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Yung En Chee

@yungenchee.bsky.social

You can find all of WoodCIDE's other sponsorship arrangements across community, education, journalism, sport, health, arts, conservation & research programs in
@pennytangey.bsky.social's database of Australian Fossil Fuel Chumps & Champs

#Greenwash #ReputationLaundering

April 24, 2026 at 12:30 PM

Yung En Chee

@yungenchee.bsky.social

#Greenwashing #ReputationLaundering
#WoodCIDE #WAMuseum

Woodside Open Day at @wamuseum.bsky.social

Will it tell about mass coral bleaching & mortality at #NingalooReef in 2025❓

Yung En Chee @yungenchee.bsky.social · Aug 8

#NingalooReef "annual surveys of the northern section of the reef in May found up to 90 per cent of coral had been bleached down to 20 metres depth", the "lowest cover of live coral" observed since 2007

"up to 50 per cent of the examined coral was dead in May" but "more would be dead now"

‘You realise your children are probably never going to see Ningaloo the way you saw it’

The west-coast reef has largely escaped the curse of coral bleaching that has blighted the Great Barrier Reef. This year, that’s changed.

www.smh.com.au

August 8, 2025 at 6:02 AM

Yung En Chee

@yungenchee.bsky.social

#Greenwash #ReputationLaundering

You can check out Woodside Energy's 51 other sponsorship arrangements across community, education, journalism, sport, health, arts, conservation & research programs in @pennytangey.bsky.social database of Australian Fossil Fuel Chumps & Champs

August 7, 2025 at 9:07 AM

Yung En Chee

@yungenchee.bsky.social

The @wamuseum.bsky.social's LinkedIn page doesn't feature a picture like this on their page, but WoodCIDE CEO, Meg O'Neill's page does (427 positive reactions)

#Greenwash #ReputationLaundering #InstitutionalFailure #NorthWestShelfExtension #MarineHeatwaves #MassCoralBleaching #Murujuga #ScottReef

Screenshot of Woodside CEO Meg O'Neill's LinkedIn post

On the left, Meg O'Neill (in a red jacket) is pictured speaking at a podium. The blue background behind her prominently features the words, 'Western Australian Museum'

On the right panel, Meg O'Neill's post reads:

"I am delighted to share that Woodside Energy, the Western Australian Museum and the Foundation for the WA Museum have extended our 28-year research collaboration for another five years.

Since 1998 Woodside has supported the Western
Australian Museum's marine biodiversity research off the WA coast.

Through this collaboration more than 700 species new to science have been discovered, including one of my favourites, the bearded velvetfish!

(You can check out this master of camouflage in the wi courtesy of the Western Australian Museum linked •).

Our extension of this collaboration will see targeted research continue along the Gascoyne coast and I can't wait to see what the talented researchers responsible for these discoveries find next!"

There've been 427 positive reactions to her post, 1 comment, 9 reposts

August 17, 2025 at 10:48 PM

Gabriela Mirescu

@gabrielamirescu.bsky.social

How easy is it to make a dictator look “respectable”?
PR, international support, and shiny speeches mask their true nature.
Autocrats are laundering their image, but their façade is crumbling. #ExposeTheTruth #ReputationLaundering #HumanRights #Propaganda
www.journalofdemocracy.org/online-exclu...

How Dictators Use Sports to Win Friends and Influence People | Journal of Democracy

Authoritarians are developing new tools to project their malign influence across the globe. The world of sports can teach us a lot about the games they play.

www.journalofdemocracy.org

May 4, 2025 at 4:24 PM

Inside Philanthropy

@insidephilanthropy.com

What are we learning from the Epstein scandal, if anything, about U.S. elites?

David Callahan Reports: tinyurl.com/5att2u2c

#WealthAndPower #ToxicDonors #PhilanthropyEthics #EpsteinFiles #EliteAccountability #ReputationLaundering #NonprofitFunding #BillionaireCulture #AmericanCapitalism

The “Epstein Class” and Philanthropy

What are we learning from the Epstein scandal, if anything, about U.S. elites?

tinyurl.com

February 18, 2026 at 3:01 PM

Yung En Chee

@yungenchee.bsky.social

#WoodsideSponsorshipOfWAMuseum #WooCIDEOpenDay #Greenwashing #ReputationLaundering

A terrific idea from Virginia! The WA Museum helpfully has a feedback form👇

(they also have a separate form for use by children & young people 👉 visit.museum.wa.gov.au/online-form-...)

August 8, 2025 at 1:47 AM

Strypey

@strypey.mastodon.nzoss.nz.ap.brid.gy

You're addicted to alcohol, eh? You think alcohol is bad, do you?

Well, why do you buy so much of it then? #gotcha!

https://art19.com/shows/the-climate-deniers-playbook

#reputationlaundering #pr #professionallying #lobbying

The Climate Denier's Playbook

From the minds that brought you Climate Town, comes… a podcast that's suspiciously similar to Climate Town. Rollie Williams (Climate Town) and Nicole Conlan (The Daily Show) are two comedians with Master's Degrees in Climate Science & Policy and Urban Planning. But don’t get too excited, because they’re here to examine the pervasive myths and misinformation campaigns that are making it obnoxiously difficult to address the looming climate crisis you've probably heard about. If you're looking to get your hands on some of the absolute coldest, hardest, climate changing-est facts to help sift through the noise, then you've come to the right place, brother. [For sponsorship inquiries, please contact climatetownsponsorships@gmail.com]

art19.com

April 23, 2025 at 12:05 PM

K.MAT

@kevinmmathews11.bsky.social

No surprise then that the Ellisons are actively engaging in "entertainment washing"... SO MUCH FOR AMERICA FIRST! #FAFO #ReputationLaundering

variety.com/2026/film/ne...