TJ Jordan is an investigative reporter at DeSmog. Their work aims to reveal how polluting industries โ and their hired consultants โ delay climate action through advertising, public relations, and lobbying. He joined DeSmog in the summer of 2023 after four years working in a global PR agency.ย Their investigations have been co-published with major outlets including The Guardian and the Financial Times, and they were named Emerging Journalist of the Year at the Covering Climate Now Awards 2025. Contact them at tj@desmog or Signal (+33 7 59 69 93 03), or read more of their work.
The agency โ LLYC Brasil โ promoted the upcoming Earthshot Prize ceremony in Rio de Janeiro while under contract to oil giant Petrobras.
A ruling that TotalEnergies misled consumers with inflated climate claims is the first court judgment against the fossil fuel industryโs net zero narrative.
Firmโs top London consultants planned to help Saudi Aramco influence policymakers, leaked documents reveal.
DeSmog investigation reveals that up to 200 staff from 15 Interpublic Group agencies work for Aramco.
Decision a blow to campaigners, who say the ads gave Saudi Aramco unearned climate credibility.
Former BBDO Creative Partner Polina Zabrodskaya: โItโs devastating to know your work causes real harm, so people suppress that knowledge.โ
Campaigners charge that the ASA is "endorsing greenwash" with its decision in favor of Shell.
Survey data shows almost double the number of people would back restrictions than those who oppose them.
Bank has been bigging up reductions in โoperational emissionsโ while continuing to finance the fossil fuel industry.
Fossil-friendly communications companies are represented on some national delegations to the climate talks, DeSmog analysis finds.
