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‘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.
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.
ByGeoff Dembicki
on Nov 3, 2025 @ 02:00 PST
Series: 2025 COP30 Climate Summit
Series: COP30 Coverage

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Look Out for These 8 Big Ag Greenwashing Terms at COP30
Alberta Separatist Pushes for Removal of Indigenous Rights at ‘Unity’ Conference
Major American LNG Exporters Habitually Break Air Pollution Laws, Report Finds
Combined Emissions of World's Top Five Meat Companies Eclipse Those of Some Oil Majors
uk/Why We Need to Talk About Adaptation

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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.
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg 
By Rei Takver
onNov 5, 2025 @ 14:05 PST
Series: Tech vs. Climate
Series: Tech vs Climate

Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.

Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
uk/Intensive Livestock Farms Fail to Declare Climate Impacts in ‘Emissions Scandal’
ByClare Carlile
onNov 5, 2025 @ 03:33 PST

Councils are giving green light to large-scale pig and poultry farms with patchy or non-existent climate data.

Councils are giving green light to large-scale pig and poultry farms with patchy or non-existent climate data.
uk/The Labour MP Rubbing Shoulders With the Far-Right
ByJoey Grostern and Sam Bright
onOct 30, 2025 @ 09:07 PDT

Labour under fire for failing to discipline Graham Stringer.

Labour under fire for failing to discipline Graham Stringer.
Analysis
What Is Alberta’s Oil Wealth Paying for? Not Better Education
ByMitch Anderson
onOct 29, 2025 @ 10:43 PDT

Production is up. Jobs are down. And the province is dead last on per-student funding. That’s not what prosperity is supposed to look like.

Production is up. Jobs are down. And the province is dead last on per-student funding. That’s not what prosperity is supposed to look like.
Protest sign reads "Children's Safety > Oil"
Landmark New Report Shows Canadian Lobbyists Represent Major Polluters Alongside Environmental Groups
ByTaylor Noakes
onOct 27, 2025 @ 07:00 PDT

In a major conflict of interest, F Minus study shows nation’s climate action taking a back seat to Big Oil’s lobbying playbook.

In a major conflict of interest, F Minus study shows nation’s climate action taking a back seat to Big Oil’s lobbying playbook.
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uk/Labour’s Big Tech Love Affair Could Blow Up Its Climate Promises
ByRei Takver
on Nov 4, 2025 @ 04:09 PST
The government has signed vast deals with gas-loving, Trump-donating AI giants.
The government has signed vast deals with gas-loving, Trump-donating AI giants.
uk/Revealed: Prince William’s Climate Prize Hired PR Firm Tied to Brazilian Fossil Fuel Industry
ByTJ Jordan
on Nov 3, 2025 @ 12:59 PST
The agency — LLYC Brasil — promoted the upcoming Earthshot Prize ceremony in Rio de Janeiro while under contract to oil giant Petrobras.
The agency — LLYC Brasil — promoted the upcoming Earthshot Prize ceremony in Rio de Janeiro while under contract to oil giant Petrobras.
‘Deluge’ of Disinformation on TikTok and YouTube Following Historic Flood
ByJoey Grostern
on Nov 5, 2025 @ 04:08 PST
Falsehoods about the flooding in Valencia last year were seen by millions on social media, new research finds.
Falsehoods about the flooding in Valencia last year were seen by millions on social media, new research finds.
Analysis
uk/Timeline: How the Tories Copied Reform’s Anti-Climate Policies
ByAdam Barnett
on Oct 29, 2025 @ 03:36 PDT
Nigel Farage’s climate denial agenda has been pilfered by Kemi Badenoch’s party.
Nigel Farage’s climate denial agenda has been pilfered by Kemi Badenoch’s party.
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Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg 
‘Deluge’ of Disinformation on TikTok and YouTube Following Historic Flood
uk/Intensive Livestock Farms Fail to Declare Climate Impacts in ‘Emissions Scandal’
uk/Labour’s Big Tech Love Affair Could Blow Up Its Climate Promises
uk/Revealed: Prince William’s Climate Prize Hired PR Firm Tied to Brazilian Fossil Fuel Industry
Look Out for These 8 Big Ag Greenwashing Terms at COP30

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Inside MAGA’s Global Climate Agenda

How MAGA Lobbying is Undermining EU Climate Rules
MAPPED: 70 Percent of Trump’s Cabinet Tied to Project 2025 Groups
More than 50 high-level Trump administration officials have links to groups behind the Heritage Foundation-backed plan, a DeSmog analysis found.
Graphic illustration showing orange outline of President Trump at a cabinet meeting around an oval table with black outlines of people seated, and two-thirds of the table covered in white with the logo Project 2025.
Q & A: Jared Yates Sexton on the ‘Weaponized Abuse’ of Authoritarianism
Understanding how autocrats and oligarchs capture and consolidate state power.
Mapped: Donald Trump’s Transatlantic Anti-Green Network
Politicians, donors, think tanks, and media outlets in the UK and U.S. are working increasingly closely to scupper climate policies and promote fossil fuel extraction.

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