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Q&A: Tech Billionaires’ AI Space Empire Fantasies Are ‘An Insidious Form of Climate Denial’

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.
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.
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Series: Tech vs. Climate
Series: Tech vs Climate

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How MAGA Changed the World in 2025, and What Comes Next
Group Linked to Hungary's Orban Co-organises Young Republican Gala
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

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Canada Pension Plan is Bankrolling Trump’s Fossil Fuel and AI Agenda
By Taylor Noakes
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The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has invested billions in fossil fuel expansion in the United States since Trump’s return to office.

The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has invested billions in fossil fuel expansion in the United States since Trump’s return to office.
us/Trump’s EPA Just Used the Clean Air Act to Prop up Coal Power
ByJoe Fassler
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The Environmental Protection Agency threw out Colorado’s entire haze reduction plan, in what critics called ‘illegal’ and a possible warning to other states not to close fossil fuel plants.

The Environmental Protection Agency threw out Colorado’s entire haze reduction plan, in what critics called ‘illegal’ and a possible warning to other states not to close fossil fuel plants.
A coal-fired power plant with white emissions visible and rounded mountains in the background.
MAGA Gathers in European Parliament to Attack EU Laws
ByJoey Grostern
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The European far-right rubbed shoulders with pro-Trump groups in Brussels.

The European far-right rubbed shoulders with pro-Trump groups in Brussels.
Series: Inside MAGA’s Global Climate Agenda
Series: MAGA
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.
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After Decades of Deflection, ExxonMobil Moves to Reshape Global Climate Accounting
BySharon Kelly
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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.
Top U.S. Oil Lobby API Targets Landmark EU Climate Law, Policy Document Shows
ByEmily Sanders
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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.
Danielle Smith Working With Trump Official Who Wants to Annex Greenland
ByMary Stuart
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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.
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Inside MAGA’s Global Climate Agenda

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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.
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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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