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Meet the Combustible Cartoon Character Who Wants to Make Kids Feel Sorry for Fossil Fuels

A new children’s book by a Chevron-backed clean energy venture paints a sympathetic portrait of coal, oil, and gas.
A new children’s book by a Chevron-backed clean energy venture paints a sympathetic portrait of coal, oil, and gas.
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Series: Holding the Advertising and Public Relations Industry Accountable for Greenwash and Climate Misinformation
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How A Gas Price ‘Expert’ Is Using The Iran War to Mobilize Canadians Against Climate Action
As War on Iran Continues, a European Climate Law Could Be at Risk
Climate Disasters Hit Homeowners Through Insurance Bills, and States Want Big Oil to Pay
uk/Kemi Badenoch Accepted £7,500 Retreat from Chair of Climate Denial Group
us/Data Centers Are Poised to Engulf a Pennsylvania Town

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Mark Carney Pledges $1B in Taxpayer Money for a 'Carbon Bomb' Project
By Mitch Anderson
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Series: Mark Carney’s Climate Betrayal
Series: Carney's Climate Betrayal

It’s a massive subsidy to Equinor, the Norwegian oil company behind the Bay du Nord offshore oil project.

It’s a massive subsidy to Equinor, the Norwegian oil company behind the Bay du Nord offshore oil project.
uk/Eight Things You Should Know About Reform’s Policy Chief James Orr
ByJoey Grostern
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The key facts about one of Nigel Farage’s closest allies.

The key facts about one of Nigel Farage’s closest allies.
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uk/The Vested Interests Lobbying for North Sea Oil and Gas Expansion
BySam Bright
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Fossil fuel interests and climate science deniers have been leading the charge for more drilling.

Fossil fuel interests and climate science deniers have been leading the charge for more drilling.
Series: Defending Democracy from Dirty Money
Series: Defending-UK-Democracy
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.
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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.
Pennsylvania Town Votes Buzzer-Beater ‘No’ on Data Center Mega-Project
ByEdward Donnelly
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After months of protests — and a rushed legal deadline — officials deny Texas developer’s project as residents warn of pollution and impacts on wildlife, water, and power.
After months of protests — and a rushed legal deadline — officials deny Texas developer’s project as residents warn of pollution and impacts on wildlife, water, and power.
uk/BBC Under Fire for Producing Paid ‘Propaganda’ for Saudi Arabia
BySam Bright
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Campaigners have raised “serious concerns” about the broadcaster promoting a regime that is a “proven killer of journalists”.
Campaigners have raised “serious concerns” about the broadcaster promoting a regime that is a “proven killer of journalists”.
Opinion
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.”
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Meet the Combustible Cartoon Character Who Wants to Make Kids Feel Sorry for Fossil Fuels
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How ‘The Charles Koch of Canada’ Created a $9.5 Million Influence Machine
uk/The Vested Interests Lobbying for North Sea Oil and Gas Expansion
Pennsylvania Town Votes Buzzer-Beater ‘No’ on Data Center Mega-Project

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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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Ross McKitrick
Ross McKitrick Credentials Ph.D., Economics, University of British Columbia (1996).“Curriculum Vitae” (PDF), Rossmcitrick.com, April 10, 2013. Archived .pdf on file at Desmog. M.A., Eco...
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