{"id":136996,"date":"2021-03-18T19:43:47","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T17:43:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=136996"},"modified":"2021-03-18T19:44:24","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T17:44:24","slug":"we-live-in-filthy-filthy-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=136996","title":{"rendered":"we live in  a filthy filthy world!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"922\" height=\"757\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2021-03-18-at-19.39.26.png?resize=922%2C757&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-136997\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2021-03-18-at-19.39.26.png?resize=922%2C757&amp;ssl=1 922w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2021-03-18-at-19.39.26.png?resize=768%2C631&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2021-03-18-at-19.39.26.png?resize=920%2C755&amp;ssl=1 920w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2021-03-18-at-19.39.26.png?w=1330&amp;ssl=1 1330w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 922px) 100vw, 922px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Read all about those wonderful companies,  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/environment\/2021\/mar\/18\/oil-industry-fossil-fuels-air-pollution-documents\">here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"830\" height=\"1292\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2021-03-18-at-19.42.37.png?resize=830%2C1292&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-136998\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2021-03-18-at-19.42.37.png?w=830&amp;ssl=1 830w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thecuriousbrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2021-03-18-at-19.42.37.png?resize=768%2C1195&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 830px) 100vw, 830px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read all about those wonderful companies, here<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[3637,212],"class_list":["post-136996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-other-stuff","tag-dirty-companies","tag-enviroment"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":146440,"url":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=146440","url_meta":{"origin":136996,"position":0},"title":"The Metrics That Matter: Why Measuring Corporate Good Needs a Revolution","author":"thebrainbehind","date":"23\/04\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"In a village just outside Nairobi, a multinational company funded the construction of a new water pump. 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