DeSmog analysed misleading statements by farming groups, media influencers, and political candidates in France, Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, and Ireland.

Some cast doubt on the climate science, while others painted EU regulators as part of an authoritarian “sect” wishing to control citizens through green measures.

Big and small farming groups have decided against attending the demo on the eve of the EU elections.

Panellists criticised net zero as “stupid propaganda” and suggested that climate action would “take us back to the dark ages”.

Industry leaders praise UN food and climate plan as “music to our ears”.

Insiders fear that conflicts of interest on the boards of the six largest communications firms are quashing effective climate action.

Big agriculture and far-right parties set farmers against the environment but producers on the ground in Brussels told a different story.

Major food and agriculture companies have sent 340 representatives to Dubai for the climate summit.

From ‘innovation sprints’ to spritzers, polluting agri-giants have so many ways to influence climate outcomes.

Polluting livestock companies and lobby groups will target pavilions in a coordinated campaign at the UN climate summit, documents show.