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“Now the real work starts.” These words from Prime Minister Mark Carney marked the rapid passage of Bill C-5, which grants sweeping powers to his cabinet to fast-track infrastructure projects. While his recent meeting with Canada’s premiers was described as a love-in, the love may be short lived if certain powerful industries don’t get the […]

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Assume you are an existing JP Morgan (JPM) customer, or you are interested in the bank’s sustainable-investment strategy. Googling the words “sustainable” and “JP Morgan” will bring up a number of blog posts from the JPM website, along with others on specialised media outlets that relay the company’s press releases. One article published on the […]

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Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has mentioned his constituency fewer than half a dozen times in the House of Commons, DeSmog can reveal. Farage has been criticised for making multiple trips to the United States since he was elected as the MP for Clacton in July 2024, as well as earning £970,000 from second jobs. […]

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The UK advertising watchdog today dismissed a complaint against a series of ads for Saudi Arabia’s national oil company, 16 months after climate campaigners filed it. The New Weather Institute think tank had argued that the ads “spread disinformation on the role of ‘advanced’ fuel in decarbonising the transport sector”, because they promoted Saudi Aramco’s research into […]

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Lawmakers warned that oil companies are using increasingly sophisticated messaging tactics to portray themselves as climate champions at the UK’s first parliamentary debate on calls to ban advertising for fossil fuels. The session was triggered by a petition signed by more than 110,000 people calling for a ban on fossil fuel ads and sponsorship and […]

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Labour MP Jacob Collier cited DeSmog investigations into the strategies used by oil and gas companies to delay climate action in opening remarks to a parliamentary debate on whether the UK government should ban fossil fuel advertising. A petition calling for a ban signed by more than 110,000 people and championed by environmentalist Chris Packham […]

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