Al Jazeera Discovers 'Carbon Bombs' While Ignoring Who Funds Them
Al Jazeera dutifully reported on NGOs tallying 28 new 'carbon bomb' projects since 2021, generating potential emissions 11 times the world’s remaining carbon budget for Paris Agreement targets. This comes as no surprise to anyone watching the financial news. What's omitted? The powerful fossil fuel lobbies, whose coffers are routinely filled by the same corporations and politicians who preach
climate action. While Al Jazeera focuses on the 'bombs,' it sidesteps the hands lighting the fuses—corporate boards prioritizing short-term profit over planetary survival, shielded by governments that receive prodigious campaign donations. It's almost as if some media outlets prefer to report on the symptoms rather than the systemic disease. How many reports do we need before the 'bombs' are
linked to the wallets funding them?