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French PR Executive Behind Facebook Network Spreading Heat Pump Hate

A string of inauthentic accounts compare clean heating technology to a “lawn mower that never stops” and depict installers as “environmental fraudsters” and “swindlers”.
A string of inauthentic accounts compare clean heating technology to a “lawn mower that never stops” and depict installers as “environmental fraudsters” and “swindlers”.
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Series: Holding the Advertising and Public Relations Industry Accountable for Greenwash and Climate Misinformation
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us/Data Centers Are Poised to Engulf a Pennsylvania Town
uk/Nigel Farage Attacks X as ‘Dangerous’ Despite His MPs Pocketing £55,000 From Elon Musk’s Platform
Canadian Media Platforms Atlas Network Groups Pushing Fossil Fuels in Response to Iran War
us/How Data Center Developers Staked Their Claim in Rural Georgia
Meet the Combustible Cartoon Character Who Wants to Make Kids Feel Sorry for Fossil Fuels

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An oil well blowout shooting a mixture of oil, water, and gas over 100 feet in the air west of Toyah, Texas on October 4, 2024.
us/Event | The Trillion-Gallon Time Bomb: Inside the Oil Industry’s Wastewater Crisis
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Join us for an April 28 discussion on how failures to properly regulate oilfield wastewater disposal now threaten public health and the environment.

Join us for an April 28 discussion on how failures to properly regulate oilfield wastewater disposal now threaten public health and the environment.
uk/Nigel Farage Has Personally Accepted £675,000 from Foreign Sources
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A-third of the Reform leader’s income has come from overseas interests since he became an MP.

A-third of the Reform leader’s income has come from overseas interests since he became an MP.
Series: Defending Democracy from Dirty Money
Series: Defending-UK-Democracy
uk/Orbán Allies Awarded £57 Million from Hungary State Oil Giant Days Before Election
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For Reform-linked Mathias Corvinus Collegium, election week saw a dividends bonanza.

For Reform-linked Mathias Corvinus Collegium, election week saw a dividends bonanza.
uk/Reform’s Matthew Goodwin Challenged on Orbán Funding Ties at Budapest Event
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The GB News presenter didn’t deny still receiving income from a Hungarian think tank.

The GB News presenter didn’t deny still receiving income from a Hungarian think tank.
Series: Defending Democracy from Dirty Money
Series: Defending-UK-Democracy
Revealed: The MAGA Plan to ‘Take Out’ Progressive Leaders Worldwide
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Trump-aligned CPAC is backing far-right electoral candidates across Latin America and Europe — including Hungarian strongman Viktor Orbán.

Trump-aligned CPAC is backing far-right electoral candidates across Latin America and Europe — including Hungarian strongman Viktor Orbán.
Series: Inside MAGA’s Global Climate Agenda
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uk/Sri Lankan ‘Grifters’ Pumping Out AI ‘Energy Policy Rage Bait’ on UK Facebook Feeds
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Experts say mass-produced AI misinformation is the “new Cambridge Analytica scandal”.
Experts say mass-produced AI misinformation is the “new Cambridge Analytica scandal”.
‘Get Rid of MAHA’: Trump Alliance Cracks as Climate Denialists Turn on RFK Jr.’s Movement
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At the Heartland Institute’s annual climate conference, fossil fuel allies warn MAHA’s push on regulating chemicals and plastics could threaten the oil industry — exposing a growing rift inside Trump’s base.
At the Heartland Institute’s annual climate conference, fossil fuel allies warn MAHA’s push on regulating chemicals and plastics could threaten the oil industry — exposing a growing rift inside Trump’s base.
uk/Who Funds Nigel Farage? Mapping His Millions
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Live tracker of the Reform leader’s personal income.
Live tracker of the Reform leader’s personal income.
Canadian Media Platforms Atlas Network Groups Pushing Fossil Fuels in Response to Iran War
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The think tank representatives are making variations of a similar argument: Trump’s illegal military incursions serve as an opportunity for Canada to expand oil and gas infrastructure.
The think tank representatives are making variations of a similar argument: Trump’s illegal military incursions serve as an opportunity for Canada to expand oil and gas infrastructure.
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French PR Executive Behind Facebook Network Spreading Heat Pump Hate
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Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg 
us/Event | The Trillion-Gallon Time Bomb: Inside the Oil Industry’s Wastewater Crisis
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Tech vs. Climate

Data Centers Are Poised to Engulf a Pennsylvania Town
Q&A: Tech Billionaires’ AI Space Empire Fantasies Are ‘An Insidious Form of Climate Denial’
Science journalist Adam Becker speaks with DeSmog about how Silicon Valley tech billionaires have invented new forms of greenwashing and climate denial in their quest for ever-more fantastic technology.
AI vs. Net Zero: The UK’s Next Climate Battle
Opponents of climate action are taking advantage of the AI boom to attack the government’s clean energy goals.
The Koch Network Is Pushing Trump to Accelerate AI, Documents Show
Right-wing political group Americans for Prosperity, backed by oil and gas billionaire Charles Koch, sees data centers as part of a larger pro-fossil fuel agenda.

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Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC)
Background The Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) is a think tank based in Budapest. It is Hungary’s largest private educational institution. It is closely affiliated with Viktor Orbán’s governme...
James Orr
Credentials  BA Classics, University of Oxford.“Dr James Orr,” Cambridge University Faculty of Divinity, accessed 08.01.2025. Archived December 4, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/vH...
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