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Carney Allowed Gas-powered AI Data Centres After Lobbying From Alberta Energy Company

The Alberta gas giant Capital Power lobbied the government 37 times in the lead-up to an accord suspending clean energy regulations, federal records show.
The Alberta gas giant Capital Power lobbied the government 37 times in the lead-up to an accord suspending clean energy regulations, federal records show.
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Series: Mark Carney’s Climate Betrayal
Series: Carney's Climate Betrayal

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us/Supreme Court Will Hear Exxon’s Effort to Crush Climate Lawsuits
Big Tech Accused of AI ‘Greenwashing’
Trump Accused of Trying to ‘Divide and Destabilise’ Europe Through New MAGA Fund
Q&A: Tech Billionaires’ AI Space Empire Fantasies Are ‘An Insidious Form of Climate Denial’
us/Trump’s EPA Just Used the Clean Air Act to Prop up Coal Power

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uk/Tory-Linked Climate Denial Group Seeks Funds in Trump’s America
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Series: Inside MAGA’s Global Climate Agenda
Series: MAGA

Ex-MP Steve Baker claims role in Conservative net zero backlash at New York event hosted by oil-funded American “friends”.

Ex-MP Steve Baker claims role in Conservative net zero backlash at New York event hosted by oil-funded American “friends”.
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Alberta Separatism Has Always Been About Joining Trump’s America
ByMitch Anderson
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Leaders of the Alberta separatist movement are insisting they do not want to become the U.S.’s 51st state, but their actions (and own words) say otherwise.

Leaders of the Alberta separatist movement are insisting they do not want to become the U.S.’s 51st state, but their actions (and own words) say otherwise.
uk/AI vs. Net Zero: The UK’s Next Climate Battle
ByRei Takver
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Opponents of climate action are taking advantage of the AI boom to attack the government’s clean energy goals.

Opponents of climate action are taking advantage of the AI boom to attack the government’s clean energy goals.
Series: Tech vs. Climate
Series: Tech vs Climate
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Michigan Sues Fossil Fuel Companies While Alberta Protects Them
ByMitch Anderson
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While Michigan lawmakers are taking fossil fuel companies to court for delaying the green transition, the Alberta government is hampering clean energy.

While Michigan lawmakers are taking fossil fuel companies to court for delaying the green transition, the Alberta government is hampering clean energy.
Reform Candidate Matthew Goodwin’s MAGA Network
ByAdam Barnett
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“Anti-elite” GB News presenter standing in Gorton and Denton has ties to powerful anti-climate groups allied to Donald Trump.

“Anti-elite” GB News presenter standing in Gorton and Denton has ties to powerful anti-climate groups allied to Donald Trump.
Series: Defending Democracy from Dirty Money, Inside MAGA’s Global Climate Agenda
Series: Defending-UK-Democracy, MAGA
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Carney Government Knew Carbon Capture Was ‘Very Limited,’ Docs Show
ByGeoff Dembicki
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Briefing notes obtained by DeSmog reveal the Carney government had major knowledge gaps about CCS even as it made the technology central to its climate plan.
Briefing notes obtained by DeSmog reveal the Carney government had major knowledge gaps about CCS even as it made the technology central to its climate plan.
The Oil Industry’s Latest Disaster: Trillions of Gallons of Buried Toxic Wastewater
ByJustin Nobel
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Industry and regulators knew decades ago that injecting drilling’s toxic liquid leftovers underground wasn’t safe.
Industry and regulators knew decades ago that injecting drilling’s toxic liquid leftovers underground wasn’t safe.
President Trump at a podium in front of books and flags announces the final repeal of the EPA Endangerment Finding. A C-SPAN banner at the bottom reads 'Trump and EPA Administrator announce rollback of federal climate and emissions regulations.'
us/Trump EPA Abandons Climate Working Group Report in Endangerment Finding Repeal
BySharon Kelly
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Emails from the hand-picked, secretive group of climate crisis deniers revealed flaws in their methods and “animus” toward leading scientists.
Emails from the hand-picked, secretive group of climate crisis deniers revealed flaws in their methods and “animus” toward leading scientists.
uk/BBC Under Fire for Airing MAGA Climate Denial
BySam Bright
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A former Trump official was allowed to peddle climate myths on the Today programme.
A former Trump official was allowed to peddle climate myths on the Today programme.
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Carney Allowed Gas-powered AI Data Centres After Lobbying From Alberta Energy Company
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us/Supreme Court Will Hear Exxon’s Effort to Crush Climate Lawsuits
Carney Government Knew Carbon Capture Was ‘Very Limited,’ Docs Show
The Oil Industry’s Latest Disaster: Trillions of Gallons of Buried Toxic Wastewater
uk/Who Funds Reform? Nigel Farage’s Party Received 92 Percent of its Donations from Fossil Fuel Interests, Polluters, and Climate Deniers

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Tech vs. Climate

Dueling American and Chinese missiles with binary code on them duel over an image of a smoggy gas plant
No, the U.S. Doesn’t Need Fossil Fuels to Win ‘an AI Arms Race’ Against China
AI ‘Slop’ Websites Are Publishing Climate Science Denial
MSN hosted AI-generated content that cited non-existent climate experts and institutions.
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg 
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
Left, academic and climate crisis denier Bjorn Lomborg in black speaks onstage at the ARC Forum. Right, a close-up of billionaire Bill Gates, smiling, looks left and holds his hands in fists.
Labour’s Big Tech Love Affair Could Blow Up Its Climate Promises
The government has signed vast deals with gas-loving, Trump-donating AI giants.

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