You can find info about the corporate capture of the COP 19 Climate Talks in Warsaw here.
This infographic shows the greenwashing companies that sponsored the UN climate talks in Warsaw – a move that many have protested on the grounds that, as tobacco companies are not allowed to take part in World Health Organisation conferences, fossil fuel companies should be excluded from climate talks.
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Corporate Watch summarises the developing biomass industry in the UK.
“Corporate developers of biomass stand to gain vast amounts of money – one, Renewable Energy Systems (RES) will make between £43 and £58 million a year in subsidies from it, for example – so they tend to claim that it is green, clean, and provides jobs. Companies involved in developing biomass – British Sugar, Drax, E.ON, Future Biogas, Estover Energy and RES Group – have launched a campaign to persuade the UK Government to provide even more support for biomass. Their campaign has been endorsed by the Renewable Energy Association, the body which represents renewable energy producers in the UK.”
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