TJ Jordan is an investigative reporter at DeSmog. Their work aims to reveal how polluting industries — and their hired consultants — delay climate action through advertising, public relations, and lobbying. He joined DeSmog in the summer of 2023 after four years working in a global PR agency. Their investigations have been co-published with major outlets including The Guardian and the Financial Times, and they were named Emerging Journalist of the Year at the Covering Climate Now Awards 2025. Contact them at tj@desmog or Signal (+33 7 59 69 93 03), or read more of their work.
The New York Times has included dozens of ads pushing looser permitting rules on America’s third-most popular podcast since September, analysis finds.
In KTM dealerships across the continent, thousands of off-road bikes are stripped of legally-required features that restrict pollution.
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.
DeSmog analysis reveals London-based WPP linked to twice as much oil advertising as American rivals despite its internal climate policy.
A new children’s book by a Chevron-backed clean energy venture paints a sympathetic portrait of coal, oil, and gas.
Anonymous group of senior executives say major ad agencies are “enabling harm rather than doing good.”
As the New York-based firm was preparing to work on the climate summit, it was also pushing for Brazilian oil and gas distributor Vibra Energia to help power it.
Doctors and models extol the virtues of meat as climate impacts of industrial farming face scrutiny at COP30 — the global climate summit.
British-owned ad agency VML used "halo effect" of clean energy to build brand awareness that increased fuel sales, documents show.
The agency — LLYC Brasil — promoted the upcoming Earthshot Prize ceremony in Rio de Janeiro while under contract to oil giant Petrobras.
