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.

First Nations are furious, environmentalists feel betrayed, oil companies are demanding more, and the clock is ticking.

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.

‘I’ve never seen anything like this,” longtime denier Marc Morano said recently of Democrats, billionaires, activists and reporters going ‘silent’ on the issue.