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After Decades of Deflection, ExxonMobil Moves to Reshape Global Climate Accounting

For decades, ExxonMobil argued consumers, not oil giants, should take responsibility for fossil fuel pollution. It’s now backing Carbon Measures’ accounting scheme, which moves pollution “liabilities” to buyers’ books.
For decades, ExxonMobil argued consumers, not oil giants, should take responsibility for fossil fuel pollution. It’s now backing Carbon Measures’ accounting scheme, which moves pollution “liabilities” to buyers’ books.
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Amazon Sponsors AI Energy Summit Featuring Climate Deniers
Media Pushing Pro-LNG Report Didn’t Mention Author Worked for Oil and Gas Lobby Firm
Mark Carney Claims Fossil Fuel Expansion Is ‘Canada Strong,’ but U.S. Investors Get the Profits
Behind Closed Doors, Georgia County Rewrote Data Center Rules
us/These 15 Coal Plants Would Have Retired. Then Came AI and Trump.

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Top U.S. Oil Lobby API Targets Landmark EU Climate Law, Policy Document Shows
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The declaration coincides with U.S. fossil fuel companies’ use of Trump’s trade tensions and international discord to undermine EU climate laws.

The declaration coincides with U.S. fossil fuel companies’ use of Trump’s trade tensions and international discord to undermine EU climate laws.
uk/Nigel Farage Racks Up £151,000 in Donor-Funded Flights to Support Donald Trump
BySam Bright
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The Reform leader has been jetting around the world to promote Trump’s climate denial agenda.

The Reform leader has been jetting around the world to promote Trump’s climate denial agenda.
Series: Defending Democracy from Dirty Money
Series: Defending-UK-Democracy
Gulfstream LNG CEO Says Carbon Offsets, Cleaner LNG Are ‘Bullshit’
BySharon Kelly
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Emboldened by Trump’s LNG deregulation, industry CEOs brush off climate concerns as Gulf Coast residents warn new gas projects will further strain an already environmentally stressed region.

Emboldened by Trump’s LNG deregulation, industry CEOs brush off climate concerns as Gulf Coast residents warn new gas projects will further strain an already environmentally stressed region.
Report: Proposed EPA Cuts Further Imperil Environmental Protections in Cash-Strapped States
ByJoe Fassler
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As Trump pushes to slash the EPA’s budget to its lowest level in four decades, 15 years of state-level cuts have already hollowed out environmental enforcement across the country.

As Trump pushes to slash the EPA’s budget to its lowest level in four decades, 15 years of state-level cuts have already hollowed out environmental enforcement across the country.
The Koch Network Is Pushing Trump to Accelerate AI, Documents Show
ByGeoff Dembicki
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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.

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.
Series: Inside MAGA’s Global Climate Agenda, Tech vs. Climate
Series: MAGA, Tech vs Climate
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Danielle Smith Working With Trump Official Who Wants to Annex Greenland
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The Alberta premier belongs to a U.S. group called the Governors Coalition for Energy Security that’s led by Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, Trump’s envoy to Greenland.
The Alberta premier belongs to a U.S. group called the Governors Coalition for Energy Security that’s led by Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry, Trump’s envoy to Greenland.
Video still of Rebeccah Heinrichs' appearance on Fox News' Hannity show, January 6 2026.
us/A Fox News Venezuela Expert Is Backed by MAGA Oil Billionaire Paul Singer
ByGeoff Dembicki
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Singer’s foundation gave $100,000 to the expert’s think tank, the Hudson Institute, according to 2024 tax records.
Singer’s foundation gave $100,000 to the expert’s think tank, the Hudson Institute, according to 2024 tax records.
President Donald Trump, flanked by Secretary of Energy Chris Wright and Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, signs an Executive Order approving the Ambler Road Project in Alaska, Monday, October 6, 2025, in the Oval Office.
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How MAGA Changed the World in 2025, and What Comes Next
ByGeoff Dembicki
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Across the U.S., UK, Europe, and Canada, Donald Trump and his allies worked tirelessly to supercharge climate denial, boost fossil fuels, and foment political chaos.
Across the U.S., UK, Europe, and Canada, Donald Trump and his allies worked tirelessly to supercharge climate denial, boost fossil fuels, and foment political chaos.
Group Linked to Hungary's Orban Co-organises Young Republican Gala
ByClare Carlile and Joey Grostern
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Far-right politicians from France, Germany, and other European nations and their U.S. allies celebrated their growing bonds and shared goals at a lavish party in New York City.
Far-right politicians from France, Germany, and other European nations and their U.S. allies celebrated their growing bonds and shared goals at a lavish party in New York City.
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More than 50 high-level Trump administration officials have links to groups behind the Heritage Foundation-backed plan, a DeSmog analysis found.
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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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