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How A Gas Price ‘Expert’ Is Using The Iran War to Mobilize Canadians Against Climate Action

Dan McTeague cultivates a media image as a consumer advocate while running a group urging people to fight against climate policies.
Dan McTeague cultivates a media image as a consumer advocate while running a group urging people to fight against climate policies.
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Big Oil Knew It Was Wrecking Louisiana’s Coast, Records Show
us/Civil Rights Case Probes Racism Behind Cancer Alley Pollution
us/Data Centers Are Poised to Engulf a Pennsylvania Town
How the ‘Galapagos of West Africa’ was Plundered by Floating Fishmeal Factories 
'You Can’t Live Without Us': How Big Oil Pivoted from Climate-friendly Messaging to Normalise Dependence on Fossil Fuels  

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As War on Iran Continues, a European Climate Law Could Be at Risk
By Emily Sanders
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Industry groups warn of “supply shocks” as energy shortages grow, but critics say targeting the EU’s methane rule would lock in polluting U.S. fossil-fuel infrastructure at a dire cost to local and global communities.

Industry groups warn of “supply shocks” as energy shortages grow, but critics say targeting the EU’s methane rule would lock in polluting U.S. fossil-fuel infrastructure at a dire cost to local and global communities.
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uk/As the Oil Majors Retreat on Climate Promises, Industry Insiders Are Asking: Should I Stay or Should I Go?
ByNeil Wallis
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“I had to decide if this was really a career I wanted to dedicate my life to. The obvious and unavoidable answer was no.”

“I had to decide if this was really a career I wanted to dedicate my life to. The obvious and unavoidable answer was no.”
uk/Reform Policy Chief James Orr Shared Stage With White Nationalist
BySam Bright
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One of Farage’s top advisors rubbed shoulders with a far-right Estonian politician who has said “if you’re black, go back”.

One of Farage’s top advisors rubbed shoulders with a far-right Estonian politician who has said “if you’re black, go back”.
Series: Inside MAGA’s Global Climate Agenda
Series: MAGA
uk/Energy Firms Dodge £1 Billion Debt Relief Bill After Corporate Lobbying
ByAdam Bychawski
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Ofgem has rejected calls for household energy debts to be paid off using excess profits.

Ofgem has rejected calls for household energy debts to be paid off using excess profits.
How ‘The Charles Koch of Canada’ Created a $9.5 Million Influence Machine
ByMary Stuart and Geoff Dembicki
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Former fracking magnate Gwyn Morgan has funnelled millions to right-wing media and think tanks, a DeSmog analysis reveals.

Former fracking magnate Gwyn Morgan has funnelled millions to right-wing media and think tanks, a DeSmog analysis reveals.
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Climate Disasters Hit Homeowners Through Insurance Bills, and States Want Big Oil to Pay
BySharon Kelly
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After surviving a California wildfire, one family saw premiums quadruple — as states consider laws to force fossil fuel companies to pay for the soaring costs of climate catastrophes they helped create.
After surviving a California wildfire, one family saw premiums quadruple — as states consider laws to force fossil fuel companies to pay for the soaring costs of climate catastrophes they helped create.
uk/Kemi Badenoch Accepted £7,500 Retreat from Chair of Climate Denial Group
BySam Bright
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The Tory leader spent a week at the home of a major party donor.
The Tory leader spent a week at the home of a major party donor.
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Canada's Oil Industry Is Trying to Cash in on Iran War
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Canadian politicians and pundits are leveraging Trump’s war with Iran to expand fossil fuel infrastructure.
Canadian politicians and pundits are leveraging Trump’s war with Iran to expand fossil fuel infrastructure.
An ExxonMobil gas station in Hiawassee, Georgia, with a blue house in the background.
Breaking: UK Court Paves Way for Alleged Exxon Hacker-for-Hire’s Extradition to U.S.
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Israeli private eye Amit Forlit denied appeal in decision that could lead to his facing a maximum of 45 years in prison if found guilty.
Israeli private eye Amit Forlit denied appeal in decision that could lead to his facing a maximum of 45 years in prison if found guilty.
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uk/Comment: 10 Years on from Deepwater Horizon, Coronavirus Shows Continued Need for a Just Transition Away from Big Oil
How ‘The Charles Koch of Canada’ Created a $9.5 Million Influence Machine
uk/Reform Policy Chief James Orr Shared Stage With White Nationalist
uk/Kemi Badenoch Accepted £7,500 Retreat from Chair of Climate Denial Group
uk/Energy Firms Dodge £1 Billion Debt Relief Bill After Corporate Lobbying
uk/Who Funds Reform? Nigel Farage’s Party Received 92 Percent of its Donations from Fossil Fuel Interests, Polluters, and Climate Deniers

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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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