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Clare Carlile

Clare specialises in food politics, and has exposed environmental harms in the meat, pesticides and fertiliser sectors, and was recognized in 2026 with a Tenacious Award for her investigative journalism for DeSmog. Clare’s investigations have been covered by outlets including the BBC, Politico, and The Guardian, and cited in questions to the European Commission and Spanish government. Clare was previously a co-editor at Ethical Consumer Magazine. Contact her at clare[at]desmog.com.

Articles by Clare Carlile

Green Goals, Dirty Fuel: Europe’s Fertiliser Industry Bets on Shale
ByClare Carlile
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Yara’s move to “sustainable” ammonia relies on fracked gas harmful to Texan communities, investigation finds.
Series: Murky Supply Chains: How Fossil Fuels Prop Up Europe’s Fertiliser Giant
A tractor sprays a field with fertilizer in Hesse, Germany. Credit: imageBROKER.com / Alamy Stock Photo
uk/Revealed: Meat Industry Behind Attacks on Flagship Climate-Friendly Diet Report
ByClare Carlile
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A new document shows that vested interests were behind a “mud slinging” PR campaign to discredit the 2019 EAT-Lancet study.
Series: Big Ag's Climate Push
Credit: RUSLAN NESTERENKO / Alamy
uk/Orbán-Backed Think Tank Breached Lobbying Rules, Claims EU Watchdog
ByClare Carlile
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An official complaint slams MCC Brussels for failing to declare its funding, and warns that European democracy is under “severe attack”.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Credit: Credit: Annika Haas (EU2017EE) / Flickr (CC BY 2.0)
uk/Nigel Farage Spreads Far-Right Conspiracy Theory at Farming Protest
ByClare Carlile
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The Reform UK leader baselessly suggested that farms were being cleared to make way for immigrants.
Series: Defending-UK-Democracy
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage attends a farmers’ protest at Belmont Farm in North London. Credit: Guy Bell/Alamy Live News
uk/U.S. Climate Denial Group Using Far-Right to Attack EU Green Policies
ByClare Carlile
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The pro-Trump Heartland Institute claims it spearheaded opposition to a flagship European nature law.
Series: MAGA
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, U.S. President Donald Trump, Heartland Institute President James Taylor, and Austrian MEP Harald Vilimsky.
Cifra récord de empresarios en la Cumbre de Biodiversidad de la ONU 
ByClare Carlile
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Se debe proteger a las futuras conferencias de la “intensa presión que está ejerciendo la industria”, dicen los miembros de las campañas.
Series: Big Ag's Climate Push
Credit: Associated Press / Alamy Stock Photo
Business Lobby Reached Record High at UN Biodiversity Talks
ByClare Carlile
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Future nature talks must be protected from “intense industry pressure” say campaigners.
Series: Big Ag's Climate Push
Credit: Associated Press / Alamy Stock Photo
Giorgia Meloni’s ‘Centre Right’ EU Block Dominated by Far Right Parties
ByClare Carlile
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As the European Parliament reopens, the far-right plans to push its agenda on issues such as migration, security, and climate.
Gioriga Meloni (left) shakes hands with European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen, November 2022. Credit: Christophe Licoppe (European Commission) (CC BY 4.0)
World’s Biggest Meat and Dairy Companies Spend More on Ads than Cutting Emissions — New Report
ByClare Carlile
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Brazilian meat giant JBS invested just 0.03 percent of annual revenues into climate measures, researchers found.
Credit: Andrew Skowron / We Animals Media
The False Claims on Food and Farming That May Sway EU Elections
ByClare Carlile
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DeSmog analysed misleading statements by farming groups, media influencers, and political candidates in France, Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, and Ireland.
Series: EU Elections: Food and Farming Misinformation and the Far-Right
Credit: Pete Reynolds