Andrew Coyne Helped Run Charity That Gave $6.4M to Climate Crisis Denial Groups
One of Canada’s top political journalists and pundits served on the board of a foundation that gave $6.4 million to national groups denying climate change is a crisis, according to federal tax data reviewed by DeSmog. Records from the Canada Revenue Agency show that Andrew Coyne, currently a columnist at Canada’s national newspaper of record, […]
Ofcom Refuses to Investigate GB News Over Climate Conspiracy Theories
The broadcasting regulator Ofcom will not be opening an investigation into GB News after one of its guests spread misinformation about climate action, DeSmog can reveal. Appearing on the Neil Oliver Show on 14 April, journalist Jasmine Birtles made a series of outlandish claims about climate action leading to mass deaths. She claimed a “depopulation […]
Canada’s Bitumen Boosters Want Us to Forget About Norway
Why can’t Alberta have nice things, like the $2.23 trillion Norwegian sovereign wealth fund? Alberta bills itself as an energy superpower and produces about 70 percent more petroleum in total than Norway, which has roughly the same population and enjoys some of the most generous public services in the world. So why is Alberta billions […]
Canceled Canadian CCS Project Deemed ‘Not Economically Feasible’
Capital Power Generation canceled a $2.4 billion carbon capture and storage project at their Genesee Generating Station, claiming it is “technically viable but not economically feasible.”
Landmark Study Reveals Gas Stove Emissions Boost Childhood Asthma Rates, Adult Deaths
A new Harvard-Stanford study shows gas stove emissions boost childhood asthma rates and could cause thousands of adult deaths. The study arrives at the same time as the launch of a new social media campaign to educate consumers on the dangers of gas stove cooking.
BP Was Warned Gas-Driven Climate Change Could Cause ‘Unprecedented Famine’
BP was warned by Princeton University researchers in 2016 that climate change accelerated in part by new global supplies of shale gas could lead to catastrophic events such as “mass extinctions and unprecedented famine.” Yet despite acknowledging internally the concern that “gas doesn’t support climate goals,” the UK-headquartered oil and gas major embarked on a […]
Pro-Trump Platform Promotes Climate Science Denial Ads to Millions Across Europe
The pro-Trump Epoch Times has run hundreds of anti-climate social media adverts in Europe since the beginning of 2024 that have been seen millions of times, DeSmog can reveal. Epoch Times accounts in Europe have run 425 adverts on Facebook, Instagram, and X (formerly Twitter) that have attacked or undermined climate science, green energy, or […]
Orbán-backed Think Tank Courts Farmers Linked to Far Right Ahead of EU Poll
An oil-funded think tank backed by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán is involved in organising widespread farmer protests in the run-up to the EU elections, DeSmog can reveal. Hardline farming groups pledged to “sweep away” EU decision-makers at a “lunch and discussion” event, which was hosted by MCC Brussels on April 9. The think tank […]
DeSmog Launches Investigation Into Food and Farming Misinformation Ahead of EU Elections
A large blue billboard stands outside a park in the town of Conegliano in northern Italy. On the left, a man pops a vast cricket into his mouth. On the right, are the words, “Let’s Change Europe before it changes us” – and the dates of the upcoming elections. The poster – an advert for […]
How Fracking Is Making Some U.S. Communities More Radioactive Than Chernobyl
A Q&A with DeSmog reporter Justin Noble about his revelatory new book, Petroleum-238, that takes on the fracking industry for exposing workers to radioactive contamination.