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Credit: Sari Williams
Mark Carney Advisor Says AI Data Centres ‘Provide Markets’ For Gas
By Geoff Dembicki and Jen St. Denis
on
Boosting energy production is one of the top ‘public policy benefits to Canada’ of data centres, internal Privy Council document explains.
A collage of images with a neighborhood platte next to an oil pumpjack, center, oil jumpjacks drilling oil, bottom, shut-in oil well valve, overlaid on orange blocks with darker orange dots representing unreclaimed oil and gas sites. Oxy, Civitas, Chevron, and Colorado's Energy and Carbon Management Commission logos overlaid.
us/Colorado Gave $1.3 Billion Carve-out to Oil Companies While Thousands of Dirty Sites Await Cleanup
By Joe Fassler
on
The state’s reforms aimed to fix well cleanup, but a DeSmog and Guardian investigation found it will take decades to clear the backlog.
Construction Work on Trans Mountain Pipeline - Outside Valemount, British Columbia, Canada. Credit: Adam Jones (CC BY 2.0)
‘Economic Reconciliation’ Means Faster Approval Times for Fossil Fuel and Mining Projects
By Taylor Noakes
on
DeSmog obtained audio from a summit where industry talked candidly about how Indigenous partnerships ‘de-risk’ projects.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney announcing their bi-lateral agreement on the implementation of matters related to their November 2025 MOU, which included advancing the Pathways carbon capture and storage project. (Credit: Danielle Smith/Youtube)
The Pathways Alliance Carbon Capture Project Was Always a Boondoggle 
By Mitch Anderson
on
Instead of delivering on its promised CCS project, the Oil Sands Alliance is turning up the heat on Ottawa to rollback environmental regulations, and government is capitulating.
Solidarity action opposing the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Pipeline in British Columbia. Credit: Mike Graeme (CC BY via flickr)
How Canada’s LNG Push Is Benefiting Trump and Shortchanging Indigenous People
By Taylor Noakes
on
A Q&A with Kai Nagata, a campaigner and researcher who works with Indigenous communities on the front lines of resisting MAGA-backed oil and gas expansion.
Fertiliser and Grain Bosses Bank $66 Million Selling Shares During Iran War
By Clare Carlile
on
Industry giants have been accused of ‘enriching shareholders’ while ‘farmers and consumers pay the price’.
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage. Credit: Guy Bell/Alamy Live News
uk/Revealed: Reform’s £24 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests
By Adam Barnett and Sam Bright
on
Nigel Farage’s anti-climate party has received two thirds of its income from oil investors.
A data centre building in Poplar, Tower Hamlets, London. Credit: Lana Rastro
Inside the Plot to Cover Europe with Gas-Powered AI Data Centres
By Rei Takver
on
Gas turbine manufacturers are confident they will win the battle over whether Europe’s AI boom will be powered by fossil fuels.
Hedge fund boss, Reform UK donor, and media owner Jeremy Hosking. Credit: Hosking Partners
uk/Reform Donor Expands Fossil Fuel Portfolio to £300 Million
By Adam Barnett
on
Hedge fund owner and media boss Jeremy Hosking has increased his oil, gas and coal shares by more than half this year.
An oil well blowout shooting a mixture of oil, water, and gas over 100 feet in the air west of Toyah, Texas on October 4, 2024.
us/Event | The Trillion-Gallon Time Bomb: Inside the Oil Industry’s Wastewater Crisis
By DeSmog
on
Join us for an April 28 discussion on how failures to properly regulate oilfield wastewater disposal now threaten public health and the environment.

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Mark Carney Advisor Says AI Data Centres ‘Provide Markets’ For Gas
ByGeoff Dembicki and Jen St. Denis
on
Boosting energy production is one of the top ‘public policy benefits to Canada’ of data centres, internal Privy Council document explains.
Series: Carney's Climate Betrayal
Credit: Sari Williams
us/Colorado Gave $1.3 Billion Carve-out to Oil Companies While Thousands of Dirty Sites Await Cleanup
ByJoe Fassler
on
The state’s reforms aimed to fix well cleanup, but a DeSmog and Guardian investigation found it will take decades to clear the backlog.
A collage of images with a neighborhood platte next to an oil pumpjack, center, oil jumpjacks drilling oil, bottom, shut-in oil well valve, overlaid on orange blocks with darker orange dots representing unreclaimed oil and gas sites. Oxy, Civitas, Chevron, and Colorado's Energy and Carbon Management Commission logos overlaid.
‘Economic Reconciliation’ Means Faster Approval Times for Fossil Fuel and Mining Projects
ByTaylor Noakes
on
DeSmog obtained audio from a summit where industry talked candidly about how Indigenous partnerships ‘de-risk’ projects.
Construction Work on Trans Mountain Pipeline - Outside Valemount, British Columbia, Canada. Credit: Adam Jones (CC BY 2.0)
Analysis
The Pathways Alliance Carbon Capture Project Was Always a Boondoggle 
ByMitch Anderson
on
Instead of delivering on its promised CCS project, the Oil Sands Alliance is turning up the heat on Ottawa to rollback environmental regulations, and government is capitulating.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and Prime Minister Mark Carney announcing their bi-lateral agreement on the implementation of matters related to their November 2025 MOU, which included advancing the Pathways carbon capture and storage project. (Credit: Danielle Smith/Youtube)
How Canada’s LNG Push Is Benefiting Trump and Shortchanging Indigenous People
ByTaylor Noakes
on
A Q&A with Kai Nagata, a campaigner and researcher who works with Indigenous communities on the front lines of resisting MAGA-backed oil and gas expansion.
Solidarity action opposing the Prince Rupert Gas Transmission Pipeline in British Columbia. Credit: Mike Graeme (CC BY via flickr)
Fertiliser and Grain Bosses Bank $66 Million Selling Shares During Iran War
ByClare Carlile
on
Industry giants have been accused of ‘enriching shareholders’ while ‘farmers and consumers pay the price’.
Series: Big Ag's Climate Push
uk/Revealed: Reform’s £24 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests
ByAdam Barnett and Sam Bright
on
Nigel Farage’s anti-climate party has received two thirds of its income from oil investors.
Series: Defending-UK-Democracy
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage. Credit: Guy Bell/Alamy Live News
Inside the Plot to Cover Europe with Gas-Powered AI Data Centres
ByRei Takver
on
Gas turbine manufacturers are confident they will win the battle over whether Europe’s AI boom will be powered by fossil fuels.
Series: Tech vs Climate
A data centre building in Poplar, Tower Hamlets, London. Credit: Lana Rastro
uk/Reform Donor Expands Fossil Fuel Portfolio to £300 Million
ByAdam Barnett
on
Hedge fund owner and media boss Jeremy Hosking has increased his oil, gas and coal shares by more than half this year.
Hedge fund boss, Reform UK donor, and media owner Jeremy Hosking. Credit: Hosking Partners
us/Event | The Trillion-Gallon Time Bomb: Inside the Oil Industry’s Wastewater Crisis
ByDeSmog
on
Join us for an April 28 discussion on how failures to properly regulate oilfield wastewater disposal now threaten public health and the environment.
An oil well blowout shooting a mixture of oil, water, and gas over 100 feet in the air west of Toyah, Texas on October 4, 2024.