Look Out for These 8 Big Ag Greenwashing Terms at COP30

This article has been translated into Portuguese. You can read it on DeSmog here. Food and agriculture will be under the spotlight at the upcoming round of global climate negotiations in northern Brazil. Representatives from nearly every nation will gather from 6-21 November in Belém, a regional capital and gateway to the Amazon, with most countries far off […]

Top Shell Marketing Executive to Chair US Ad Industry Trade Group

The Association of National Advertisers (ANA), the main U.S. advertising trade association, is under fire from climate campaigners after naming a senior Shell executive as its new chair. The appointment of Dean Aragón, CEO of Shell Brands, comes as the global oil and gas company has scaled back its climate commitments over the last two […]

Why Is Canada Fast-Tracking LNG? Not for Economy, Climate or Reconciliation

Prime Minister Mark Carney recently announced five proposals he intends to fast track to defend our economy from the hostile Trump administration, live up to Canada’s climate commitments, and demonstrate respect for Indigenous rights. Do the projects live up to these aspirational values? Let’s take a closer look. Among the first five projects is an […]

Combined Emissions of World’s Top Five Meat Companies Eclipse Those of Some Oil Majors

Major meat and dairy producers emit more greenhouse gases as a group than the nation of Saudi Arabia, the world’s number two oil producer — emissions that rival those of the world’s biggest fossil fuel companies, according to a new analysis published Monday. The assessment, which was produced by the nonprofit research firm Profundo and […]

No Federal Ministers or Major Announcements at Leading Canadian Carbon Capture Expo

Despite considerable public funding, aggressive ad campaigns, and optimistic pronouncements by politicians of various stripes over the last few years, there were no major project announcements at Canada’s annual carbon capture expo this year.  Neither were there any announcements related to Pathways Alliance, the signature carbon capture and storage project (CCS) of Canada’s tar sands producers. […]

The Methane Hunters of Melendugno

This story was developed with the support of Journalismfund Europe. For centuries, farmers in Melendugno, a town located at the tip of southern Italy’s boot heel, built stone walls to mark the boundaries of their fields, shield their crops from the winds blowing out of North Africa, and divide farmland from pasture.   Today, those same ancient stones […]

Reform Conference Sponsor Called Farage’s Rhetoric ‘Very Far-Right’

The sponsor of a flagship event at Reform UK’s annual conference has accused party leader Nigel Farage of adopting “very far-right, very anti-immigrant” rhetoric, DeSmog can reveal. The event was hosted on 6 September by the Heartland Institute – an infamous U.S. climate science denial group – and run “in collaboration” with Quews News. Founded […]

How a ‘Pro-Climate’ Charity Channelled Cash to a Koch-Funded Think Tank

A UK charity that portrays itself as a climate leader facilitated a £830,000 donation to the Mercatus Center, a conservative think tank heavily funded by U.S. oil billionaire Charles Koch, DeSmog can reveal. The London-based Founders Pledge channels donations from entrepreneurs to charities – empowering business leaders “to do immense good”, according to its website. […]

Danielle Smith Met with Heritage Foundation After U.S. Election

This story is being published in collaboration with The Tyee, an award-winning independent media outlet based in BC.  Danielle Smith and her team met with members of the right-wing think tank the Heritage Foundation not long after the 2024 U.S. election, the Alberta premier said at a conference last month. Smith was speaking at the recent […]

OpenAI’s New Energy Chief Is a Trump Administration Natural Gas Evangelist

As artificial intelligence company OpenAI plans its rapid construction of behemoth power-guzzling data centers to fuel the AI boom, it has hired a new energy chief – an official from the first Trump administration who is a dedicated champion of natural gas. John McCarrick, the company’s new head of Global Energy Policy, was a senior energy […]