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Oil companies are once again asking the high court to intervene in climate deception lawsuits across the U.S. โ€” part of an all-hands-on-deck effort by Big Oil and the Trump administration to shut the cases down.

Oil companies are once again asking the high court to intervene in climate deception lawsuits across the U.S. โ€” part of an all-hands-on-deck effort by Big Oil and the Trump administration to shut the cases down.
onDec 8, 2025 @ 04:00 PST

The pro-AI and fossil fuel group tells DeSmog that itโ€™s great to see its ideas โ€œget taken up by government.โ€

The pro-AI and fossil fuel group tells DeSmog that itโ€™s great to see its ideas โ€œget taken up by government.โ€

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.

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.
onNov 20, 2025 @ 16:02 PST

Trade groups lobbied ministers to promote a source of energy linked to massive environmental harms at the U.N. climate conference.

Trade groups lobbied ministers to promote a source of energy linked to massive environmental harms at the U.N. climate conference.
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Agribusiness companies generate huge quantities of greenhouse gas pollution โ€” and PR companies help them obscure it.

Agribusiness companies generate huge quantities of greenhouse gas pollution โ€” and PR companies help them obscure it.
on Dec 4, 2025 @ 11:48 PST
U.S. fossil fuel majors led efforts to ensure corporations would not have to introduce climate action plans.
U.S. fossil fuel majors led efforts to ensure corporations would not have to introduce climate action plans.
Analysis
on Dec 2, 2025 @ 07:48 PST
By tying the projectโ€™s fate to Indigenous โ€œequity,โ€ Carney saddles groups with the blame, and potentially the bill, if they move to stop a pipeline they oppose.
By tying the projectโ€™s fate to Indigenous โ€œequity,โ€ Carney saddles groups with the blame, and potentially the bill, if they move to stop a pipeline they oppose.
on Nov 28, 2025 @ 03:02 PST
The Labour peer called for new coal power in the Global Warming Policy Foundationโ€™s annual lecture.
The Labour peer called for new coal power in the Global Warming Policy Foundationโ€™s annual lecture.
Opinion
on Nov 27, 2025 @ 06:38 PST
Blunt communication is our firewall.
Blunt communication is our firewall.
With Brazil about to host COP30, DeSmog has obtained copies of checks Exxon mailed to the right-wing Atlas Network in the 1990s to turn Latin America against climate treaties.
A summit billed as the last chance to revive global climate action faces unprecedented pressure from the food sectorโ€™s largest emitters.
British-owned ad agency VML used "halo effect" of clean energy to build brand awareness that increased fuel sales, documents show.

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