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BP successfully lobbied the UK's North Sea oil regulator to weaken its plan to reduce offshore emissions. Our latest exclusive pulished in @TheScotsman, in partnership with @PINewsF and @TenaciousAwards:

ThePointSource's tweet image. BP successfully lobbied the UK's North Sea oil regulator to weaken its plan to reduce offshore emissions.

Our latest exclusive pulished in @TheScotsman, in partnership with  @PINewsF and @TenaciousAwards:

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#EXCLUSIVO 🚨 La planta operada por Perú LNG, con participación de la estadounidense Hunt Oil Company, libera gases de efecto invernadero sin autorización del Ministerio de Energía y Minas desde hace más de una década. (HILO 🛢️)

ConvocaPe's tweet image. #EXCLUSIVO 🚨 La planta operada por Perú LNG, con participación de la estadounidense Hunt Oil Company, libera gases de efecto invernadero sin autorización del Ministerio de Energía y Minas desde hace más de una década. (HILO 🛢️)

Barclays is being accused of greenwashing after helping to arrange €4bn in financing for the Italian oil company Eni in a way that allows them to qualify towards its $1tn sustainable financing goal. Our latest exclusive for @guardian: theguardian.com/business/2024/…


Barclays has classified a $10bn revolving credit facility that it created for Shell as “social and environmental financing” despite the company continuing to invest in new oil and gas. A recent story in the @Telegraph based on research by @ThePointSource: telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/…


The Met Police has monitored children as young as 13 online through its social media surveillance scheme. Our ongoing investigation resulted in this story published yesterday in partnership with the Guardian:

ThePointSource's tweet image. The Met Police has monitored children as young as 13 online through its social media surveillance scheme. Our ongoing investigation resulted in this story published yesterday in partnership with the Guardian:

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Children as young as 13 have been secretly monitored online as part of a continuing surveillance operation run by the Metropolitan police, according to data obtained under information laws by @bilgribs of @ThePointSource. theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/j…


One of our long-term investigations into contract terms between oil companies and cultural institutions resulted in this front page story published in partnership with @guardian in February this year:

ThePointSource's tweet image. One of our long-term investigations into contract terms between oil companies and cultural institutions resulted in this front page story published in partnership with @guardian in February this year:

Marks & Spencer has been using a loophole in order to avoid listing details about factories in Eastern Europe used to make tens of thousands of products carrying its labels. Our latest investigation in @thetimes: thetimes.co.uk/article/m-amp-…


The Science Museum in London signed a sponsorship contract containing a gagging clause with the Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor, agreeing to take care not to say anything that could damage the firm’s reputation. Our frontpage story with @guardian: theguardian.com/culture/2023/f…


The Natural History Museum has been denounced for signing a contract with a gagging clause that prevented it from criticising a Danish oil company that sponsored its wildlife photography competition. Our collaboration with @ObserverUK: theguardian.com/culture/2023/j…


The National Farmers Union has helped hundreds of land users to fight against Defra regulations to protect vulnerable rivers in the UK, according to evidence we obtained. Read more in this recent collaboration with The Guardian: theguardian.com/environment/20…


Youth violence experts have said they had no involvement with the police social media surveillance scheme Project Alpha, despite the Met claiming to have consulted them. Our latest collaboration with The Guardian: theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/j…

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Met police did not consult us on children’s data project, say youth violence experts

Force claimed it approached groups before launch of Project Alpha which scours social media sites


Metropolitan police documents say the force has been collecting “children’s personal data” from social media sites as part of a project to carry out “profiling on a large scale”. Our latest collaboration with The Guardian: theguardian.com/uk-news/2022/j…


Security breaches at UK civil nuclear facilities have hit their highest level in at least 12 years amid a decline in inspections. A Point Source story published in collaboration with The Guardian: theguardian.com/environment/20… #CyberSecurity #nuclearpower #nuclearenergy #hacking


Last year saw the highest ever number of recorded violations of the "farming rules for water". An estimated 20,000 English farms are committing undocumented violations. Point Source's first story published in partnership with The Guardian: theguardian.com/environment/20…


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