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Mapped: Pro-Trump Heartland Instituteโ€™s European Network

The U.S. climate science denial group is attempting to forge a global anti-green alliance.
The U.S. climate science denial group is attempting to forge a global anti-green alliance.
ByAdam Barnett
on Dec 10, 2025 @ 03:09 PST
Series: Inside MAGA’s Global Climate Agenda
Series: MAGA

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uk/Labour Group Slams Lord Glasman Over Climate Denial Lecture
Lessons for Climate Advocates From the Bill Gates โ€˜Climate Hackโ€™
MEPs Call for Urgent Review of โ‚ฌ1.5 Billion EU Food Scheme Pushing 'Misleading' Claims
As Mark Carney Fast-tracks Canadian LNG Projects, First Nations Face Hidden Financial Traps
us/Battle Over Tariff Power Pits Trump Against Koch Network

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Mark Carney Took Speech Ideas From Billionaire-Founded โ€˜Build Canadaโ€™
By Taylor Noakes
onDec 8, 2025 @ 04:00 PST
Series: Mark Carneyโ€™s Climate Betrayal
Series: Carney's Climate Betrayal

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€
The Koch Network Is Pushing Trump to Accelerate AI, Documents Show
ByGeoff Dembicki
onDec 11, 2025 @ 08:50 PST

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 age

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 age
Series: Inside MAGA’s Global Climate Agenda
Series: MAGA
uk/The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked ยฃ640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
BySam Bright
onDec 10, 2025 @ 20:00 PST

โ€œGroundbreaking investigationโ€ reveals how the IEA has campaigned against climate action after taking cash from fossil fuel firms.

โ€œGroundbreaking investigationโ€ reveals how the IEA has campaigned against climate action after taking cash from fossil fuel firms.
Series: Defending Democracy from Dirty Money
Series: Defending-UK-Democracy
Toby Young to Address Orbรกn-Backed Group on UK โ€˜Censorshipโ€™
BySam Bright
onNov 24, 2025 @ 07:38 PST

Campaigners have highlighted the irony of the Tory peer warning about threats to free speech at a think tank bankrolled by a repressive regime.

Campaigners have highlighted the irony of the Tory peer warning about threats to free speech at a think tank bankrolled by a repressive regime.
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Pesticide Industry 'Hijacked' Climate Stage at COP30, Campaigners Say
ByClare Carlile
onNov 21, 2025 @ 16:13 PST

Corporate pledges to fight deforestation by turning degraded pasture into cropland seen boosting demand for harmful chemical inputs.

Corporate pledges to fight deforestation by turning degraded pasture into cropland seen boosting demand for harmful chemical inputs.
Series: 2025 COP30 Climate Summit, Shining a Light on Big Ag’s Climate Push, Investigating the Pesticide Lobby
Series: COP30 Coverage, Big Ag's Climate Push, Investigating the Pesticide Lobby
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Exclusive: Shell Subsidiary Paid Queensland Museum More Than $10m to Shape Childrenโ€™s Climate Education
ByEllen Ormesher
on Dec 7, 2025 @ 06:01 PST
The educational materials distort how fossil fuel pollution has caused the climate emergency, new report finds.
The educational materials distort how fossil fuel pollution has caused the climate emergency, new report finds.
Exxonโ€™s Next Supreme Court Play
ByEmily Sanders
on Dec 7, 2025 @ 10:04 PST
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.
โ€˜Divide and Conquerโ€™: Inside the Oil and Gas Strategy to Thwart EU Green Laws
ByClare Carlile and Joey Grostern
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
โ€˜Utterly Abusiveโ€™: First Nations United Against Mark Carneyโ€™s Alberta Pipeline Plans
ByMitch Anderson
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.
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uk/The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked ยฃ640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
uk/Mapped: Pro-Trump Heartland Instituteโ€™s European Network
Mark Carney Took Speech Ideas From Billionaire-Founded โ€˜Build Canadaโ€™
us/Revealed: Now Thereโ€™s Proof That the Fossil Fuel Industry Uses Cultural Sponsorships to Block Climate Action
uk/Fracking Month of Action Unites Local and National Campaigners in Lancashire
us/Wall St. Journal Shows Why It Is Under Attack For Climate Science Denial By Publishing Another Dodgy Column

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2025 COP30 Climate Summit

In Brazil, Agribusiness Giants Hire Celebrity Influencers to Win Hearts and Minds
โ€˜A Pretty Ugly Historyโ€™: How Exxon Exported Climate Denial to the Global South
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.
Mapped: Big Foodโ€™s Routes to Influence at COP30
A summit billed as the last chance to revive global climate action faces unprecedented pressure from the food sectorโ€™s largest emitters.
Revealed: Soap Opera-inspired Clean Energy Adsย Helped Shell Boost Petrol Sales in Brazil
British-owned ad agency VML used "halo effect" of clean energy to build brand awareness that increased fuel sales, documents show.
A video still of a Shell ad in Brazil. A man and a woman at a Shell station charging point are about to attach the electric vehicle charging cable to their car. An English subtitle at the bottom of the screen, Look how practical it is. You just plug it in. Pretty soon, it'll come with the electricity bill.

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Background The Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA) describes itself as an โ€œalliance led by Africans with roots in farming communities across the continent.โ€ โ€œOur Storyโ€, AGRA. Arch...
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