''Unearthed'' is an

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publication that is operated by the nonprofit organization

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History

''Unearthed'' was founded as ''Energy Desk'' in 2012 as an affiliate of the environmentalist organization

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. In 2015, it hired an investigations unit and expanded its operations. Journalists from the

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Operations

which is supplemented by a network of

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. All of its funding comes from Greenpeace, but it maintains editorial autonomy.

Notable coverage

''Unearthed'' has broken several stories that have received widespread coverage from mainstream news outlets. In 2015, its journalists posed as energy company representatives and exposed academics willing to write papers supporting the

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industry in exchange for covert funding. In 2018, it covertly recorded the director of the

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, Mark Littlewood, offering access to UK government officials in exchange for donations. The leak led to two official investigations of the institute. In 2020, it used

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requests to uncover that BP successfully lobbied the

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to weaken the

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. In 2021, its journalists posed as job recruiters and tricked an

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lobbyist into revealing details of the company's efforts to oppose the Biden administration's climate agenda.

Reception

''Unearthed'' has been praised for the stories it has broken. Some observers have noted the potential ethical concerns of blurring activism and reporting, and of conducting

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s that involve deceiving sources.

References

External links

*{{Official, unearthed.greenpeace.org Periodicals published in the United Kingdom Greenpeace Publications established in 2012 British environmental websites Investigative journalism