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MEPs Call for Urgent Review of €1.5 Billion EU Food Scheme Pushing ‘Misleading’ Claims

The programme is “yet another bung to industrial production”, experts say.
The programme is “yet another bung to industrial production”, experts say.
ByLaura Villadiego
on Nov 25, 2025 @ 22:00 PST
Series: Shining a Light on Big Ag’s Climate Push
Series: Big Ag's Climate Push

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us/Oil Companies Use Paid News Media Partnerships to Protect ‘Social Licence to Operate,’ Documents Show
Revealed: ‘Chilling’ Surveillance of Activists by Meat and Dairy Industry
Revealed: Big Oil Told 70 Years Ago That Fossil Fuel Emissions Could Impact ‘Civilization’
uk/Heritage Foundation and Allies Discuss Dismantling the EU

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‘Divide and Conquer’: Inside the Oil and Gas Strategy to Thwart EU Green Laws
By Clare Carlile and Joey Grostern
onDec 4, 2025 @ 11:48 PST
Series: Holding the Advertising and Public Relations Industry Accountable for Greenwash and Climate Misinformation
Series: Advertising & PR Industry

U.S. fossil fuel majors led efforts to ensure corporations would not have to introduce climate action plans.

U.S. fossil fuel majors led efforts to ensure corporations would not have to introduce climate action plans.
Exclusive: Shell Subsidiary Paid Queensland Museum More Than $10m to Shape Children’s Climate Education
ByEllen Ormesher
onDec 7, 2025 @ 06:01 PST

The educational materials distort how fossil fuel pollution has caused the climate emergency, new report finds.

The educational materials distort how fossil fuel pollution has caused the climate emergency, new report finds.
Series: Holding the Advertising and Public Relations Industry Accountable for Greenwash and Climate Misinformation
Series: Advertising & PR Industry
Opinion
Lessons for Climate Advocates From the Bill Gates ‘Climate Hack’
ByLiam Kavanagh
onNov 27, 2025 @ 06:38 PST

Blunt communication is our firewall.

Blunt communication is our firewall.
Backed by Industry, Brazilian Hosts Seek COP30’s Blessing for Biofuels
ByClare Carlile and Maximiliano Manzoni
onNov 20, 2025 @ 16:02 PST

Trade groups lobbied ministers to promote a source of energy linked to massive environmental harms at the U.N. climate conference.

Trade groups lobbied ministers to promote a source of energy linked to massive environmental harms at the U.N. climate conference.
Series: Shining a Light on Big Ag’s Climate Push, 2025 COP30 Climate Summit
Series: Big Ag's Climate Push, COP30 Coverage
Analysis
Meet 5 PR Agencies Making Big Polluters Look 'Ag-tastic'
ByKathryn Clare, Kate Dario and Emily J Gertz
onNov 20, 2025 @ 02:54 PST

Agribusiness companies generate huge quantities of greenhouse gas pollution — and PR companies help them obscure it.

Agribusiness companies generate huge quantities of greenhouse gas pollution — and PR companies help them obscure it.
Series: 2025 COP30 Climate Summit, Shining a Light on Big Ag’s Climate Push, Holding the Advertising and Public Relations Industry Accountable for Greenwash and Climate Misinformation
Series: COP30 Coverage, Big Ag's Climate Push, Advertising & PR Industry
During the COP30 climate summit in Brazil, people are holding signs and a banner protesting environmental pollution by agriculture. They are standing in front of the Agrizone, a special event venue sponsored by agribusiness and located near the main conference venue.
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uk/Labour Group Slams Lord Glasman Over Climate Denial Lecture
ByAdam Barnett
on Nov 28, 2025 @ 03:02 PST
The Labour peer called for new coal power in the Global Warming Policy Foundation’s annual lecture.
The Labour peer called for new coal power in the Global Warming Policy Foundation’s annual lecture.
Toby Young to Address Orbán-Backed Group on UK ‘Censorship’
BySam Bright
on Nov 24, 2025 @ 07:38 PST
Campaigners have highlighted the irony of the Tory peer warning about threats to free speech at a think tank bankrolled by a repressive regime.
Campaigners have highlighted the irony of the Tory peer warning about threats to free speech at a think tank bankrolled by a repressive regime.
More Than 300 Lobbyists for Industrial Agriculture Attend COP30
ByRachel Sherrington and Nina Lakhani
on Nov 18, 2025 @ 00:00 PST
Presence of high-polluting companies erodes trust in the UN process, say campaigners.
Presence of high-polluting companies erodes trust in the UN process, say campaigners.
A line of giant white fuel silos, one behind the other receding to the right. The Vibra logo painted in green is visible on the front silo.
Exclusive: COP30 PR Agency Edelman Lobbied Presidency to Favour Fossil Fuel Client
ByTJ Jordan, Naira Hofmeister and Maria Clara Parente
on Nov 21, 2025 @ 05:00 PST
As the New York-based firm was preparing to work on the climate summit, it was also pushing for Brazilian oil and gas distributor Vibra Energia to help power it.
As the New York-based firm was preparing to work on the climate summit, it was also pushing for Brazilian oil and gas distributor Vibra Energia to help power it.
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Exclusive: Shell Subsidiary Paid Queensland Museum More Than $10m to Shape Children’s Climate Education
uk/Comment: 10 Years on from Deepwater Horizon, Coronavirus Shows Continued Need for a Just Transition Away from Big Oil
‘Divide and Conquer’: Inside the Oil and Gas Strategy to Thwart EU Green Laws
Mapped: Big Food’s Routes to Influence at COP30
uk/Climate Science Denial Group Rebrands as ‘Net Zero Watch’
uk/Labour Group Slams Lord Glasman Over Climate Denial Lecture

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Defending Democracy from Dirty Money

Who Funds Reform? Nigel Farage’s Party Received 92 Percent of its Donations from Fossil Fuel Interests, Polluters, and Climate Deniers
Major Donor to Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Owns Russian Assets
Reform’s leader has been criticised in recent days for claiming the west provoked Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Took £135,000 from Climate Science Deniers and Fossil Fuel Interests
All of the anti-net zero party’s funders in 2023 have oil and gas investments or ties to climate science denial.
Farage to Share Stage with Architects of Trump’s Anti-Climate Agenda
The Reform leader will be skipping Parliament again in favour of a conference in Washington DC.

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