Q & A: Kritee (Kanko) on Navigating the Emotional Toll of the Assault on Climate Action

This interview extract was published in partnership with Unthinkable and Resonant World. To watch a video of the whole conversation, please click here. Outrage, grief, and dread: The Trump administration’s war on climate policy has left many people who care about preserving a liveable planet reeling. Kritee is a climate scientist, Zen Buddhist priest, and […]

Kemi Badenoch Made Anti-Net Zero Speech at Shell Ad Agency

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch today ditched her party’s commitment to the UK’s flagship climate target in a speech hosted by an advertising group that works for Shell, DeSmog can reveal. During her address, Badenoch suggested that we are “bankrupting ourselves” in the pursuit of reaching net zero emissions by 2050. She said that the country […]

Supermarkets Accused of Major Methane ‘Blindspot’

Leading supermarkets are failing to address the methane pollution in their supply chains, a new report has found, putting their own climate pledges at risk. The study from environmental non-profits Changing Markets Foundation and Mighty Earth analysed the climate plans of the U.S and Europe’s top-grossing supermarkets, including the UK’s Tesco and Sainsbury’s, U.S. retail […]

Atlas-Affiliated Think Tank Wants Canada to Pump Breaks on EVs

Arguing that electric vehicles (EVs) are too expensive and will lower Canadians’ quality of life, the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI) — an anti-regulation lobby group associated with Atlas Network — wants the Canadian government to repeal its EV mandate. In December 2023, Canada’s federal government announced that all new cars, SUVs, crossovers, and light trucks […]

Heritage Foundation and Allies Discuss Dismantling the EU

The group that drafted a key blueprint for Donald Trump’s second term convened a meeting in Washington D.C. this week to consider proposals for bulldozing the European Union (EU). The Polish investigative outlet VSquare revealed that the Heritage Foundation gathered hardline conservative groups on 11 March to hear how they would overhaul the current structures […]

Trump Plan to Use EPA to Promote AI Could Harm the Climate and Drive Up Electric Bills

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief Lee Zeldin announced this week that the Trump administration will “reconsider” federal rules that pushed power companies to start planning to reduce their climate-altering pollution over the next couple of decades. “[W]hen coal plants are open, viable and thriving,” the EPA wrote in a fact sheet accompanying the announcement, “we […]

Heartland Institute UK Chief: Group Is Influencing Trump Policy ‘at the Highest Level’

The Heartland Institute is “extremely influential” in Donald Trump’s policy circles, according to the head of the climate science denial group’s UK-EU branch. Speaking on the Peter McCormack Show on 26 February, Lois Perry claimed that the institute boasts “very strong affiliations” with “certain big individuals” in Trump’s team.  “Heartland has been extremely influential in […]

I Spent 3 Days at Jordan Peterson’s Anti-Climate ARC Conference. Here’s What I Saw.

It’s easy to dismiss Jordan Peterson, the Canadian bad boy ex-academic, as a sideshow. But when he’s standing six feet away, scowling before an audience of thousands of powerful conservatives from around the world, it clicks: Peterson’s influence has gotten too big to ignore, and his message is a danger to all of us. “It’s […]

Stop Greenwashing Skiing: Norway Must Drop Equinor Sponsorship and Lead on Climate

As the world is gathered in Trondheim for the 2025 World Ski Championships, Norway stands at a crossroads. This event is more than a celebration of sport — it is a global stage where the country can either reinforce its role as Europe’s biggest fossil fuel producer or rise to the occasion and lead a […]

Orbán-Backed Think Tank Breached Lobbying Rules, Claims EU Watchdog

A Hungarian think tank closely linked to autocratic leader Viktor Orbán has been accused of breaking EU lobbying guidelines by failing to declare its funding, DeSmog can report.  MCC Brussels has failed to disclose financial figures and funding sources despite lobbying within the EU since 2022, the advocacy organisation Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) states in […]