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Exclusive: Undercover Investigation Reveals Europe-Wide Motorcycle Emissions ‘Scam’

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.
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The Pathways Alliance Carbon Capture Project Was Always a Boondoggle 
'Be a PleniDude’: How an Italian Oil Giant Conquered TikTok
Q & A: The Climate Crisis as a Crisis of Modern Men
Oil Pipelines Align With Jesus, Danielle Smith Tells Christian Leaders
uk/How Will Reform Rule Affect Local Climate Policy?

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‘Economic Reconciliation’ Means Faster Approval Times for Fossil Fuel and Mining Projects
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DeSmog obtained audio from a summit where industry talked candidly about how Indigenous partnerships ‘de-risk’ projects.

DeSmog obtained audio from a summit where industry talked candidly about how Indigenous partnerships ‘de-risk’ projects.
Event | Off the Record: How to Talk to Journalists, Lawyers, and Activist Organizations
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Join a May 19 discussion on how advertising and PR professionals can help journalists hold the industry to account, featuring DeSmog investigative reporters.

Join a May 19 discussion on how advertising and PR professionals can help journalists hold the industry to account, featuring DeSmog investigative reporters.
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uk/The Elections that Turned Climate into a Defining Political Fault Line
ByRupert Read
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Reform and Green victories set the stage for big climate battles in the years ahead.

Reform and Green victories set the stage for big climate battles in the years ahead.
Analysis
In Louisiana, Data Center Hype Faces AI Regulation and Community Resistance
ByNed Randolph
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With Meta's new Manhattan-sized project slated for the state, lawmakers are pushing new restrictions on artificial intelligence even as the Trump administration threatens to withhold broadband funding in response.

With Meta's new Manhattan-sized project slated for the state, lawmakers are pushing new restrictions on artificial intelligence even as the Trump administration threatens to withhold broadband funding in response.
Gulf Royal Family Banks Over €70 Million in EU Farming Funds
ByClare Carlile, Pol Pareja and Alina Mihai
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Campaigners say the CAP system favours large landowners and is “fuelling autocratic regimes”.

Campaigners say the CAP system favours large landowners and is “fuelling autocratic regimes”.
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TikTok’s Climate Pledges Collide with Sponsorship of Climate Deniers
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By backing a right-wing Canadian conference featuring anti-climate speakers, experts warn TikTok has “abandoned” its commitments to combat climate misinformation
By backing a right-wing Canadian conference featuring anti-climate speakers, experts warn TikTok has “abandoned” its commitments to combat climate misinformation
Industry-Linked Studies Disproportionately Advocate Meat Consumption
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Campaigners say corporate-friendly science has “corrosive effects on public health debates”.
Campaigners say corporate-friendly science has “corrosive effects on public health debates”.
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.
Climate Denier Group Pushes States to Embrace Coal Power for Data Centers
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The Heartland Institute used the American Legislative Exchange Council’s 2025 annual meeting to spread climate disinformation and tout coal to power AI.
The Heartland Institute used the American Legislative Exchange Council’s 2025 annual meeting to spread climate disinformation and tout coal to power AI.
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Exclusive: Undercover Investigation Reveals Europe-Wide Motorcycle Emissions ‘Scam’
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TikTok’s Climate Pledges Collide with Sponsorship of Climate Deniers
us/Hillary Clinton Showed Support, Associates Profited from Ex-Im Bank Financing World’s Largest Coal Plants in South Africa
uk/Revealed: Reform’s £24 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests
Climate Denier Group Pushes States to Embrace Coal Power for Data Centers

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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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