Kathryn Clare

Nov 8, 2024 | desmog.com | TJ Jordan |Kathryn Clare

A secret recording. Damaging headlines. Allegations of “treason.” For Azerbaijan, host of the COP29 climate talks opening in the capital Baku on Monday, reports that a senior official had apparently used his position on the organising team to pursue oil and gas deals might seem like a public relations disaster.

Jun 27, 2024 | desmog.com | TJ Jordan |Kathryn Clare

The Euston Road is one of London’s most polluted neighbourhoods. But on a street corner, advertising company Dentsu offered a solution designed to literally clear the air.  Commissioned by environmental charity Global Action Plan, for Clean Air Day on June 20, the short-lived mural depicted a pink and purple woman catching fumes in a net. The secret sauce: paint supposedly capable of converting airborne pollutants into “harmless salts”.

Mar 8, 2024 | desmog.com | Ellen Ormesher |Emily Gertz |Cartie Werthman |Kathryn Clare

In a March 7 video posted to Shell’s LinkedIn page, a woman named Kimberly says to the camera,“Unconscious bias shows up everywhere, in all forms, and it is more prevalent than any of us would like to admit.” In the supercut of Shell employee testimonials that follow, a woman named Jane declares that “still too often, women are expected to be grateful for the opportunity to prove themselves,” and a man named Kevin admits that “when you’re part of the majority, a lot of the time you overlook...