Inside the Battle Over Indigenous-Owned LNG Project Ksi Lisims

Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs are using every tool at their disposal to fight a $6 billion fracked gas pipeline known as the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission line (PRGT) that would cross territory their people have lived on for thousands of years.  The organization, which is composed of Gitanyow leaders who’ve inherited their title and position from […]

Who’s Funding This ‘Newspaper’ Mailed to Potential Jurors in Greenpeace’s Trial?

In early September, fossil fuel executive and Donald Trump megadonor Kelcy Warren quietly made a large donation to a political action committee few people have ever heard of. Warren is CEO of Energy Transfer, the company behind the infamous Dakota Access Pipeline, which in 2016 faced thousands of protesters including members of  the Standing Rock […]

Tufton Street Climate Denial Group Loses Multiple Board Members

A climate denial think tank with ties to the Conservative Party has seen a series of high profile departures, including influential Tory peer Lord Frost, DeSmog can report.  The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), the UK’s main climate denial group, has lost three board members in the second half of 2024, according to GWPF filings […]

6 Fracking Billionaires and Climate Denial Groups Behind Trump’s Cabinet

Since winning the U.S. election, president-elect Donald Trump has been filling his cabinet with conservative ideologues that could set back progress on fighting climate change and shifting to cleaner forms of energy for years – if not decades.  Many of Trump’s picks aren’t necessarily household names, but they’re backed by major players in the world […]

Russian Gas Giant Given Access to Global LNG Summit Alongside German Government

BERLIN – At a five-star hotel next to the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, the world’s largest liquified natural gas (LNG) companies met this week for the 24th edition of the World LNG Summit and Awards.  As the participants heralded their position at the forefront of a global LNG boom, one gas giant’s presence at the […]

‘Net Zero Sceptic’ Kemi Badenoch Accepted £10,000 from Chevron Director

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch received a donation from a director of a fossil fuel giant during this year’s party leadership election, DeSmog can reveal.  The new Tory leader has vocally criticised the UK’s climate ambitions in recent months, calling herself a “net zero sceptic”. Badenoch has suggested that the goal of reaching net zero emissions […]

Kemi Badenoch’s Climate Denial Tour

Speaking to an audience in Washington DC last week, Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch declared that the conservative desire to “protect the natural world” had been “hacked, replaced by a radical green absolutism”.  “Looking after our planet became an exclusive discussion about net zero and reducing emissions, and alongside it the growth of activist government […]

Revealed: The ‘Vested Interests’ on the EU’s Agriculture Committee

This investigation was coordinated by Le Monde and the nonprofit research organisation ARIA, in partnership with Transparency International EU and seven European media: De Tijd (Belgium), L’Espresso (Italy), der Spiegel and ZDF (Germany), der Standard (Austria), El Confidential (Spain) and DeSmog. An animal feed consultant, a farming union president, and a Big Dairy stalwart are […]

Labour Donors Lobbied the New Government on Behalf of Fossil Fuel Giants

Consultancies that donated staff and resources to the Labour Party’s general election campaign have since lobbied the government on behalf of oil and gas companies, DeSmog can reveal. Seven lobbying firms that have collectively donated or gifted more than £314,000 to the party since 2022 have helped clients – including Shell, Equinor, and British Gas […]

‘A Valuable And Generous Ally’: How Exxon and Atlas Network Worked to Block Global Climate Action

In March 1999, Alejandro Chafuen, then president of an international free-market coalition called Atlas Network, wrote to an executive at ExxonMobil (XOM) to offer the American oil major a friendly note of appreciation.  “On behalf of Atlas and the institutes it supports, we would like to thank you again for the Exxon Corporation’s generous contributions,” […]