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Climate Denier Group Pushes States to Embrace Coal Power for Data Centers

The Heartland Institute used the American Legislative Exchange Councilโ€™s 2025 annual meeting to spread climate disinformation and tout coal to power AI.
The Heartland Institute used the American Legislative Exchange Councilโ€™s 2025 annual meeting to spread climate disinformation and tout coal to power AI.
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Series: Tech vs. Climate
Series: Tech vs Climate

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uk/The Elections that Turned Climate into a Defining Political Fault Line
In Louisiana, Data Center Hype Faces AI Regulation and Community Resistance
Former BC Premier Gordon Campbell: Carbon Capture โ€˜Doesnโ€™t Workโ€™
uk/Nigel Farage Has Accepted ยฃ2 Million Since Becoming an MP
Gulf Royal Family Banks Over โ‚ฌ70 Million in EU Farming Funds

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Reform โ€˜Advisorโ€™ Launches Climate Denial Group in Poland
By Marta Kasztelan, Adam Barnett and Sam Bright
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Series: Defending Democracy from Dirty Money
Series: Defending-UK-Democracy

Lois Perry, who helps to run Reform Friends of Israel, is one of the figures behind a new Heartland Institute branch in central Europe.

Lois Perry, who helps to run Reform Friends of Israel, is one of the figures behind a new Heartland Institute branch in central Europe.
โ€˜Economic Reconciliationโ€™ Means Faster Approval Times for Fossil Fuel and Mining Projects
ByTaylor Noakes
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DeSmog obtained audio from a summit where industry talked candidly about how Indigenous partnerships โ€˜de-riskโ€™ projects.

DeSmog obtained audio from a summit where industry talked candidly about how Indigenous partnerships โ€˜de-riskโ€™ projects.
Industry-Linked Studies Disproportionately Advocate Meat Consumption
ByClare Carlile
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Campaigners say corporate-friendly science has โ€œcorrosive effects on public health debatesโ€.

Campaigners say corporate-friendly science has โ€œcorrosive effects on public health debatesโ€.
Series: Shining a Light on Big Ag’s Climate Push
Series: Big Ag's Climate Push
Analysis
The Pathways Alliance Carbon Capture Project Was Always a Boondoggleย 
ByMitch Anderson
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Instead of delivering on its promised CCS project, the Oil Sands Alliance is turning up the heat on Ottawa to rollback environmental regulations, and government is capitulating.

Instead of delivering on its promised CCS project, the Oil Sands Alliance is turning up the heat on Ottawa to rollback environmental regulations, and government is capitulating.
Event | Off the Record: How to Talk to Journalists, Lawyers, and Activist Organizations
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Join a May 19 discussion on how advertising and PR professionals can help journalists hold the industry to account, featuring DeSmog investigative reporters.

Join a May 19 discussion on how advertising and PR professionals can help journalists hold the industry to account, featuring DeSmog investigative reporters.
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'Be a PleniDudeโ€™: How an Italian Oil Giant Conquered TikTok
ByNina Tea Zibetti and Stefano Cisternino
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Aspiring influencers share pro-industry climate messaging after attending six-week content creation bootcamp.
Aspiring influencers share pro-industry climate messaging after attending six-week content creation bootcamp.
Opinion
Q & A: The Climate Crisis as a Crisis of Modern Men
ByMatthew Green
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Indra Andan, founder of The Alternative Global, says new forms of masculinity are emerging to challenge the patriarchal models at the root of the ecological crisis.
Indra Andan, founder of The Alternative Global, says new forms of masculinity are emerging to challenge the patriarchal models at the root of the ecological crisis.
Analysis
uk/How Will Reform Rule Affect Local Climate Policy?
ByAdam Barnett
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Farageโ€™s party has shown over the last year that it will attempt to block and reverse clean energy initiatives in its new councils.
Farageโ€™s party has shown over the last year that it will attempt to block and reverse clean energy initiatives in its new councils.
Oil Pipelines Align With Jesus, Danielle Smith Tells Christian Leaders
ByMary Stuart and Geoff Dembicki
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The Alberta premier gave a biblical justification for oil expansion at a Christian conference featuring Conservative MPs and provincial cabinet ministers.
The Alberta premier gave a biblical justification for oil expansion at a Christian conference featuring Conservative MPs and provincial cabinet ministers.
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uk/Comment: 10 Years on from Deepwater Horizon, Coronavirus Shows Continued Need for a Just Transition Away from Big Oil
Climate Denier Group Pushes States to Embrace Coal Power for Data Centers
'Be a PleniDudeโ€™: How an Italian Oil Giant Conquered TikTok
Reform โ€˜Advisorโ€™ Launches Climate Denial Group in Poland
The Pathways Alliance Carbon Capture Project Was Always a Boondoggleย 
Behind Closed Doors, Georgia County Rewrote Data Center Rules

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Data Centers Are Poised to Engulf a Pennsylvania Town
Q&A: Tech Billionairesโ€™ AI Space Empire Fantasies Are โ€˜An Insidious Form of Climate Denialโ€™
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.
AI vs. Net Zero: The UKโ€™s Next Climate Battle
Opponents of climate action are taking advantage of the AI boom to attack the governmentโ€™s clean energy goals.
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.

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Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC)
Background The Mathias Corvinus Collegium (MCC) is a think tank based in Budapest. It is Hungaryโ€™s largest private educational institution. It is closely affiliated with Viktor Orbรกnโ€™s governme...
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Credentials  BA Classics, University of Oxford.โ€œDr James Orr,โ€ Cambridge University Faculty of Divinity, accessed 08.01.2025. Archived December 4, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/vH...
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