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Mapped: Pro-Trump Heartland Institute’s European Network

The U.S. climate science denial group is attempting to forge a global anti-green alliance.
The U.S. climate science denial group is attempting to forge a global anti-green alliance.
ByAdam Barnett
on Dec 10, 2025 @ 03:09 PST
Series: Inside MAGA’s Global Climate Agenda
Series: MAGA

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uk/Labour Group Slams Lord Glasman Over Climate Denial Lecture
Lessons for Climate Advocates From the Bill Gates ‘Climate Hack’
MEPs Call for Urgent Review of €1.5 Billion EU Food Scheme Pushing 'Misleading' Claims
As Mark Carney Fast-tracks Canadian LNG Projects, First Nations Face Hidden Financial Traps
us/Battle Over Tariff Power Pits Trump Against Koch Network

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Mark Carney Took Speech Ideas From Billionaire-Founded ‘Build Canada’
By Taylor Noakes
onDec 8, 2025 @ 04:00 PST
Series: Mark Carney’s Climate Betrayal
Series: Carney's Climate Betrayal

The pro-AI and fossil fuel group tells DeSmog that it’s great to see its ideas “get taken up by government.”

The pro-AI and fossil fuel group tells DeSmog that it’s great to see its ideas “get taken up by government.”
uk/The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
BySam Bright
onDec 10, 2025 @ 20:00 PST

“Groundbreaking investigation” reveals how the IEA has campaigned against climate action after taking cash from fossil fuel firms.

“Groundbreaking investigation” reveals how the IEA has campaigned against climate action after taking cash from fossil fuel firms.
Series: Defending Democracy from Dirty Money
Series: Defending-UK-Democracy
Toby Young to Address Orbán-Backed Group on UK ‘Censorship’
BySam Bright
onNov 24, 2025 @ 07:38 PST

Campaigners have highlighted the irony of the Tory peer warning about threats to free speech at a think tank bankrolled by a repressive regime.

Campaigners have highlighted the irony of the Tory peer warning about threats to free speech at a think tank bankrolled by a repressive regime.
Analysis
Pesticide Industry 'Hijacked' Climate Stage at COP30, Campaigners Say
ByClare Carlile
onNov 21, 2025 @ 16:13 PST

Corporate pledges to fight deforestation by turning degraded pasture into cropland seen boosting demand for harmful chemical inputs.

Corporate pledges to fight deforestation by turning degraded pasture into cropland seen boosting demand for harmful chemical inputs.
Series: 2025 COP30 Climate Summit, Shining a Light on Big Ag’s Climate Push, Investigating the Pesticide Lobby
Series: COP30 Coverage, Big Ag's Climate Push, Investigating the Pesticide Lobby
Exclusive: COP30 PR Agency Edelman Lobbied Presidency to Favour Fossil Fuel Client
ByTJ Jordan, Naira Hofmeister and Maria Clara Parente
onNov 21, 2025 @ 05:00 PST

As the New York-based firm was preparing to work on the climate summit, it was also pushing for Brazilian oil and gas distributor Vibra Energia to help power it.

As the New York-based firm was preparing to work on the climate summit, it was also pushing for Brazilian oil and gas distributor Vibra Energia to help power it.
Series: 2025 COP30 Climate Summit, Holding the Advertising and Public Relations Industry Accountable for Greenwash and Climate Misinformation
Series: COP30 Coverage, Advertising & PR Industry
A line of giant white fuel silos, one behind the other receding to the right. The Vibra logo painted in green is visible on the front silo.
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Exclusive: Shell Subsidiary Paid Queensland Museum More Than $10m to Shape Children’s Climate Education
ByEllen Ormesher
on Dec 7, 2025 @ 06:01 PST
The educational materials distort how fossil fuel pollution has caused the climate emergency, new report finds.
The educational materials distort how fossil fuel pollution has caused the climate emergency, new report finds.
Exxon’s Next Supreme Court Play
ByEmily Sanders
on Dec 7, 2025 @ 10:04 PST
Oil companies are once again asking the high court to intervene in climate deception lawsuits across the U.S. — part of an all-hands-on-deck effort by Big Oil and the Trump administration to shut the cases down.
Oil companies are once again asking the high court to intervene in climate deception lawsuits across the U.S. — part of an all-hands-on-deck effort by Big Oil and the Trump administration to shut the cases down.
‘Divide and Conquer’: Inside the Oil and Gas Strategy to Thwart EU Green Laws
ByClare Carlile and Joey Grostern
on Dec 4, 2025 @ 11:48 PST
U.S. fossil fuel majors led efforts to ensure corporations would not have to introduce climate action plans.
U.S. fossil fuel majors led efforts to ensure corporations would not have to introduce climate action plans.
Analysis
‘Utterly Abusive’: First Nations United Against Mark Carney’s Alberta Pipeline Plans
ByMitch Anderson
on Dec 2, 2025 @ 07:48 PST
By tying the project’s fate to Indigenous “equity,” Carney saddles groups with the blame, and potentially the bill, if they move to stop a pipeline they oppose.
By tying the project’s fate to Indigenous “equity,” Carney saddles groups with the blame, and potentially the bill, if they move to stop a pipeline they oppose.
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uk/The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
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Mark Carney Took Speech Ideas From Billionaire-Founded ‘Build Canada’
us/Revealed: Now There’s Proof That the Fossil Fuel Industry Uses Cultural Sponsorships to Block Climate Action
uk/Fracking Month of Action Unites Local and National Campaigners in Lancashire
us/Wall St. Journal Shows Why It Is Under Attack For Climate Science Denial By Publishing Another Dodgy Column

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2025 COP30 Climate Summit

In Brazil, Agribusiness Giants Hire Celebrity Influencers to Win Hearts and Minds
‘A Pretty Ugly History’: How Exxon Exported Climate Denial to the Global South
With Brazil about to host COP30, DeSmog has obtained copies of checks Exxon mailed to the right-wing Atlas Network in the 1990s to turn Latin America against climate treaties.
Mapped: Big Food’s Routes to Influence at COP30
A summit billed as the last chance to revive global climate action faces unprecedented pressure from the food sector’s largest emitters.
Revealed: Soap Opera-inspired Clean Energy Ads Helped Shell Boost Petrol Sales in Brazil
British-owned ad agency VML used "halo effect" of clean energy to build brand awareness that increased fuel sales, documents show.
A video still of a Shell ad in Brazil. A man and a woman at a Shell station charging point are about to attach the electric vehicle charging cable to their car. An English subtitle at the bottom of the screen, Look how practical it is. You just plug it in. Pretty soon, it'll come with the electricity bill.

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Background The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) describes itself as an “alliance led by Africans with roots in farming communities across the continent.” “Our Story”, AGRA. Arch...
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