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Joey Grostern

Joey is a freelance reporter and social media lead with DeSmog since March 2023.

Articles by Joey Grostern

uk/Nigel Farage Spreads Far-Right Conspiracy Theory at Farming Protest
ByJoey Grostern
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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
Russia ‘Spread Conspiracy Theories and Attacked Climate Scientists in Poland’
ByJoey Grostern
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False narratives disseminated through state-owned news sites and social media bots, report finds.
Russian president Vladimir Putin. Credit: Peter Cavanagh / Alamy Stock Photo
uk/Ministers Helped ‘Stage Manage’ Shell’s Relocation to UK, Emails Show
ByJoey Grostern
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The cache reveals a disturbingly “cosy” relationship between polluters and politicians, campaigners say.
A Shell gas station in London, UK. Credit: Devis M / Shutterstock
Climate Science Deniers Use Farmers’ Protests to Attack Net Zero
ByJoey Grostern
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Jeremy Clarkson spreads well-worn conspiracy theory that casts inheritance farm tax policy as plot to “replace farmers with migrants”.
Jeremy Clarkson attends the farmers protest in Westminster, November 19, 2024. Credit: PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo
uk/Governments Must Tackle Climate Disinformation, Experts Urge
ByJoey Grostern
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An open letter from climate scientists and campaigners warns of the dangers associated with false climate claims.
Series: COP29 Coverage
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us/DeSmog and Pocket Project Team Up to Host Climate Consciousness Summit 2024
ByJoey Grostern
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Unique collaboration convenes leaders from the global climate and trauma healing movements to explore the neglected inner dimensions of the crisis.
uk/The Telegraph Ramps Up Anti-Climate Coverage During Labour’s Early Months
ByJoey Grostern
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The influential newspaper has repeatedly attacked the government’s net zero chief Ed Miliband.
The Telegraph logo outside a newsagents. Credit: Loop Images Ltd / Alamy
uk/Tory MPs Join Fuel Tax Campaign Led by Reform UK Climate Science Denier
ByJoey Grostern
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FairFuel’s Howard Cox has gained more Conservative allies despite standing for Nigel Farage’s party twice this year.
A group of MPs joining fuel tax campaigner and Reform UK politician Howard Cox in front of 10 Downing Street. Credit: Christopher Hope / Twitter
Giorgia Meloni’s ‘Centre Right’ EU Block Dominated by Far Right Parties
ByJoey Grostern
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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)
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uk/Meet the Labour Government's New Climate Team
ByJoey Grostern
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Introducing the key politicians tasked with delivering the government’s energy transformation plans – and the jobs at the top of their intrays.
Top row (l-r) Steve Reed, Loiuse Haigh, Kerry McCarthy, Ed Miliband, Patrick Vallance, Lord Philip Hunt, Sarah Jones. Bottom row (l-r): Michael Shanks, Chris Stark, Miatta Fahnbulleh, Jonathan Reynolds. Credit: House of Commons official portraits. Design by Adam Barnett.