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Big Tech Joins Big Oil in Ruining Summer

The industry has abandoned its climate pledges in favor of fossil fuel-powered AI data centers.
The industry has abandoned its climate pledges in favor of fossil fuel-powered AI data centers.
ByClara Vondrich
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Series: Tech vs. Climate
Series: Tech vs Climate

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Anthropic Crowdsourced Ethics Feedback at a Far-Right London Confab
uk/Revealed: The Trump Donors, Reform-Backing Billionaires and Oil Companies Funding the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship
uk/Trump’s Energy Secretary Says ‘Cold Is Larger Killer’ During Record European Heatwave
Drilling in the Mouth of the Amazon: How Brazil’s Oil Giant Is Drowning Out Critics
uk/Senior UK Politicians to Mix With Oil Execs, Far-Right Figures, and Anti-Abortion Activists at London Conference

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Leonard Leo's Anti-Climate Network Makes a European Debut
By Geoff Dembicki
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Leo-linked operatives were among a who's who of the international right that gathered for the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) conference in June.

Leo-linked operatives were among a who's who of the international right that gathered for the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) conference in June.
Event | Join Naomi Klein, Michael E. Mann, and Jim Hoggan to Celebrate DeSmog's 20th Anniversary 
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Sign up for our July 8 virtual conversation on combatting fossil fuels and fascism, keeping up with climate denial, and solving polluted information ecosystems.

Sign up for our July 8 virtual conversation on combatting fossil fuels and fascism, keeping up with climate denial, and solving polluted information ecosystems.
The 'Oscars of Advertising' Has a Cheating Problem
ByEllen Ormesher and Emily J Gertz
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Many Cannes Lions award winners have claimed credit for field work they didn’t do, positive impacts that can’t be confirmed, or campaigns that barely existed.

Many Cannes Lions award winners have claimed credit for field work they didn’t do, positive impacts that can’t be confirmed, or campaigns that barely existed.
Series: Holding the Advertising and Public Relations Industry Accountable for Greenwash and Climate Misinformation
Series: Advertising & PR Industry
An illustration featuring a prize that's shaped like a long-nosed Pinocchio. His nose is hovering above the words Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity.
Her Son Died of a Rare Bone Cancer. Could Radioactive Fracking Waste Be to Blame?
ByJustin Nobel
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An on-the-ground investigation in Pennsylvania finds unprotected radioactive material next to a popular bike and walking trail.

An on-the-ground investigation in Pennsylvania finds unprotected radioactive material next to a popular bike and walking trail.
Janice Blanock leaning on the fence dividing a running and biking trail from the Cecil oil and gas waste yard.
uk/Cherie Blair’s Charity Received £3.6 million from ExxonMobil
ByAdam Barnett
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The oil major has provided a significant chunk of the foundation’s income.

The oil major has provided a significant chunk of the foundation’s income.
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us/Exxon’s Robert Levy Is Joining the DOJ Division That Dubs Itself 'the Nation’s Largest Environmental Law Firm'
ByRachel Santarsiero
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The longtime Big Oil attorney has major ties to conservative legal groups.
The longtime Big Oil attorney has major ties to conservative legal groups.
Pennsylvania’s Petrochemical ‘Renaissance’ Hasn’t Panned Out
BySarah Hofmann
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More than a decade after Shell announced its Beaver County complex, new reports show the oil giant’s promised economic revival failed, while pollution concerns now shape debates over proposed data centers.
More than a decade after Shell announced its Beaver County complex, new reports show the oil giant’s promised economic revival failed, while pollution concerns now shape debates over proposed data centers.
uk/Farage and Truss Jamboree Backed by Crypto Lobbyists
ByAdam Barnett and Sam Bright
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CPAC GB partners with Bitcoin network as Reform leader comes under fire for industry connections.
CPAC GB partners with Bitcoin network as Reform leader comes under fire for industry connections.
A pumpjack pumps oil in an arid steppe field on the border of Weld and Larimer counties, Colorado.
us/Colorado Cut $11.4 Million in Penalties for Oil Firms Submitting Fake Cleanup Data
BySarah Hofmann
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Residents, activists, and a state commissioner critiqued the deals, approved under the top oil regulator, who is stepping down following a DeSmog investigation.
Residents, activists, and a state commissioner critiqued the deals, approved under the top oil regulator, who is stepping down following a DeSmog investigation.
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Her Son Died of a Rare Bone Cancer. Could Radioactive Fracking Waste Be to Blame?
us/Watergate Redux: Another Paranoid Right-wing Break-in
Pennsylvania’s Petrochemical ‘Renaissance’ Hasn’t Panned Out

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Inside MAGA’s Global Climate Agenda

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.
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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