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TJ Jordan

TJ Jordan is an investigative reporter at DeSmog. His work aims to reveal how polluting industries — and their hired consultants — delay climate action. His investigations have been co-published with major outlets around the world, from The Guardian and the Financial Times in the UK, to Intercept Brasil and piauí in Brazil. He is a two-time winner at the Covering Climate Now Awards in 2025 and 2026. Contact him at tj@desmog or on Signal (+33 7 59 69 93 03), or read more of his work.

Articles by TJ Jordan

French Oil Giant Backs Dozens of Lobby Groups Fighting New Methane Rules Around the World
ByCécile Marchand and TJ Jordan
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TotalEnergies has won plaudits for voluntary steps to tackle the planet-heating gas. So why does it fund moves to delay, dilute or dismantle regulation?
How a French Oil Executive Is Working With the Trump Administration to 'Kill' Europe's Methane Plan
ByTJ Jordan and Cécile Marchand
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Key piece of EU climate legislation facing coordinated pushback from TotalEnergies lobbyist and U.S. officials.
Les manœuvres des lobbys pour affaiblir le projet d'interdiction de la publicité pour les énergies fossiles
ByCécile Marchand and TJ Jordan
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Des compagnies pétrolières, gazières et certains médias cherchent à « vider de sa substance » les restrictions envisagées.
Series: Advertising & PR Industry
Exclusive: Oil Industry Moves to Weaken Proposed Fossil Fuel Advertising Ban in France
ByCécile Marchand and TJ Jordan
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Leaked lobbying records show oil, gas and media companies aim to ‘hollow out’ planned restrictions as key consultation takes place.
Series: Advertising & PR Industry
Fossil Fuel-Tied PR Agency Supporting U.N. Climate Conference
ByTJ Jordan
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Teneo handling communications for COP31 in Turkey despite history of oil and gas work.
Series: Advertising & PR Industry
Drilling in the Mouth of the Amazon: How Brazil’s Oil Giant Is Drowning Out Critics
ByTJ Jordan and Maria Clara Parente
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As fishing communities fight back, Petrobras is going all out to control the narrative, a DeSmog investigation finds.
Series: Advertising & PR Industry
Fishermen on Brazil's Marajó island, at the mouth of the Amazon, sort through their catch, a day ahead of a Petrobras meeting with local communities to share its oil drilling plans, November 2025. (Credit: João Paulo Guimarães)
NYT, WSJ Podcasts Promote Pro-drilling Ads by Top US Oil Lobby API
ByTJ Jordan and Joey Grostern
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The New York Times has included dozens of ads pushing looser permitting rules on America’s third-most popular podcast since September, analysis finds.
Credit: Sari Williams/DeSmog
Exclusive: Undercover Investigation Reveals Europe-Wide Motorcycle Emissions ‘Scam’
ByHajar Meddah and TJ Jordan
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In KTM dealerships across the continent, thousands of off-road bikes are stripped of legally-required features that restrict pollution.
A brand new EXC-350 motorbike, purchased from an authorised KTM dealer in northern Germany. The destricted model – which has had parts removed by the dealer – was sold with number plates and registration documents. Credit: ZDF frontal
uk/'Mad Men Fuelling the Madness': Meet the Advertising CEOs Boosting Big Oil
ByTJ Jordan
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You might not have heard of them, but a new analysis shows these ad execs have overseen $1.5 billion worth of fossil fuel ads in the U.S. since the Paris Agreement.
(Credit: Sabrina Bedford/DeSmog)
uk/Revealed: British Ad Giant’s Billion-Dollar Greenwash of U.S. Oil Industry
ByTJ Jordan
on
DeSmog analysis reveals London-based WPP linked to twice as much oil advertising as American rivals despite its internal climate policy.
Series: Advertising & PR Industry
An image for the cover of a new report by DeSmog, "Deceptive and Misleading": Which ad agencies have contributed to Big Oil's ad spend in the U.S. since the Paris Agreement? (Credit: Sari Williams/DeSmog)