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Top U.S. Oil Lobby API Targets Landmark EU Climate Law, Policy Document Shows

The declaration coincides with U.S. fossil fuel companies’ use of Trump’s trade tensions and international discord to undermine EU climate laws.
The declaration coincides with U.S. fossil fuel companies’ use of Trump’s trade tensions and international discord to undermine EU climate laws.
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As the UN General Assembly Turns 80, Can Ordinary Citizens Change How the World Is Governed?
Danielle Smith Working With Trump Official Who Wants to Annex Greenland
us/A Fox News Venezuela Expert Is Backed by MAGA Oil Billionaire Paul Singer
uk/Nigel Farage Accepted £10,000 Gifts from Petrostate
How MAGA Changed the World in 2025, and What Comes Next

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Mark Carney’s Goal Is to ‘Increase Our Oil Production,’ Says Former Chief of Staff
By Mary Stuart
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Series: Mark Carney’s Climate Betrayal
Series: Carney's Climate Betrayal

It’s an energy agenda seemingly at odds with the prime minister’s previous stated commitments to addressing climate change.

It’s an energy agenda seemingly at odds with the prime minister’s previous stated commitments to addressing climate change.
uk/Claire Coutinho Touts Anti-Net Zero Reports by Oil-Linked Authors
ByAdam Barnett
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Tory energy chief endorses debunked studies written by fossil fuel industry interests.

Tory energy chief endorses debunked studies written by fossil fuel industry interests.
Series: Defending Democracy from Dirty Money
Series: Defending-UK-Democracy
uk/Tory-Reform Defector Nadhim Zahawi’s Role in ‘Ultra-Luxury’ UAE Property Developer
ByAdam Barnett
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Nigel Farage and his colleagues have close ties to the autocratic petrostate.

Nigel Farage and his colleagues have close ties to the autocratic petrostate.
Series: Defending Democracy from Dirty Money
Series: Defending-UK-Democracy
Whistleblowers Warn That Ad Industry Is Fuelling Online Hatred and Climate Crisis
ByTJ Jordan
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Anonymous group of senior executives say major ad agencies are “enabling harm rather than doing good.”

Anonymous group of senior executives say major ad agencies are “enabling harm rather than doing good.”
uk/Nigel Farage Racks Up £151,000 in Donor-Funded Flights to Support Donald Trump
BySam Bright
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The Reform leader has been jetting around the world to promote Trump’s climate denial agenda.

The Reform leader has been jetting around the world to promote Trump’s climate denial agenda.
Series: Defending Democracy from Dirty Money
Series: Defending-UK-Democracy
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EU Plans to Weaken Pesticide Rules ‘Unlawful’, Experts Say
ByClare Carlile
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The European Parliament has “a legal and moral obligation to reject these dangerous proposals”, according to Dutch Left MEP Anja Hazekamp.
The European Parliament has “a legal and moral obligation to reject these dangerous proposals”, according to Dutch Left MEP Anja Hazekamp.
Amsterdam Defies Last-Minute Lobbying to Become First Capital City to Ban Fossil Fuel Ads
ByEllen Ormesher
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The world’s largest outdoor advertising company warned city councillors of “far-reaching consequences” hours before the landmark vote.
The world’s largest outdoor advertising company warned city councillors of “far-reaching consequences” hours before the landmark vote.
After Decades of Deflection, ExxonMobil Moves to Reshape Global Climate Accounting
BySharon Kelly
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For decades, ExxonMobil argued consumers, not oil giants, should take responsibility for fossil fuel pollution. It’s now backing Carbon Measures’ accounting scheme, which moves pollution “liabilities” to buyers’ books.
For decades, ExxonMobil argued consumers, not oil giants, should take responsibility for fossil fuel pollution. It’s now backing Carbon Measures’ accounting scheme, which moves pollution “liabilities” to buyers’ books.
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Alberta Separatism Would be Terrible for Indigenous Rights
ByMitch Anderson
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For some separatists, ignoring Indigenous rights is not only a side effect of an independent Alberta, but an explicit goal.
For some separatists, ignoring Indigenous rights is not only a side effect of an independent Alberta, but an explicit goal.
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Top U.S. Oil Lobby API Targets Landmark EU Climate Law, Policy Document Shows
Amsterdam Defies Last-Minute Lobbying to Become First Capital City to Ban Fossil Fuel Ads
uk/Claire Coutinho Touts Anti-Net Zero Reports by Oil-Linked Authors

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Tech vs. Climate

Dueling American and Chinese missiles with binary code on them duel over an image of a smoggy gas plant
No, the U.S. Doesn’t Need Fossil Fuels to Win ‘an AI Arms Race’ Against China
AI ‘Slop’ Websites Are Publishing Climate Science Denial
MSN hosted AI-generated content that cited non-existent climate experts and institutions.
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg 
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
Left, academic and climate crisis denier Bjorn Lomborg in black speaks onstage at the ARC Forum. Right, a close-up of billionaire Bill Gates, smiling, looks left and holds his hands in fists.
Labour’s Big Tech Love Affair Could Blow Up Its Climate Promises
The government has signed vast deals with gas-loving, Trump-donating AI giants.

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