DeSmog

Facebook-f X-twitter
Subscribe
Donate
Donate

DeSmog

Donate
Search
Search
More

Desmog - Clearing the PR Pollution

Oil Lobbyists, Anti-Abortion Groups, and Tech Giants Flock to Reform Conference

Nigel Farage’s party is welcoming polluting interests and radical pressure groups to its annual gathering.
Nigel Farage’s party is welcoming polluting interests and radical pressure groups to its annual gathering.
BySam Bright
on

Featured

us/Inside the Struggle to Dismantle America’s Greenhouse Gas Data
us/Big Oil Could Face ‘Catastrophic Outcomes’ Without Republican Supreme Court
Canadian Columnist Boosting Data Centres Has Ties to AI Industry
uk/Equinor Extends Deal to Fund Children’s Science Education in Aberdeen as North Sea Drilling Decision Looms
us/Pennsylvania AI Data Center Developer Asked Trump Administration Official to Help Loosen Toxic Emissions Limits

News

Analysis
Canadian Oil Executives’ Stock Holdings Increased by Over $1 Billion Amid War and Wildfires
By Mitch Anderson
on

Executives at Canadian Natural Resources Limited, Suncor, and Imperial Oil saw their personal stock holdings and options skyrocket this year, according to a DeSmog analysis.

Executives at Canadian Natural Resources Limited, Suncor, and Imperial Oil saw their personal stock holdings and options skyrocket this year, according to a DeSmog analysis.
Analysis
Mark Carney’s AI Strategy Will Block Renewables From Canada’s Grid
ByMitch Anderson
on

Backing massive gas-burning data centres is no way to build a cleaner, more connected electricity system.

Backing massive gas-burning data centres is no way to build a cleaner, more connected electricity system.
Series: Mark Carney’s Climate Betrayal
Series: Carney's Climate Betrayal
Prime Minister Mark Carney announcing his government’s National Electricity Strategy. Credit: Prime Minister of Canada/ YouTube
Advisor to Climate-Sceptic Reform UK Laments ‘Disaster’ of a Harvest
ByPhoebe Cooke
on

Nigel Farage’s anti-net zero policies will do nothing to help struggling farmers, say campaigners.

Nigel Farage’s anti-net zero policies will do nothing to help struggling farmers, say campaigners.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage addresses Clacton-on-Sea constituents ahead of the August 2026 by-election. Credit: Nigel Farage/YouTube
uk/Nigel Farage Dubbed ‘MP for Washington’ for Parroting Trump in Parliament
ByAdam Barnett
on

Reform leader boosted the president’s attacks on UK Chagos Islands policy more often than raising the cost of living.

Reform leader boosted the president’s attacks on UK Chagos Islands policy more often than raising the cost of living.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage. Credit: House of Commons (CC BY-3.0)
us/How Pennsylvania Governor’s Office Helped Push for Huge Data Centers in the Philadelphia Suburbs
ByEdward Donnelly
on

Emails reveal behind-the-scenes talks with state officials to clear the way for project in Upper Merion Township.

Emails reveal behind-the-scenes talks with state officials to clear the way for project in Upper Merion Township.
Series: Tech vs. Climate
Series: Tech vs Climate
People stand outside of the packed Freedom Hall meeting room in the Upper Merion Township Building on the evening of May 27, 2026. (Credit: Edward Donnelly/DeSmog)
view more articles
Canadian Intelligence Warned About Climate Conspiracies. This MP Kept Spreading Them.
ByMary Stuart
on
As wildfires rage across the country, Cheryl Gallant continues to spread climate misinformation after a CSIS report said her conspiracy theories could increase the “threat of serious violence”.
As wildfires rage across the country, Cheryl Gallant continues to spread climate misinformation after a CSIS report said her conspiracy theories could increase the “threat of serious violence”.
uk/Tethered: How the White House is Helping Reform’s Finances
BySam Bright and Olly Haynes
on
Trump’s commerce chief has been promoting the business interests of Farage’s main donor.
Trump’s commerce chief has been promoting the business interests of Farage’s main donor.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage speaking at CPAC GB in July 2026. Credit: MVF / YouTube
uk/Nigel Farage Has Spoken at 15 Trump-Linked Events Since 2024 Election
ByAdam Barnett
on
The Clacton MP has received a platform from a network of MAGA groups that have pushed the president’s agenda in the UK and beyond.
The Clacton MP has received a platform from a network of MAGA groups that have pushed the president’s agenda in the UK and beyond.
uk/What has Reform UK Said About Climate Change?
ByAdam Barnett
on
Nigel Farage’s party has a long history of rejecting basic climate science.
Nigel Farage’s party has a long history of rejecting basic climate science.
view more articles
Most Popular
uk/Oil Lobbyists, Anti-Abortion Groups, and Tech Giants Flock to Reform Conference
Canadian Oil Executives’ Stock Holdings Increased by Over $1 Billion Amid War and Wildfires
us/Big Oil Could Face ‘Catastrophic Outcomes’ Without Republican Supreme Court
New Shell Files Could Aid Climate Cases, Attorneys Say 
Canadian Intelligence Warned About Climate Conspiracies. This MP Kept Spreading Them.
Advisor to Climate-Sceptic Reform UK Laments ‘Disaster’ of a Harvest

Series

View All Series

Tech vs. Climate

Archbald resident Tamara Misewicz-Healey speaks at Archbald Borough Building on November 24, 2025. (Credit: Edward Donnelly/DeSmog)
Data Centers Are Poised to Engulf a Pennsylvania Town
Q&A: Tech Billionaires’ AI Space Empire Fantasies Are ‘An Insidious Form of Climate Denial’
Science journalist Adam Becker speaks with DeSmog about how Silicon Valley tech billionaires have invented new forms of greenwashing and climate denial in their quest for ever-more fantastic technology.
Author Adam Becker’s book, More, Everything, Forever, exposes how tech billionaires’ sci-fi inspired fantasies about ever-more technology making everything, endlessly, better are “wildly implausible.” Credit: Hachette Book Group/DeSmog
AI vs. Net Zero: The UK’s Next Climate Battle
Opponents of climate action are taking advantage of the AI boom to attack the government’s clean energy goals.
Energy and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband, Conservative Shadow Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho, and Reform UK Deputy Leader Richard Tice. Credit: Lauren Hurley / DESNZ (Miliband), Christine Quarmyne / CCHQ (Coutinho), Reform UK / YouTube (Tice)
The Koch Network Is Pushing Trump to Accelerate AI, Documents Show
Right-wing political group Americans for Prosperity, backed by oil and gas billionaire Charles Koch, sees data centers as part of a larger pro-fossil fuel agenda.
Koch, Inc., said in October that its real estate arm has been getting into the business of building data centers like this one in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Credit: Chad Davis/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Databases

View All
Featured
Fusion Law Firm
Fusion Law PLLC Background Fusion Law, PLLC is a law firm founded by Paul Watkins, an attorney in Arizona, on April 4, 2022.“Articles of Organization of Limited Liability Company – Fusion La...
Governors Coalition for Energy Security
Governors Coalition for Energy Security (GCES) Background The Governors Coalition for Energy Security (GCES) launched in September 2024, initially called the Governors' Coalition for Energy ...
Agribusiness Database
Advertising & Public Relations Database