Gas turbine manufacturers are confident they will win the battle over whether Europe’s AI boom will be powered by fossil fuels.

Experts say mass-produced AI misinformation is the “new Cambridge Analytica scandal”.

The Liberals once talked tough about distancing Canada from the U.S. Now they seem eager to profit from the president’s agenda.

DeSmog investigation reveals details of push to influence local officials to approve mega-project in Coweta County.

After months of protests — and a rushed legal deadline — officials deny Texas developer’s project as residents warn of pollution and impacts on wildlife, water, and power.

DeSmog investigation reveals how developers weakened local limits on giant AI projects.

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.

Opponents of climate action are taking advantage of the AI boom to attack the government’s clean energy goals.

A new report has found that “the promises of planet-saving tech remain hollow”.

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has invested billions in fossil fuel expansion in the United States since Trump’s return to office.

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.

Speakers at the event previously said "there is no climate crisis" and there is "lively debate" on climate science.

Emails obtained by DeSmog show county officials continually met privately with Project Sail lobbyists, something denied to local residents opposing the $17 billion data center.

Utilities started reversing coal power’s “irreversible” decline. Will it last?

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.

Jensen Huang gives "a shout-out for Secretary Chris Wright" as Nvidia and Trump administration partner on a massive AI buildout.

The tech giant was in Rio de Janeiro hawking AI software to fossil fuel firms just days before crucial climate crisis negotiations in the Amazon.

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

Falsehoods about the flooding in Valencia last year were seen by millions on social media, new research finds.

The government has signed vast deals with gas-loving, Trump-donating AI giants.

The ChatGPT creator hired John McCarrick, a gas-loving former Trump energy official, to guide how the company will source huge quantities of power for its colossal supercomputers.

Lobbyists are pushing for the UK’s AI boom to be fuelled by gas.

It is “outrageous” that the richest companies in the world are being allowed to use fossil fuels to power AI, campaigners say.

These industry players and allies push a misleading narrative the Trump administration now parrots.

Right-wing influencer Robby Starbuck has a new job advising on political bias in Meta’s AI tools. His record on climate is concerning, say advocates.

U.S. “corporate titans” are being allowed to build energy intensive data centres on British soil.

Residents call for more transparency around “hyperscale” data center announced last month for Twiggs County.

San Francisco-based developers launch publicity drive to soothe local concerns over giant project.

MSN hosted AI-generated content that cited non-existent climate experts and institutions.

Opponents of Project Sail say proposed planning laws have been weakened by industry lobbying.

Interior Secretary Doug Burgum told an AI conference that data centers should be powered by coal, gas, and nuclear. Ruth Porat said his “comments were fantastic.”

Public records reviewed by DeSmog show developers worked to dilute draft planning rule in Coweta County.

DeSmog reveals that Big Oil says they’re using AI to produce more fossil fuels, while utilities are exploring how “AI agents” could take over key power grid functions.

A massive data center at xAI’s controversial site in Memphis, Tennessee is emitting huge plumes of pollution, according to footage recorded by an environmental watchdog group.

State may be “rubber stamping” some air pollution permits, according to new report on the boom.

Thousands of councillors in more than 500 municipalities have received AI emails from a group called KICLEI, a name that mimics the international network ICLEI.

With a federal election looming, reps from Amazon and TC Energy discuss how a new Pierre Poilievre government could slash bureaucracy ‘more quickly’ than Trump.

An AI-fossil fuel axis is forming in the U.S. and Saudi Arabia as AI advocates pledge an endless need for energy — spelling disaster for the climate.

Local officials are considering developer Balico’s plans to build the biggest gas-fired power plant in the U.S. in over a decade.

Utilities asked EPA chief Lee Zeldin to unleash AI growth by scrapping carbon capture deadlines and other fossil fuel regulations, passing costs onto consumers.

The tech billionaire is invigorating groups in the U.S. and Europe aiming to sabotage climate action, a DeSmog media analysis shows.

Thanks to shifting markets, political scandal, and the Sturgeon Lake Cree Nation citing ‘zero consultation’ in its cease and desist letter.

A Louisiana utility has dragged its feet on renewables. Now, a proposed Meta data center might create an “urgent” push for dirty power instead.

The celebrity investor pitched ‘Wonder Valley’ with no committed investors, no Indigenous partnership, and about 27 megatonnes of projected annual emissions.

Tech firms like Amazon and Google ‘have enormous responsibility’ for driving fossil fuel expansions, climate expert argues.

Peter Thiel, JD Vance’s former boss, also expresses confusion on climate, supporting expanded fossil fuel use while appearing unclear on the consequences.

DeSmog talks with AI researchers about the risks of widespread fake climate content and how to combat it.