DeSmog

Facebook-f X-twitter
Subscribe
Donate
Donate

DeSmog

Donate
Search
Search
More

Desmog - Clearing the PR Pollution

Tory Shadow Chancellor Andrew Griffith’s MAGA Network

The former Liz Truss ally has been a regular on the pro-Trump speaking circuit.
The former Liz Truss ally has been a regular on the pro-Trump speaking circuit.
ByAdam Barnett
on
Series: Inside MAGA’s Global Climate Agenda
Series: MAGA

Featured

uk/Tethered: How the White House is Helping Reform’s Finances
uk/Nigel Farage Has Spoken at 15 Trump-Linked Events Since 2024 Election
uk/What has Reform UK Said About Climate Change?
us/Inside the Struggle to Dismantle America’s Greenhouse Gas Data
us/Big Oil Could Face ‘Catastrophic Outcomes’ Without Republican Supreme Court

News

Fossil Fuel-Tied PR Agency Supporting U.N. Climate Conference
By TJ Jordan
on
Series: Holding the Advertising and Public Relations Industry Accountable for Greenwash and Climate Misinformation
Series: Advertising & PR Industry

Teneo handling communications for COP31 in Turkey despite history of oil and gas work.

Teneo handling communications for COP31 in Turkey despite history of oil and gas work.
Canadian Columnist Boosting Data Centres Has Ties to AI Industry
ByTaylor Noakes
on

Toronto Sun opinion writer Jay Goldberg works for a group that backs Trump’s AI strategy and has received funding from a Big Tech lobbying firm.

Toronto Sun opinion writer Jay Goldberg works for a group that backs Trump’s AI strategy and has received funding from a Big Tech lobbying firm.
Credit: Chali Pittman CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
uk/Equinor Extends Deal to Fund Children’s Science Education in Aberdeen as North Sea Drilling Decision Looms
ByEllen Ormesher
on

Critics say that as the climate crisis worsens, Aberdeen Science Centre is sending the wrong message by partnering with the Norwegian oil major.

Critics say that as the climate crisis worsens, Aberdeen Science Centre is sending the wrong message by partnering with the Norwegian oil major.
Series: Holding the Advertising and Public Relations Industry Accountable for Greenwash and Climate Misinformation
Series: Advertising & PR Industry
Equinor's offshore oil drilling platform at the Johan Sverdrup oil field in the North Sea, off the coast of Norway. (Credit: Jonny Engelsvoll and Lizette Bertelsen/© Equinor)
Analysis
Mark Carney’s AI Strategy Will Block Renewables From Canada’s Grid
ByMitch Anderson
on

Backing massive gas-burning data centres is no way to build a cleaner, more connected electricity system.

Backing massive gas-burning data centres is no way to build a cleaner, more connected electricity system.
Series: Mark Carney’s Climate Betrayal
Series: Carney's Climate Betrayal
Prime Minister Mark Carney announcing his government’s National Electricity Strategy. Credit: Prime Minister of Canada/ YouTube
Advisor to Climate-Sceptic Reform UK Laments ‘Disaster’ of a Harvest
ByPhoebe Cooke
on

Nigel Farage’s anti-net zero policies will do nothing to help struggling farmers, say campaigners.

Nigel Farage’s anti-net zero policies will do nothing to help struggling farmers, say campaigners.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage addresses Clacton-on-Sea constituents ahead of the August 2026 by-election. Credit: Nigel Farage/YouTube
view more articles
Analysis
Far Right Win Could ‘Rupture’ Profitable Renewables Push in East Germany – Experts
ByElena Kolb
on
Victory in this weekend’s landmark election could see Alternative for Germany stall a lucrative wind and solar drive in Saxony-Anhalt.
Victory in this weekend’s landmark election could see Alternative for Germany stall a lucrative wind and solar drive in Saxony-Anhalt.
uk/Oil Lobbyists, Anti-Abortion Groups, and Tech Giants Flock to Reform Conference
BySam Bright
on
Nigel Farage’s party is welcoming polluting interests and radical pressure groups to its annual gathering.
Nigel Farage’s party is welcoming polluting interests and radical pressure groups to its annual gathering.
Analysis
Canadian Oil Executives’ Stock Holdings Increased by Over $1 Billion Amid War and Wildfires
ByMitch Anderson
on
Executives at Canadian Natural Resources Limited, Suncor, and Imperial Oil saw their personal stock holdings and options skyrocket this year, according to a DeSmog analysis.
Executives at Canadian Natural Resources Limited, Suncor, and Imperial Oil saw their personal stock holdings and options skyrocket this year, according to a DeSmog analysis.
Canadian Intelligence Warned About Climate Conspiracies. This MP Kept Spreading Them.
ByMary Stuart
on
As wildfires rage across the country, Cheryl Gallant continues to spread climate misinformation after a CSIS report said her conspiracy theories could increase the “threat of serious violence”.
As wildfires rage across the country, Cheryl Gallant continues to spread climate misinformation after a CSIS report said her conspiracy theories could increase the “threat of serious violence”.
view more articles
Most Popular
Fossil Fuel-Tied PR Agency Supporting U.N. Climate Conference
Far Right Win Could ‘Rupture’ Profitable Renewables Push in East Germany – Experts
uk/Tory Shadow Chancellor Andrew Griffith’s MAGA Network
uk/Oil Lobbyists, Anti-Abortion Groups, and Tech Giants Flock to Reform Conference
us/6 Billionaire Fortunes Bankrolling Project 2025
uk/Revealed: Reform’s £24 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests

Series

View All Series

Tech vs. Climate

Archbald resident Tamara Misewicz-Healey speaks at Archbald Borough Building on November 24, 2025. (Credit: Edward Donnelly/DeSmog)
Data Centers Are Poised to Engulf a Pennsylvania Town
Q&A: Tech Billionaires’ AI Space Empire Fantasies Are ‘An Insidious Form of Climate Denial’
Science journalist Adam Becker speaks with DeSmog about how Silicon Valley tech billionaires have invented new forms of greenwashing and climate denial in their quest for ever-more fantastic technology.
Author Adam Becker’s book, More, Everything, Forever, exposes how tech billionaires’ sci-fi inspired fantasies about ever-more technology making everything, endlessly, better are “wildly implausible.” Credit: Hachette Book Group/DeSmog
AI vs. Net Zero: The UK’s Next Climate Battle
Opponents of climate action are taking advantage of the AI boom to attack the government’s clean energy goals.
Energy and Net Zero Secretary Ed Miliband, Conservative Shadow Energy Secretary Claire Coutinho, and Reform UK Deputy Leader Richard Tice. Credit: Lauren Hurley / DESNZ (Miliband), Christine Quarmyne / CCHQ (Coutinho), Reform UK / YouTube (Tice)
The Koch Network Is Pushing Trump to Accelerate AI, Documents Show
Right-wing political group Americans for Prosperity, backed by oil and gas billionaire Charles Koch, sees data centers as part of a larger pro-fossil fuel agenda.
Koch, Inc., said in October that its real estate arm has been getting into the business of building data centers like this one in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Credit: Chad Davis/Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Databases

View All
Featured
Fusion Law Firm
Fusion Law PLLC Background Fusion Law, PLLC is a law firm founded by Paul Watkins, an attorney in Arizona, on April 4, 2022.“Articles of Organization of Limited Liability Company – Fusion La...
Governors Coalition for Energy Security
Governors Coalition for Energy Security (GCES) Background The Governors Coalition for Energy Security (GCES) launched in September 2024, initially called the Governors' Coalition for Energy ...
Agribusiness Database
Advertising & Public Relations Database