LEAKED: Oil Execs and Trump Allies Attend Jordan Peterson’s ARC Conference
Executives from some of the world’s biggest oil and gas firms are listed as attendees at a conservative conference in London whose keynote speakers include the leader of the Heritage Foundation – the group that published the Project 2025 blueprint for a second Trump term. Representatives of BP, Koch Industries, Valero Energy, Energy Transfer and […]
EU Defends Hiring Trump-Linked Oil Trade Group
The European Union has backed its decision to hire a Republican-linked PR firm with a string of fossil fuel clients. Washington-based consultancy DCI Group was employed by the EU’s delegation to the U.S. days before President Donald Trump’s election on November 5, with a brief to advise on “communications and public engagement strategy [with] an […]
Nigel Farage Spreads Far-Right Conspiracy Theory at Farming Protest
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage endorsed a conspiracy theory popular among the far-right during a speech at a farmers’ protest on Monday (10 February), DeSmog can reveal. Thousands of farmers descended on London to oppose plans to reduce the threshold for paying inheritance tax on land to £1 million, which critics say could force some […]
Alberta’s Energy Regulator Is ‘Fully Captured’ by Industry, Study Finds
The Alberta Energy Regulator says that there is a “perfect” spill recovery in 75 percent of the cases they review, but a researcher says that claim is not backed up by evidence. “It’s a fully captured regulator,” said Kevin Timoney, an ecologist who works as the principal investigator for Treeline Ecological Research. The report he […]
Trump Dissed Poilievre, Revealing Key Weakness for Conservatives
Canadians breathed a sigh of relief after Donald Trump paused his threat of devastating tariffs for 30 days. That stalemate will hopefully hold for a few more weeks, even as Trump announced new tariffs on aluminum and steel Monday. In the meantime, Pierre Poilievre might not be breathing easy. The crisis has revealed a crucial […]
Ad Firms Make Oil Companies Look Green. Here’s Six Ways They Greenwash Themselves.
Imagine spending countless hours producing a catchy ad campaign that’s now blanketing the internet. Views are bubbling up like champagne fizz. The creative team is high-fiving each other down the hallway — But that’s where the celebration stops. At all-staff meetings, your work isn’t shared with the rest of the company. Your revenue is missing […]
Ad Giant WPP Has Broken International Guidelines on Climate and Human Rights, Charge Campaigners
Climate campaigners have filed a complaint against WPP, the London-based advertising giant, with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), stating that it has violated key corporate guidelines on climate and human rights. Adfree Cities and the New Weather Institute filed the complaint today with the UK branch of the OECD. They charge that […]
Canada OKs ‘Massive’ $20 Billion Loan for Trans-Mountain Pipeline
The Canadian government quietly approved a staggering $20 billion loan to support the Trans-Mountain Expansion (TMX) pipeline. According to Canadian environmental advocacy organization Environmental Defence, this raises the Canadian government’s total financial commitment to the pipeline to $50 billion, drawing sharp criticism from environmentalists and economists. “At a time when Canada should be accelerating its […]
Pierre Poilievre Keen on Canadian LNG Despite Economic and Environmental Risk
Despite the considerable environmental risk and a potentially oversaturated market over the next two years, Pierre Poilievre, the man who may be Canada’s next prime minister, wants to go all in on liquified natural gas (LNG). Poilievre, the leader of Canada’s opposition Conservative Party, discussed his outlook on LNG in December on noted climate-change denier […]
Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage to Speak at ‘Glastonbury for Climate Deniers’
Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage have been announced as speakers at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) conference later this month alongside close allies of President Donald Trump and his anti-climate agenda, DeSmog can reveal. ARC is a network of influential right-wing figures from across the world, and the group claims that its conference in […]