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A DeSmog Guide to How the World Changed in 2024

Our editors and reporters weigh in on a year of seismic political events, and what they’re paying close attention to in 2025.
Our editors and reporters weigh in on a year of seismic political events, and what they’re paying close attention to in 2025.
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uk/Nigel Farage Helps to Launch U.S. Climate Denial Group in UK
Danielle Smith Is Hijacking Alberta Pensions for Ideological Ends
Inside the Battle Over Indigenous-Owned LNG Project Ksi Lisims
6 Fracking Billionaires and Climate Denial Groups Behind Trump’s Cabinet
us/Who’s Funding This ‘Newspaper’ Mailed to Potential Jurors in Greenpeace’s Trial?

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Whistleblower Demands PA’s Gov. Fix ‘Completely Unregulated’ Fracking Wastewater Network
By Justin Nobel
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A new lawsuit alleges toxic, radioactive waste leaked into a PA family’s water well, uncovering a regulatory abyss for miles of fracking pipelines in the state.

A new lawsuit alleges toxic, radioactive waste leaked into a PA family’s water well, uncovering a regulatory abyss for miles of fracking pipelines in the state.
New Orleans Residents Face Surge in Energy Costs from Sale of Gas Utility
ByDelaney Nolan
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City Council OKs private equity firm’s purchase of Entergy gas utility, undermining climate goals and jacking up prices for the city’s poorest.

City Council OKs private equity firm’s purchase of Entergy gas utility, undermining climate goals and jacking up prices for the city’s poorest.
DOE Study Finds LNG Exports Don’t Just Hurt the Climate – They Hit Americans in Their Pocketbooks
BySharon Kelly
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With LNG export terminals already authorized to ship nearly half of U.S. natural gas abroad, DOE warns build-out would inflate utility bills nationwide.

With LNG export terminals already authorized to ship nearly half of U.S. natural gas abroad, DOE warns build-out would inflate utility bills nationwide.
Analysis
uk/2024: Green Shoots and Dark Omens
ByDeSmog UK
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We reflect on a year of agenda-setting stories that charted the political influence of fossil fuel interests in the UK and beyond.

We reflect on a year of agenda-setting stories that charted the political influence of fossil fuel interests in the UK and beyond.
uk/UK Regulator Bans ‘Misleading’ Lloyds Bank Climate Ad
ByTJ Jordan and Taylor Noakes
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Bank has been bigging up reductions in “operational emissions” while continuing to finance the fossil fuel industry.

Bank has been bigging up reductions in “operational emissions” while continuing to finance the fossil fuel industry.
Series: Holding the Advertising and Public Relations Industry Accountable for Greenwash and Climate Misinformation
Series: Ad-&-PR-Industry
Large metal sculpture of a black horse outside an impressive office building.
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Kevin O’Leary pitched a $70 billion natural gas-powered data centre in Alberta.
Analysis
Why Is Alberta Falling for Kevin O’Leary’s AI Data Centre Stunt?
ByMitch Anderson
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The celebrity investor pitched ‘Wonder Valley’ with no committed investors, no Indigenous partnership, and about 27 megatonnes of projected annual emissions.
The celebrity investor pitched ‘Wonder Valley’ with no committed investors, no Indigenous partnership, and about 27 megatonnes of projected annual emissions.
Left, the rounded portion and tower of the top of a liquefied natural gas tanker, and right the three story academic building and parking lot with a banner reading "My McNeese"
us/How to Start a Public University LNG Research Center: An LNG Lobbyist Director and Donations for Research Votes
BySara Sneath and Natalie McLendon
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At McNeese State University’s LNG center, “we want to ensure that our LNG industry has a major say in research direction,” one of its project leaders wrote.
At McNeese State University’s LNG center, “we want to ensure that our LNG industry has a major say in research direction,” one of its project leaders wrote.
New Report Shows a Surge in European SLAPP Suits as Fossil Fuel Industry Works to Obstruct Climate Action
ByStella Levantesi
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But experts say these “abusive” lawsuits, which are designed to demoralize and drain resources from activists, should be fought, not feared.
But experts say these “abusive” lawsuits, which are designed to demoralize and drain resources from activists, should be fought, not feared.
Analysis
ExxonMobil's Exit from Suriname Raises Pressure on Guyana Amid Natural Gas Concerns
BySharon Kelly
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U.S. oil giant exits gas-laden Suriname oilfield — raising doubts about early proposals for floating liquefied natural gas projects in the region.
U.S. oil giant exits gas-laden Suriname oilfield — raising doubts about early proposals for floating liquefied natural gas projects in the region.
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A DeSmog Guide to How the World Changed in 2024
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Whistleblower Demands PA’s Gov. Fix ‘Completely Unregulated’ Fracking Wastewater Network

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Holding the Advertising and Public Relations Industry Accountable for Greenwash and Climate Misinformation

‘Money in Exchange for Silence’: Behind Neom’s Green Image, Western Firms Cash in on Saudi Commitment to Oil
Majority of PR and Ad Sector Clients Obstruct Climate Action: Report
Findings by InfluenceMap highlight mismatch between communication agencies' climate pledges, and their work on behalf of major polluters.
BBC Accused of Doing PR for Major Polluters
The broadcaster’s in-house content studio has been paid to promote fossil fuel firms and petrostates with a history of persecuting journalists.
How A British-owned PR Firm Helped ‘Squash’ Pipeline Protests in Uganda
MetropolitanRepublic enlisted social media influencers to promote giant oil project as climate campaigners suffered beatings and arrests.

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