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Europe’s Waterways Under Threat from Mining Lobby

Weakening the Water Framework Directive would send a “devastating” signal to the public, warns Greens MEP Jutta Paulus.
Weakening the Water Framework Directive would send a “devastating” signal to the public, warns Greens MEP Jutta Paulus.
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uk/BBC Under Fire for Airing MAGA Climate Denial
uk/Nigel Farage Paid £27,000 to Speak at Pro-Trump U.S. Think Tank
Canada Pension Plan is Bankrolling Trump’s Fossil Fuel and AI Agenda
Carney Allowed Gas-powered AI Data Centres After Lobbying From Alberta Energy Company
The Oil Industry’s Latest Disaster: Trillions of Gallons of Buried Toxic Wastewater

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How the ‘Galapagos of West Africa’ was Plundered by Floating Fishmeal Factories 
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Series: Spotlight on Industrial Aquaculture
Series: Spotlight on Industrial Aquaculture

Off-shore industrial boats illegally harvest thousands of tonnes of small fish vital to the marine food web in Guinea-Bissau, a DeSmog investigation with The Guardian reveals.

Off-shore industrial boats illegally harvest thousands of tonnes of small fish vital to the marine food web in Guinea-Bissau, a DeSmog investigation with The Guardian reveals.
us/Data Centers Are Poised to Engulf a Pennsylvania Town
ByEdward Donnelly
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DeSmog investigation reveals how developers weakened local limits on giant AI projects.

DeSmog investigation reveals how developers weakened local limits on giant AI projects.
Series: Tech vs. Climate
Series: Tech vs Climate
us/Civil Rights Case Probes Racism Behind Cancer Alley Pollution
BySharon Kelly
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Federal lawsuit claiming local officials illegally pushed polluting industries into Black communities reaches new stage.

Federal lawsuit claiming local officials illegally pushed polluting industries into Black communities reaches new stage.
Series: Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Communities at Risk
Series: Louisiana's Cancer Alley
Mosaic Company’s Faustina Ammonia Plant and CF Industries' Donaldsonville Complex's port in the 5th District of St. James with smoke rising from burning sugarcane fields
Telegraph Bidder Daily Mail Cashing in from Oil Industry Events
ByAdam Barnett
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The Mail’s events business in the Middle East provides a quarter of its revenue. A previous Telegraph bid was rejected over petrostate influence fears.

The Mail’s events business in the Middle East provides a quarter of its revenue. A previous Telegraph bid was rejected over petrostate influence fears.
Series: Defending Democracy from Dirty Money
Series: Defending-UK-Democracy
us/Supreme Court Will Hear Exxon’s Effort to Crush Climate Lawsuits
ByEmily Sanders
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Justice Samuel Alito did not recuse himself from considering the petition, despite significant financial conflicts of interest in implicated cases.

Justice Samuel Alito did not recuse himself from considering the petition, despite significant financial conflicts of interest in implicated cases.
Series: Tracking the Lawsuits Fighting for Climate Accountability
Series: Climate Change Lawsuits
A black and white image of the nine U.S. Supreme Court justices with two red oil pumpjack images overlaid.
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A utility worker in a hard hat, left, stands beside a transformer destroyed by a Russian drone near Odessa, Ukraine.
As Russia Bombs Ukraine’s Power Plants, Gulf Coast LNG Companies Win Big
ByDelaney Nolan
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Record LNG exports to Europe pushing up prices for U.S. consumers even more than forecast.
Record LNG exports to Europe pushing up prices for U.S. consumers even more than forecast.
Opinion
Climate Deniers Expected More Resistance to Trump’s Fossil Fuel Blitz
ByRei Takver
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‘I’ve never seen anything like this,” longtime denier Marc Morano said recently of Democrats, billionaires, activists and reporters going ‘silent’ on the issue.
‘I’ve never seen anything like this,” longtime denier Marc Morano said recently of Democrats, billionaires, activists and reporters going ‘silent’ on the issue.
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Mark Carney’s Pipeline MOU With Danielle Smith Has Been A Disaster
ByMitch Anderson
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First Nations are furious, environmentalists feel betrayed, oil companies are demanding more, and the clock is ticking.
First Nations are furious, environmentalists feel betrayed, oil companies are demanding more, and the clock is ticking.
Why the Haisla Nation Is Fine With LNG But Not Mark Carney’s New Oil Pipeline
ByDaniel Mesec
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In exclusive interview with DeSmog, Haisla leader explains that an oil “spill on our waterway would be catastrophic.”
In exclusive interview with DeSmog, Haisla leader explains that an oil “spill on our waterway would be catastrophic.”
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Europe’s Waterways Under Threat from Mining Lobby
us/Civil Rights Case Probes Racism Behind Cancer Alley Pollution

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Tech vs. Climate

Dueling American and Chinese missiles with binary code on them duel over an image of a smoggy gas plant
No, the U.S. Doesn’t Need Fossil Fuels to Win ‘an AI Arms Race’ Against China
AI ‘Slop’ Websites Are Publishing Climate Science Denial
MSN hosted AI-generated content that cited non-existent climate experts and institutions.
Bill Gates Gave $3.5M to Think Tank Run by Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg 
Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.
Left, academic and climate crisis denier Bjorn Lomborg in black speaks onstage at the ARC Forum. Right, a close-up of billionaire Bill Gates, smiling, looks left and holds his hands in fists.
Labour’s Big Tech Love Affair Could Blow Up Its Climate Promises
The government has signed vast deals with gas-loving, Trump-donating AI giants.

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