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Drilling in the Mouth of the Amazon: How Brazil’s Oil Giant Is Drowning Out Critics

As fishing communities fight back, Petrobras is going all out to control the narrative, a DeSmog investigation finds.
As fishing communities fight back, Petrobras is going all out to control the narrative, a DeSmog investigation finds.
ByTJ Jordan and Maria Clara Parente
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Series: Holding the Advertising and Public Relations Industry Accountable for Greenwash and Climate Misinformation
Series: Advertising & PR Industry

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NYT, WSJ Podcasts Promote Pro-drilling Ads by Top US Oil Lobby API
us/Colorado Gave $1.3 Billion Carve-out to Oil Companies While Thousands of Dirty Sites Await Cleanup
Reform ‘Advisor’ Launches Climate Denial Group in Poland
Exclusive: Undercover Investigation Reveals Europe-Wide Motorcycle Emissions ‘Scam’
Fossil Fuel Financing Surged to $906 Billion in 2025 as Big Banks Retreat From Climate Promises 

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Why We Can’t Have Nice Things Like a Real Sovereign Wealth Fund 
By Mitch Anderson
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Carney’s “Canada Strong” fund exposes the nation’s resource kryptonite: leaving critical decisions to local governments captured by industry interests.

Carney’s “Canada Strong” fund exposes the nation’s resource kryptonite: leaving critical decisions to local governments captured by industry interests.
uk/Zia Yusuf Cosying Up to Group Behind ‘Authoritarian’ Project 2025 Agenda
BySam Bright
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Reform has been chasing even closer ties to Trump’s allies.

Reform has been chasing even closer ties to Trump’s allies.
Series: Inside MAGA’s Global Climate Agenda
Series: MAGA
uk/Nigel Farage to Headline Liz Truss’ CPAC GB Event
BySam Bright
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The Reform leader has opted to join the pro-Trump conference as it comes to the UK.

The Reform leader has opted to join the pro-Trump conference as it comes to the UK.
Series: Inside MAGA’s Global Climate Agenda
Series: MAGA
uk/Nigel Farage and Lee Anderson Have Made £1 Million from GB News
BySam Bright
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The broadcaster has been accused of becoming “Reform TV”.

The broadcaster has been accused of becoming “Reform TV”.
Series: Defending Democracy from Dirty Money
Series: Defending-UK-Democracy
uk/Two Thirds of Reform’s Wales Shadow Cabinet Are Ex-Tories
ByAdam Barnett
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Welsh Reform labelled a “retirement home for failed Conservatives”.

Welsh Reform labelled a “retirement home for failed Conservatives”.
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uk/Cherie Blair’s Charity Received £3.6 million from ExxonMobil
ByAdam Barnett
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The oil major has provided a significant chunk of the foundation’s income.
The oil major has provided a significant chunk of the foundation’s income.
Mark Carney Advisor Says AI Data Centres ‘Provide Markets’ For Gas
ByGeoff Dembicki and Jen St. Denis
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Boosting energy production is one of the top ‘public policy benefits to Canada’ of data centres, internal Privy Council document explains.
Boosting energy production is one of the top ‘public policy benefits to Canada’ of data centres, internal Privy Council document explains.
Denmark’s ‘Pig Election’ Prompts Drinking Water Crackdown. Will Europe Follow Suit?
ByPhoebe Cooke, Clare Carlile and Rachel Sherrington
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Incoming government is spotlighting highly polluting intensive farming practices, which damage water, land and air.
Incoming government is spotlighting highly polluting intensive farming practices, which damage water, land and air.
NatWest Accused of Using ‘Loopholes’ to Invest £17 Million in UK Coal Supplier
ByJoey Grostern
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Campaigners say it’s “deeply concerning” that a major British bank and former COP sponsor is supporting UK coal.
Campaigners say it’s “deeply concerning” that a major British bank and former COP sponsor is supporting UK coal.
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Why We Can’t Have Nice Things Like a Real Sovereign Wealth Fund 
Denmark’s ‘Pig Election’ Prompts Drinking Water Crackdown. Will Europe Follow Suit?
Mark Carney Advisor Says AI Data Centres ‘Provide Markets’ For Gas
Oil Pipelines Align With Jesus, Danielle Smith Tells Christian Leaders
Inside the Plot to Cover Europe with Gas-Powered AI Data Centres
Drilling in the Mouth of the Amazon: How Brazil’s Oil Giant Is Drowning Out Critics

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Tech vs. Climate

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.
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.
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 Hungary’s largest private educational institution. It is closely affiliated with Viktor Orbán’s governme...
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Credentials  BA Classics, University of Oxford.“Dr James Orr,” Cambridge University Faculty of Divinity, accessed 08.01.2025. Archived December 4, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/vH...
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