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Massive cuts at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) have hampered state-level regulators’ ability to rein in pollution, according to a new report. And now, with the Trump administration pushing for even deeper cuts at the agency in 2026, many states across the country may be in a dire position. “If EPA’s capacity to do […]

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A version of this story also appeared on Inside EPA. Since the second Trump administration took power in January, at least 15 coal plants have had planned retirements pushed back or delayed indefinitely, a DeSmog analysis found.  That’s mostly due to an expected rise in electricity demand, a surge largely driven by the rise of […]

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A political group created by oil and gas billionaire Charles Koch earlier this year wrote to a branch of the U.S. government making requests about artificial intelligence. “To seize the moment and ensure that AI can meet its true promise and potential,” it argued in March to the National Coordination Office, a federal body tasked […]

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The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group – received more than £640,000 from fossil fuel companies and Rupert Murdoch’s media conglomerate between 1957 and 2005, DeSmog can reveal. Archive records seen by DeSmog show that the group, which has campaigned for more fossil fuel extraction and against government climate action, […]

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A year ago, as the world convulsed from Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. presidential election, his allies were already identifying their next frontier. In December, the Heartland Institute hosted a private event in Mayfair, one of London’s wealthiest areas, to announce the launch of its new UK-Europe branch. The launch was attended by former […]

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A speech this fall by Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney directly referenced the pro-AI and fossil fuel group Build Canada, DeSmog can reveal. The Canadian group was founded in part by Canada’s leading tech billionaire Tobias Lütke, who is CEO of the Ottawa-based e-commerce company Shopify. It is also associated with oil and gas investor and […]

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This piece is copublished by DeSmog and ExxonKnews. ExxonKnews is a reporting project of the Center for Climate Integrity. Facing a growing number of lawsuits that could hold them liable for billions of dollars in climate damages, oil companies for the fifth time in three years are asking the U.S. Supreme Court to stop the cases before they can […]

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Shell QGC, one of Australia’s largest gas and coal companies, has paid the Queensland Museum in Brisbane 10.25 million Australian dollars (US$6.94 million) since 2015 to fund educational programmes — aimed at school children as young as nine years old — that fail to clearly identify fossil fuels as the primary cause of climate change. […]

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A public relations firm for major U.S. polluters worked to dismantle EU laws that require large corporations to make plans for cutting emissions. The PR company Teneo undertook this work on behalf of the Competitiveness Roundtable — a coalition of companies including ExxonMobil, TotalEnergies, Chevron, and Koch Inc. – according to documents uncovered by the […]

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Prime Minister Mark Carney’s once-vaunted climate credibility appears to be in free-fall. After eliminating the carbon tax and rolling back vehicle emissions standards, his government announced fast-track support for two liquified natural gas projects and exactly zero renewable energy developments. Carney’s latest fossil fuel photo op was with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith concerning a contentious pipeline to […]

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An influential Labour peer has been criticised for being the star speaker at the UK’s main climate science denial group, which says carbon emissions are a “benefit to the planet”. Lord Maurice Glasman, founder of the conservative ‘Blue Labour’ faction of the Labour Party, delivered the Global Warming Policy Foundation’s (GWPF) annual lecture on Monday, […]

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Many were frustrated, justifiably, by Bill Gates’ ability to steal headlines ahead of this year’s just-concluded round of U.N. climate talks, COP30. Gates did so by telling the climate community, on his blog, what he believes is a ‘hard truth’: that we are ‘diverting resources from the most effective things that should be done to […]

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