year m: In the run-up to the US midterm elections last year 2m was spent on targeted Facebook and Instagram ads by global oil giants and their industry bodies, promoting the benefits of increased fossil fuel production, according to the report published on Friday by Influence Map. targeting by state Separately, BP donated 13m to a campaign, also supported by Chevron, that successfully stopped a carbon tax in Washington state 1m of which was spent on social media ads, the research shows, according to The Guardian. Edward Collins, the report's author, analysed corporate spending on lobbying, briefing and advertising, and assessed what proportion was dedicated to climate issues. Chevron, BP and Exxon Mobil were the main companies leading the field in direct lobbying to push against a climate policy to tackle global warming, the report said. climate lobby spending Increasingly they are using social media to successfully push their agenda to weaken and oppose any meaningful legislation to tackle global warming. He said Oil majors' climate branding sounds increasingly hollow and their credibility is on the line. They advocate low-carbon solutions but such investments are dwarfed by spending on expanding their fossil fuel business. They publicly support climate action while lobbying against binding policy.
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