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Anthropic Crowdsourced Ethics Feedback at a Far-Right London Confab

Company’s “faith and philosophy partnerships” lead sought “moral voices” for future AI models at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship conference.
Company’s “faith and philosophy partnerships” lead sought “moral voices” for future AI models at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship conference.
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Series: Alliance for Responsible Citizenship, Inside MAGA’s Global Climate Agenda
Series: Alliance for Responsible Citizenship, MAGA

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Drilling in the Mouth of the Amazon: How Brazil’s Oil Giant Is Drowning Out Critics
Why We Can’t Have Nice Things Like a Real Sovereign Wealth Fund 
uk/Cherie Blair’s Charity Received £3.6 million from ExxonMobil
Mark Carney Advisor Says AI Data Centres ‘Provide Markets’ For Gas
Denmark’s ‘Pig Election’ Prompts Drinking Water Crackdown. Will Europe Follow Suit?

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Canada Pension Plan Investment Board’s Concerning Growth in Fossil Fuel Ties
By Taylor Noakes
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The addition of the Canadian Natural Resources Limited director expands fossil fuel representation on the board overseeing nearly $800 billion in retirement savings, as CPPIB faces scrutiny over its climate strategy.

The addition of the Canadian Natural Resources Limited director expands fossil fuel representation on the board overseeing nearly $800 billion in retirement savings, as CPPIB faces scrutiny over its climate strategy.
uk/Senior UK Politicians to Mix With Oil Execs, Far-Right Figures, and Anti-Abortion Activists at London Conference
ByUnearthed Reporters and Sam Bright
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Parliamentarians are “lending legitimacy” to a “toxic alliance” of attendees at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship event, campaigners warn.

Parliamentarians are “lending legitimacy” to a “toxic alliance” of attendees at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship event, campaigners warn.
Series: Alliance for Responsible Citizenship, Defending Democracy from Dirty Money
Series: Alliance for Responsible Citizenship, Defending-UK-Democracy
NatWest Accused of Using ‘Loopholes’ to Invest £17 Million in UK Coal Supplier
ByJoey Grostern
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Campaigners say it’s “deeply concerning” that a major British bank and former COP sponsor is supporting UK coal.

Campaigners say it’s “deeply concerning” that a major British bank and former COP sponsor is supporting UK coal.
uk/Zia Yusuf Cosying Up to Group Behind ‘Authoritarian’ Project 2025 Agenda
BySam Bright
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Reform has been chasing even closer ties to Trump’s allies.

Reform has been chasing even closer ties to Trump’s allies.
Series: Inside MAGA’s Global Climate Agenda
Series: MAGA
Fossil Fuel Financing Surged to $906 Billion in 2025 as Big Banks Retreat From Climate Promises 
BySarah Hofmann
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JPMorgan topped the list of bankers embracing “disaster capitalism” as Trump’s climate deregulation policies inspire more industry investments, new report finds.

JPMorgan topped the list of bankers embracing “disaster capitalism” as Trump’s climate deregulation policies inspire more industry investments, new report finds.
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uk/Trump’s Energy Secretary Says ‘Cold Is Larger Killer’ During Record European Heatwave
ByAdam Barnett
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Chris Wright, a former oil and gas executive, urged the UK to embrace fossil fuels at right-wing Alliance for Responsible Citizenship conference in London.
Chris Wright, a former oil and gas executive, urged the UK to embrace fossil fuels at right-wing Alliance for Responsible Citizenship conference in London.
uk/Revealed: The Trump Donors, Reform-Backing Billionaires and Oil Companies Funding the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship
ByUnearthed Reporters and Sam Bright
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The conference has played host to Nigel Farage, Kemi Badenoch, and an array of MAGA figures this week.
The conference has played host to Nigel Farage, Kemi Badenoch, and an array of MAGA figures this week.
An illustration featuring a prize that's shaped like a long-nosed Pinocchio. His nose is hovering above the words Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.
The 'Oscars of Advertising' Has a Cheating Problem
ByEllen Ormesher and Emily J Gertz
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Many Cannes Lions award winners have claimed credit for field work they didn’t do, positive impacts that can’t be confirmed, or campaigns that barely existed.
Many Cannes Lions award winners have claimed credit for field work they didn’t do, positive impacts that can’t be confirmed, or campaigns that barely existed.
Janice Blanock leaning on the fence dividing a running and biking trail from the Cecil oil and gas waste yard.
Her Son Died of a Rare Bone Cancer. Could Radioactive Fracking Waste Be to Blame?
ByJustin Nobel
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An on-the-ground investigation in Pennsylvania finds unprotected radioactive material next to a popular bike and walking trail.
An on-the-ground investigation in Pennsylvania finds unprotected radioactive material next to a popular bike and walking trail.
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Tech vs. Climate

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.
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.
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.

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