climate Crisis That Won't Work

As global leaders look to tech advances to solve climate change, one leading idea involves capturing carbon pollution from the air and burying it underground forever. While carbon capture may sound practical, there is no conceivable way it can work.

projects.propublica.org

A long time ago, I asked the SA Environment Protection Authority for documents relating to the algal bloom under FOI. They charged me $1508.80. The SA Ombudsman just reduced that to $131.20. To celebrate my late-Friday refund, here's how I won this particular fight. /n

Drilled is hiring an experienced print story editor for a 6-month contract. We're a small but mighty team comitted to climate justice. Job is remote, Spanish proficiency and climate beat experience a plus @drilledmedia.bsky.social @amywestervelt.bsky.social www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...

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