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Desmog - Clearing the PR Pollution

Q&A: This Comedy Series Is Taking Aim at Big Oil’s PR Machine

SLICK is a funny yet cutting satire of how the ad industry contributes to the climate crisis.
SLICK is a funny yet cutting satire of how the ad industry contributes to the climate crisis.
ByEllen Ormesher
on
Series: Holding the Advertising and Public Relations Industry Accountable for Greenwash and Climate Misinformation
Series: Advertising & PR Industry
Woman happily bathing in a bathtub of crude oil.

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uk/Tory Shadow Chancellor Andrew Griffith’s MAGA Network
Fossil Fuel-Tied PR Agency Supporting U.N. Climate Conference
Far Right Win Could ‘Rupture’ Profitable Renewables Push in East Germany – Experts
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

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Analysis
Majority of Planned Alberta Data Centre Projects Could be Under Foreign Control
By Mitch Anderson
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DeSmog analysis finds less than one third of planned projects could have full Canadian control over data.

DeSmog analysis finds less than one third of planned projects could have full Canadian control over data.
Les manœuvres des lobbys pour affaiblir le projet d'interdiction de la publicité pour les énergies fossiles
ByCécile Marchand and TJ Jordan
on

Des compagnies pétrolières, gazières et certains médias cherchent à « vider de sa substance » les restrictions envisagées.

Des compagnies pétrolières, gazières et certains médias cherchent à « vider de sa substance » les restrictions envisagées.
Series: Holding the Advertising and Public Relations Industry Accountable for Greenwash and Climate Misinformation
Series: Advertising & PR Industry
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/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.
Series: Inside MAGA’s Global Climate Agenda
Series: MAGA
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage speaking at CPAC GB in July 2026. Credit: MVF / YouTube
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.
Series: Defending Democracy from Dirty Money
Series: Defending-UK-Democracy
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Carbon Capture Is Booming. So Is the Push to Shift Oversight to States
BySarah Hofmann
on
As hundreds of CO2 storage wells move toward development, the EPA is handing more regulatory authority to states — despite concerns about safety and long-term liability.
As hundreds of CO2 storage wells move toward development, the EPA is handing more regulatory authority to states — despite concerns about safety and long-term liability.
uk/School Students Missed 15 Million Teaching Hours Due to June Heatwave
ByClare Carlile and Brigitte Wear
on
Thousands of schools closed their doors, and a third of all pupils were recorded absent in Wales as temperatures hit 37°C.
Thousands of schools closed their doors, and a third of all pupils were recorded absent in Wales as temperatures hit 37°C.
Exclusive: Oil Industry Moves to Weaken Proposed Fossil Fuel Advertising Ban in France
ByCécile Marchand and TJ Jordan
on
Leaked lobbying records show oil, gas and media companies aim to ‘hollow out’ planned restrictions as key consultation takes place.
Leaked lobbying records show oil, gas and media companies aim to ‘hollow out’ planned restrictions as key consultation takes place.
uk/Reform Receives £5 Million from International Investors
BySam Bright
on
Farage’s party was last week exposed trying to solicit foreign donations from undercover reporters.
Farage’s party was last week exposed trying to solicit foreign donations from undercover reporters.
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Majority of Planned Alberta Data Centre Projects Could be Under Foreign Control
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Carbon Capture Is Booming. So Is the Push to Shift Oversight to States
Q&A: This Comedy Series Is Taking Aim at Big Oil’s PR Machine
Exclusive: Oil Industry Moves to Weaken Proposed Fossil Fuel Advertising Ban in France
Les manœuvres des lobbys pour affaiblir le projet d'interdiction de la publicité pour les énergies fossiles

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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)

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