Marco Silva

Sep 27, 2024 | ca.news.yahoo.com | Marco Silva

A nature reserve in the Philippines, which has been lauded by top climate activists and film stars, has come under a concerted disinformation attack on social media as it fights to continue its work, a BBC investigation has found. A network of nearly 100 fake Facebook accounts and pages were found to be spreading misleading claims about the Masungi Georeserve and its keepers. Most were taken down after the BBC asked Meta, Facebook’s parent company, about these accounts.

Jun 15, 2024 | bbc.com | Marco Silva

How a Kenyan farmer became a champion of climate change denialX/JusperMachoguClimate change deniers have found a new champion in Kenyan farmer Jusper Machogu. On social media, he has become known as a flagbearer for fossil fuels in Africa, but there is more to his campaign than meets the eye. At first glance, the 29-year-old Mr Machogu is just a young farmer with a knack for social media.

Feb 20, 2024 | bbc.co.uk | Marco Silva |Rayhan Demytrie |Rayhan DemytrieBbc Verify

The owners of a well linked to one of the worst methane leaks ever recorded are to be fined more than 350 million tenge ($774,000; £614,000), authorities have said. Last week the BBC published new analysis showing thousands of tonnes of the greenhouse gas escaped from a well in southwestern Kazakhstan in 2023. Buzachi Neft, the Kazakh company that owns the well, denies this. But authorities say "violations of environmental legislation" took place.

Sep 26, 2023 | ca.movies.yahoo.com | Marco Silva |Jake Horton

Former US President Donald Trump has claimed that wind turbines off the coast of the US "are causing whales to die in numbers never seen before". These claims have attracted significant attention on social media, where a clip of Mr Trump's speech has now been viewed more than nine million times. But Mr Trump's claims are not backed up by evidence. What is being claimed?

Sep 26, 2023 | bbc.co.uk | Marco Silva |Jake HortonBbc Verify |Jake Horton

Former US President Donald Trump has claimed that wind turbines off the coast of the US "are causing whales to die in numbers never seen before". These claims have attracted significant attention on social media, where a clip of Mr Trump's speech has now been viewed more than nine million times. But Mr Trump's claims are not backed up by evidence.