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Data Centers Are Poised to Engulf a Pennsylvania Town

DeSmog investigation reveals how developers weakened local limits on giant AI projects.
DeSmog investigation reveals how developers weakened local limits on giant AI projects.
ByEdward Donnelly
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Series: Tech vs. Climate
Series: Tech vs Climate

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Europe’s Waterways Under Threat from Mining Lobby
How Europe’s Climate and Sustainability Rules Were Shredded While Citizens Remained in the Dark
Why the Haisla Nation Is Fine With LNG But Not Mark Carney’s New Oil Pipeline
uk/BBC Under Fire for Airing MAGA Climate Denial
The Oil Industry’s Latest Disaster: Trillions of Gallons of Buried Toxic Wastewater

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Mosaic Company’s Faustina Ammonia Plant and CF Industries' Donaldsonville Complex's port in the 5th District of St. James with smoke rising from burning sugarcane fields
us/Civil Rights Case Probes Racism Behind Cancer Alley Pollution
By Sharon Kelly
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Series: Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Communities at Risk
Series: Louisiana's Cancer Alley

Federal lawsuit claiming local officials illegally pushed polluting industries into Black communities reaches new stage.

Federal lawsuit claiming local officials illegally pushed polluting industries into Black communities reaches new stage.
The SNP’s Oil Executive Holyrood Candidate
ByDaniel Shailer
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The party has put forward a senior Equinor figure to stand in Shetland.

The party has put forward a senior Equinor figure to stand in Shetland.
Series: Defending Democracy from Dirty Money
Series: Defending-UK-Democracy
Telegraph Bidder Daily Mail Cashing in from Oil Industry Events
ByAdam Barnett
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The Mail’s events business in the Middle East provides a quarter of its revenue. A previous Telegraph bid was rejected over petrostate influence fears.

The Mail’s events business in the Middle East provides a quarter of its revenue. A previous Telegraph bid was rejected over petrostate influence fears.
Series: Defending Democracy from Dirty Money
Series: Defending-UK-Democracy
uk/Nigel Farage Paid £27,000 to Speak at Pro-Trump U.S. Think Tank
ByPhoebe Cooke and Adam Barnett
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The Reform UK leader’s planned trip to Washington D.C. has prompted fresh consternation from campaigners.

The Reform UK leader’s planned trip to Washington D.C. has prompted fresh consternation from campaigners.
Series: Inside MAGA’s Global Climate Agenda
Series: MAGA
Carney Allowed Gas-powered AI Data Centres After Lobbying From Alberta Energy Company
ByTaylor Noakes
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The Alberta gas giant Capital Power lobbied the government 37 times in the lead-up to an accord suspending clean energy regulations, federal records show.

The Alberta gas giant Capital Power lobbied the government 37 times in the lead-up to an accord suspending clean energy regulations, federal records show.
Series: Mark Carney’s Climate Betrayal
Series: Carney's Climate Betrayal
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How the ‘Galapagos of West Africa’ was Plundered by Floating Fishmeal Factories 
ByDavide Mancini
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Off-shore industrial boats illegally harvest thousands of tonnes of small fish vital to the marine food web in Guinea-Bissau, a DeSmog investigation with The Guardian reveals.
Off-shore industrial boats illegally harvest thousands of tonnes of small fish vital to the marine food web in Guinea-Bissau, a DeSmog investigation with The Guardian reveals.
A utility worker in a hard hat, left, stands beside a transformer destroyed by a Russian drone near Odessa, Ukraine.
As Russia Bombs Ukraine’s Power Plants, Gulf Coast LNG Companies Win Big
ByDelaney Nolan
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Record LNG exports to Europe pushing up prices for U.S. consumers even more than forecast.
Record LNG exports to Europe pushing up prices for U.S. consumers even more than forecast.
Opinion
Climate Deniers Expected More Resistance to Trump’s Fossil Fuel Blitz
ByRei Takver
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‘I’ve never seen anything like this,” longtime denier Marc Morano said recently of Democrats, billionaires, activists and reporters going ‘silent’ on the issue.
‘I’ve never seen anything like this,” longtime denier Marc Morano said recently of Democrats, billionaires, activists and reporters going ‘silent’ on the issue.
Analysis
Mark Carney’s Pipeline MOU With Danielle Smith Has Been A Disaster
ByMitch Anderson
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First Nations are furious, environmentalists feel betrayed, oil companies are demanding more, and the clock is ticking.
First Nations are furious, environmentalists feel betrayed, oil companies are demanding more, and the clock is ticking.
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us/Data Centers Are Poised to Engulf a Pennsylvania Town
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Danielle Smith Met with Heritage Foundation After U.S. Election
Europe’s Waterways Under Threat from Mining Lobby
us/Civil Rights Case Probes Racism Behind Cancer Alley Pollution
As Russia Bombs Ukraine’s Power Plants, Gulf Coast LNG Companies Win Big

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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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