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Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is hosting a number of radical anti-climate groups at its conference this weekend, DeSmog can report. They include the Heartland Institute, a group close to Donald Trump’s administration, which has called human-induced climate change a “delusion”. The conference will also play host to Net Zero Watch, the campaign arm of the […]

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Marks and Spencer (M&S) continued to advertise on GB News even while the broadcaster’s boss was betting against the company, DeSmog can reveal. Since the start of the year, Marshall Wace – the hedge fund owned by GB News’ proprietor Paul Marshall – has been shorting M&S, one of the UK’s most trusted brands. Shorting […]

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A group of more than 85 climate experts today released a scathing review of the Trump administration’s “Climate Working Group” report on climate change science, condemning it as “biased, full of errors, and not fit to inform policymaking.” The reviewers include MacArthur “Genius” Fellows, a half-dozen members of the National Academy of Sciences, Royal Society […]

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On Sept. 29, 2015, then-Bank of England Governor Mark Carney strode to the podium at Lloyd’s of London and delivered a landmark speech on the threat of climate change to the financial sector, insurance industry and the world in general.  To avoid catastrophic consequences, Carney urged governments and business leaders to recognize that the “vast […]

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This story is being published in collaboration with The Tyee, an award-winning independent media outlet based in BC.  A controversial report published this summer by the U.S. Department of Energy that alleges humans may not be the primary cause of climate change is being cited by the Donald Trump administration to abolish regulations on the […]

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Nigel Farage’s Reform UK would allow a fossil fuel company owned by a Donald Trump donor to open up a huge fracking site in Greater Lincolnshire, DeSmog can reveal. Andrea Jenkyns, Reform’s mayor in the region, recently met with Egdon Resources – an oil and gas firm owned by Texas-based Heyco Energy – which claims […]

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At the start of June, MSN, the world’s fourth-largest news aggregator, posted an article from a new climate-focused publication, Climate Cosmos, entitled: “Why Top Experts Are Rethinking Climate Alarmism”. The article – by “Kathleen Westbrook M.Sc Climate Science” – cited a finding from the “Global Climate Research Institute” that “65 percent of surveyed climate professionals […]

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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage will speak next week alongside the authors of Donald Trump’s plans to “dismantle the administrative state” and scrap climate policies.  Farage is a featured speaker at the National Conservatism (NatCon) conference in Washington DC – at least his tenth visit to the U.S. since being elected as an MP. As […]

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The Financial Times published a story based on the material uncovered by this investigation. The global advertising giant Interpublic Group (IPG) is facing allegations by staff that its rebrand of the world’s largest oil company violated a pledge to avoid work that could worsen the climate crisis. Documents obtained by DeSmog show that a group […]

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Advertising firms are increasingly shy about their work for the fossil fuel industry. But now, thanks to insider sources and documents from global communications holding company Interpublic Group (IPG), DeSmog can reveal the team of ad, PR, and lobbying agencies that help shape the image of Saudi Aramco — the world’s biggest oil company. Credit: […]

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TalkRadio bombarded listeners with false climate claims after England recorded its hottest June on record, DeSmog can report.  The channel, which attracts nearly half a million listeners a week, consistently hosted anti-climate, pro-fossil fuel voices throughout July. The Met Office said it was “virtually certain” that human influence had increased the occurrence and intensity of the extreme heat. […]

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Commissioners in a Georgia county unanimously decided to delay a vote on contentious new rules governing massive data center projects, during a meeting that drew an unusual overflow crowd. Dozens of local residents packed the Commissioner Chambers in Newnan, 40 miles southwest of Atlanta, with more standing outside. Many wore red to show their unified opposition […]

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