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How the Oil Industry Is Pushing EPA to ‘Effectively Gut’ Methane Rules During Affordability and Climate Crises

From the One Big Beautiful Bill to a pipeline “loophole,” a new report highlights industry influence on EPA and Congress to reverse climate rules.
From the One Big Beautiful Bill to a pipeline “loophole,” a new report highlights industry influence on EPA and Congress to reverse climate rules.
ByRachel Santarsiero
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Series: Inside MAGA’s Global Climate Agenda
Series: MAGA
A red, white, and blue banner with the EPA logo and U.S. 250th anniversary that reads 'Powering the Great American Comeback' on the outside of the EPA headquarters in Washington, D.C.

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uk/Tory Shadow Chancellor Andrew Griffith’s MAGA Network
uk/Nigel Farage Has Spoken at 15 Trump-Linked Events Since 2024 Election
us/Inside the Struggle to Dismantle America’s Greenhouse Gas Data
Advertising Contracts with Big Oil Hit Record High as Profits Soar from War in Iran
us/Big Oil Could Face ‘Catastrophic Outcomes’ Without Republican Supreme Court

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Suncor Helped Lead Climate Denial Group Spreading ‘Uncertainties’
By Geoff Dembicki
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With a U.S. Supreme Court decision looming on whether the company can be held liable for climate deception, internal documents show a campaign to question science.

With a U.S. Supreme Court decision looming on whether the company can be held liable for climate deception, internal documents show a campaign to question science.
Q&A: This Comedy Series Is Taking Aim at Big Oil’s PR Machine
ByEllen Ormesher
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SLICK is a funny yet cutting satire of how the ad industry contributes to the climate crisis.

SLICK is a funny yet cutting satire of how the ad industry contributes to the climate crisis.
Series: Holding the Advertising and Public Relations Industry Accountable for Greenwash and Climate Misinformation
Series: Advertising & PR Industry
Woman happily bathing in a bathtub of crude oil.
us/Pennsylvania AI Data Center Developer Asked Trump Administration Official to Help Loosen Toxic Emissions Limits
ByEdward Donnelly
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Brian O'Neill asked the State Department attorney to set up meetings with state and federal officials that would clear the way for his project's gas power plants.

Brian O'Neill asked the State Department attorney to set up meetings with state and federal officials that would clear the way for his project's gas power plants.
Series: Tech vs. Climate
Series: Tech vs Climate
Brian O'Neill (seated, center) at an Upper Merion Township Planning Commission meeting on May 27, 2026. (Credit: Edward Donnelly/DeSmog)
uk/Nigel Farage Dubbed ‘MP for Washington’ for Parroting Trump in Parliament
ByAdam Barnett
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Reform leader boosted the president’s attacks on UK Chagos Islands policy more often than raising the cost of living.

Reform leader boosted the president’s attacks on UK Chagos Islands policy more often than raising the cost of living.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage. Credit: House of Commons (CC BY-3.0)
us/How Pennsylvania Governor’s Office Helped Push for Huge Data Centers in the Philadelphia Suburbs
ByEdward Donnelly
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Emails reveal behind-the-scenes talks with state officials to clear the way for project in Upper Merion Township.

Emails reveal behind-the-scenes talks with state officials to clear the way for project in Upper Merion Township.
Series: Tech vs. Climate
Series: Tech vs Climate
People stand outside of the packed Freedom Hall meeting room in the Upper Merion Township Building on the evening of May 27, 2026. (Credit: Edward Donnelly/DeSmog)
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Q&A: Amy Westervelt on the Corporate Poisoning of the Information Aquifer — and How to Undo the Harm
ByMatthew Green
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The acclaimed climate accountability journalist says bold steps are needed to reverse the insidious impact of decades of industry propaganda on the public square.
The acclaimed climate accountability journalist says bold steps are needed to reverse the insidious impact of decades of industry propaganda on the public square.
Advertising Contracts with Big Oil Hit Record High as Profits Soar from War in Iran
ByEllen Ormesher
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Campaigners say advertising and PR agencies are “nowhere close” to giving up their oil and gas clients.
Campaigners say advertising and PR agencies are “nowhere close” to giving up their oil and gas clients.
DeSmog Wins Covering Climate Now Awards for Exposing Corporate Denial and Delay
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Judges highlight stories revealing oil and advertising industry tactics for prolonging the fossil fuel era.
Judges highlight stories revealing oil and advertising industry tactics for prolonging the fossil fuel era.
Carbon Capture Is Booming. So Is the Push to Shift Oversight to States
BySarah Hofmann
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As hundreds of CO2 storage wells move toward development, the EPA is handing more regulatory authority to states — despite concerns about safety and long-term liability.
As hundreds of CO2 storage wells move toward development, the EPA is handing more regulatory authority to states — despite concerns about safety and long-term liability.
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How the Oil Industry Is Pushing EPA to 'Effectively Gut' Methane Rules During Affordability and Climate Crises
us/6 Billionaire Fortunes Bankrolling Project 2025
Q&A: Amy Westervelt on the Corporate Poisoning of the Information Aquifer — and How to Undo the Harm
us/Fact Check: Rick Perry Already Advocated Publicly for Bakken Oil Pipeline In Iowa
Suncor Helped Lead Climate Denial Group Spreading ‘Uncertainties’
us/How Pennsylvania Governor’s Office Helped Push for Huge Data Centers in the Philadelphia Suburbs

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Inside MAGA’s Global Climate Agenda

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, U.S. President Donald Trump, and French President Emmanuel Macron. DeSmog collage. Credit: Faces of the World / Flickr (Macron), Steffen Prößdorf (Merz), Gage Skidmore / Flickr (Trump)
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.
Screenshot of Dispatches From A Collapsing State, Jared Yates Sexton's newsletter. Credit: DeSmog.
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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Robert L. Levy
Image credit: Still from Federalist Society video. Robert L. Levy Background Robert L. Levy is an American attorney who served for 17 years in the law department of ExxonMobil Corporation...
Robert L. Levy, then executive counsel at Exxon, speaking at a Federalist Society event in 2025. (Credit: Still from Federalist Society video)
CT Group
Background CT Group is an influential lobbying firm. CT Group’s clients have included the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association, mining giants BHP and Glencore, a...
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