The guardian7 Mar 2019 07:43
Get the feeling they have got it on for glenda....Revealed: Glencore bankrolled covert campaign to prop up coal
The mining company engaged Sir Lynton Crosby’s firm to push anti-renewables message and counter anti-coal activists
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The multinational mining giant Glencore spent millions bankrolling a secret, globally coordinated campaign to prop up coal demand by undermining environmental activists, influencing politicians and spreading sophisticated pro-coal messaging on social media.
An investigation by Guardian Australia can reveal the covert campaign, dubbed “Project Caesar”, was orchestrated by world-renowned political operatives at the C|T Group, the firm founded by Sir Lynton Crosby and Mark Textor.
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The C|T Group used teams in Sydney and London to further Glencore’s interests across the globe, including in Australia, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the project and documents seen by Guardian Australia.