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Denmark’s ‘Pig Election’ Prompts Drinking Water Crackdown. Will Europe Follow Suit?

Incoming government is spotlighting highly polluting intensive farming practices, which damage water, land and air.
Incoming government is spotlighting highly polluting intensive farming practices, which damage water, land and air.
ByPhoebe Cooke, Clare Carlile and Rachel Sherrington
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Fossil Fuel Financing Surged to $906 Billion in 2025 as Big Banks Retreat From Climate Promises 
‘Economic Reconciliation’ Means Faster Approval Times for Fossil Fuel and Mining Projects
TikTok’s Climate Pledges Collide with Sponsorship of Climate Deniers
Industry-Linked Studies Disproportionately Advocate Meat Consumption
Climate Denier Group Pushes States to Embrace Coal Power for Data Centers

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uk/Nigel Farage to Headline Liz Truss’ CPAC GB Event
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Series: Inside MAGA’s Global Climate Agenda
Series: MAGA

The Reform leader has opted to join the pro-Trump conference as it comes to the UK.

The Reform leader has opted to join the pro-Trump conference as it comes to the UK.
NatWest Accused of Using ‘Loopholes’ to Invest £17 Million in UK Coal Supplier
ByJoey Grostern
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Campaigners say it’s “deeply concerning” that a major British bank and former COP sponsor is supporting UK coal.

Campaigners say it’s “deeply concerning” that a major British bank and former COP sponsor is supporting UK coal.
uk/Cherie Blair’s Charity Received £3.6 million from ExxonMobil
ByAdam Barnett
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The oil major has provided a significant chunk of the foundation’s income.

The oil major has provided a significant chunk of the foundation’s income.
Mark Carney Advisor Says AI Data Centres ‘Provide Markets’ For Gas
ByGeoff Dembicki and Jen St. Denis
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Boosting energy production is one of the top ‘public policy benefits to Canada’ of data centres, internal Privy Council document explains.

Boosting energy production is one of the top ‘public policy benefits to Canada’ of data centres, internal Privy Council document explains.
Series: Mark Carney’s Climate Betrayal
Series: Carney's Climate Betrayal
uk/Zia Yusuf Cosying Up to Group Behind ‘Authoritarian’ Project 2025 Agenda
BySam Bright
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Reform has been chasing even closer ties to Trump’s allies.

Reform has been chasing even closer ties to Trump’s allies.
Series: Inside MAGA’s Global Climate Agenda
Series: MAGA
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NYT, WSJ Podcasts Promote Pro-drilling Ads by Top US Oil Lobby API
ByTJ Jordan and Joey Grostern
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The New York Times has included dozens of ads pushing looser permitting rules on America’s third-most popular podcast since September, analysis finds.
The New York Times has included dozens of ads pushing looser permitting rules on America’s third-most popular podcast since September, analysis finds.
A collage of images with a neighborhood platte next to an oil pumpjack, center, oil jumpjacks drilling oil, bottom, shut-in oil well valve, overlaid on orange blocks with darker orange dots representing unreclaimed oil and gas sites. Oxy, Civitas, Chevron, and Colorado's Energy and Carbon Management Commission logos overlaid.
us/Colorado Gave $1.3 Billion Carve-out to Oil Companies While Thousands of Dirty Sites Await Cleanup
ByJoe Fassler
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The state’s reforms aimed to fix well cleanup, but a DeSmog and Guardian investigation found it will take decades to clear the backlog.
The state’s reforms aimed to fix well cleanup, but a DeSmog and Guardian investigation found it will take decades to clear the backlog.
Exclusive: Undercover Investigation Reveals Europe-Wide Motorcycle Emissions ‘Scam’
ByHajar Meddah and TJ Jordan
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In KTM dealerships across the continent, thousands of off-road bikes are stripped of legally-required features that restrict pollution.
In KTM dealerships across the continent, thousands of off-road bikes are stripped of legally-required features that restrict pollution.
Reform ‘Advisor’ Launches Climate Denial Group in Poland
ByMarta Kasztelan, Adam Barnett and Sam Bright
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Lois Perry, who helps to run Reform Friends of Israel, is one of the figures behind a new Heartland Institute branch in central Europe.
Lois Perry, who helps to run Reform Friends of Israel, is one of the figures behind a new Heartland Institute branch in central Europe.
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Denmark’s ‘Pig Election’ Prompts Drinking Water Crackdown. Will Europe Follow Suit?
Mark Carney Advisor Says AI Data Centres ‘Provide Markets’ For Gas
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uk/Zia Yusuf Cosying Up to Group Behind ‘Authoritarian’ Project 2025 Agenda
us/Watergate Redux: Another Paranoid Right-wing Break-in
uk/Cherie Blair’s Charity Received £3.6 million from ExxonMobil

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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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