Industry Group with Conservative Ties Is Calling for Pipeline ‘Emergency’
Build Canada, a new public policy think tank seeking to solve Canada’s economic problems, has ties to the Conservative Party of Canada, and appears to be shaping their energy policy too. Created by major figures in Canada’s tech sector in February 2025, Build Canada bills itself as a non-partisan “platform of bold ideas for growth, innovation, […]
BBC Blocks Evan Davis from Hosting Clean Heating Podcast
The BBC has stopped Evan Davis, one of its senior presenters, from hosting a personal podcast informing the public about heat pumps, a flagship clean heating solution. Speaking on the final episode of the show, launched in January, Davis said that the BBC had become “concerned” that the podcast was “somehow treading on areas of […]
AI Energy Demand Can Keep Fossil Fuels Alive, Tech Backers Promise World’s Two Biggest Oil Producers
Just before the November 2024 election, the International Energy Agency (IEA) released its flagship annual report on global energy markets – and the agency’s forecast suggested a new era was dawning. Over 150 years of growth in demand for fossil fuels has nearly reached its end, the IEA’s forecasts showed for a second year in a […]
Climate Crisis Deniers Explain Why They Like US Energy Secretary Chris Wright
In mid-February, United States Energy Secretary Chris Wright described the global effort to stabilize greenhouse gas emissions in dark and conspiratorial terms. “Net zero 2050 is a sinister goal,” he told the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC), an international gathering of conservatives convened by Canadian podcaster, author, and anti-climate powerbroker Jordan Peterson. “It’s certainly been […]
No, Canada’s So-called ‘No Pipelines Bill’ Didn’t Block These 16 Energy Projects
U.S. President Donald Trump famously bragged on the campaign trail that he would end inflation and the war in Ukraine “on day one.” Simplistic claims sometimes sell, as seen by the fact that Kamala Harris is not occupying the Oval Office. Yet after less than four months of the chaotic Trump presidency, many American voters may wish they could build […]
How 77 Tons of Radioactive Waste Ended Up in Brooklyn
New York City’s second largest utility is being sued in federal court for the alleged inappropriate handling of at least 77 tons of radioactive waste at a 120-acre site located in Brooklyn, the city’s most populous borough. The radioactive waste, as well as other hazardous coal waste, is a leftover of a bygone era, more […]
Climate Disinformation ‘Normalised’ on French TV and Radio, Report Finds
Climate disinformation was routinely broadcast in news programmes across French TV and radio in the first three months of 2025, with 128 verified cases identified by an alliance of NGOs. Using AI to identify misleading narratives, which were then reviewed by fact-checkers, the alliance assessed programmes classed as “news” by the French broadcast regulator ARCOM […]
From Farms to Data Centers: The Natural Gas Industry’s Newest Sales Pitch Comes to Virginia’s Pittsylvania County
UPDATE (April 15, 2025 1:11PM PDT): Since this story was published, Balico has requested the withdrawal of its application to rezone about 760 acres of land to allow it to build a natural gas power plant and data centers. The company’s request to withdraw its rezoning request will be on the agenda for Tuesday night’s […]
Group Behind ‘Autocratic’ Trump Agenda Working on Albanian Election
The Heritage Foundation, the U.S. group that produced a key blueprint for Donald Trump’s second term, is trying to shape the upcoming Albanian election, DeSmog can report. The opposition candidate Sali Berisha of the Democratic Party has openly boasted of the group’s involvement in his campaign, posting pictures online of his meetings with Heritage Foundation […]
New Reform Think Tank ‘Resolute 1850’ Run by Mining Magnates
A new research group set up to support Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is run by investors with business interests in the energy and metals industries, DeSmog can reveal Resolute 1850 (now called the Centre for a Better Britain) is reportedly being launched in the Spring to “support Reform with policy development, briefing and rebuttal”, according […]