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· Nov 14
Trump is opening his administration to fracking billionaires, oil lobbyists and far-right climate deniers. Our global team of investigative reporters is tracking the damage.
Here's a starter pack of DeSmog investigators and some of the climate disinfo journalists we follow.
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Here's a starter pack of DeSmog investigators and some of the climate disinfo journalists we follow.
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While geopolitics realign with major implications for climate and justice, we track the key players others miss. UK Deputy Editor Sam Bright revealed that the Heritage Foundation, the think tank behind Project 2025, convened a meeting of hardline allies to discuss dismantling the European Union.
December 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
While geopolitics realign with major implications for climate and justice, we track the key players others miss. UK Deputy Editor Sam Bright revealed that the Heritage Foundation, the think tank behind Project 2025, convened a meeting of hardline allies to discuss dismantling the European Union.
We keep fossil fuel companies on their toes: Norwegian oil giant Equinor retracted its claim that it stores 1 million tonnes of CO2 annually at its flagship carbon capture project after DeSmog contributor Edward Donnelly’s investigation showed it stores as little as one-tenth of that amount 💥
December 22, 2025 at 5:43 PM
We keep fossil fuel companies on their toes: Norwegian oil giant Equinor retracted its claim that it stores 1 million tonnes of CO2 annually at its flagship carbon capture project after DeSmog contributor Edward Donnelly’s investigation showed it stores as little as one-tenth of that amount 💥
🚨 New! 🚨 Spend a few minutes reliving DeSmog's year of investigating the fossil fuel companies, tech giants, climate deniers, and right-wing political operatives that have thrown their fortunes in with Donald Trump and the MAGA movement.
December 22, 2025 at 11:45 AM
🚨 New! 🚨 Spend a few minutes reliving DeSmog's year of investigating the fossil fuel companies, tech giants, climate deniers, and right-wing political operatives that have thrown their fortunes in with Donald Trump and the MAGA movement.
📍 NEW 📍Behind closed doors in Coweta County, Georgia: $17B data center backers get direct access to decision-makers — residents don’t. Read DeSmog's latest. buff.ly/u9QtxyA #datacenters #CowetaCounty #EdwardDonnelly
Behind Closed Doors, Georgia County Rewrote Data Center Rules
Emails obtained by DeSmog show county officials continually met privately with Project Sail lobbyists, something denied to local residents opposing the $17 billion data center.
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December 20, 2025 at 5:15 PM
📍 NEW 📍Behind closed doors in Coweta County, Georgia: $17B data center backers get direct access to decision-makers — residents don’t. Read DeSmog's latest. buff.ly/u9QtxyA #datacenters #CowetaCounty #EdwardDonnelly
📍 NEW 📍 NY Young Republicans celebrated with far-right politicians from France, Germany, and other European nations at a lavish annual gala in Manhattan — an event co-organized by a think tank linked to Hungary's right-wing Orban government.
Group Linked to Hungary's Orban Co-organises Young Republican Gala
Far-right European politicians and their U.S. allies celebrated their growing bonds and shared goals at the lavish party — "we are in the trenches together".
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December 20, 2025 at 7:00 AM
📍 NEW 📍 NY Young Republicans celebrated with far-right politicians from France, Germany, and other European nations at a lavish annual gala in Manhattan — an event co-organized by a think tank linked to Hungary's right-wing Orban government.
📍 NEW 📍Behind closed doors in Coweta County, Georgia: $17B data center backers get direct access to decision-makers — residents don’t. Read DeSmog's latest. buff.ly/u9QtxyA #datacenters #CowetaCounty #EdwardDonnelly
Behind Closed Doors, Georgia County Rewrote Data Center Rules
Emails obtained by DeSmog show county officials continually met privately with Project Sail lobbyists, something denied to local residents opposing the $17 billion data center.
buff.ly
December 20, 2025 at 1:03 AM
📍 NEW 📍Behind closed doors in Coweta County, Georgia: $17B data center backers get direct access to decision-makers — residents don’t. Read DeSmog's latest. buff.ly/u9QtxyA #datacenters #CowetaCounty #EdwardDonnelly
📍 NEW 📍Behind closed doors in Coweta County, Georgia: $17B data center backers get direct access to decision-makers — residents don’t. Read DeSmog's latest. buff.ly/u9QtxyA #datacenters #CowetaCounty #EdwardDonnelly
Behind Closed Doors, Georgia County Rewrote Data Center Rules
Emails obtained by DeSmog show county officials continually met privately with Project Sail lobbyists, something denied to local residents opposing the $17 billion data center.
buff.ly
December 19, 2025 at 10:22 PM
📍 NEW 📍Behind closed doors in Coweta County, Georgia: $17B data center backers get direct access to decision-makers — residents don’t. Read DeSmog's latest. buff.ly/u9QtxyA #datacenters #CowetaCounty #EdwardDonnelly
buff.ly/tGeQ7CI 🚨Big UK theatres, museums, and galleries are facing calls to stop taking sponsorship money from big polluters and the banks that finance them. Here's how the PR firm Brunswick Group stepped in to help keep the fossil fuel money flowing.
How a Big Oil PR Firm Helped Top UK Cultural Institutions Defend Their Fossil Fuel Sponsorships
Brunswick Group’s strategies aimed to neutralise growing calls for theatres, museums, and galleries to distance themselves from climate polluters.
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December 17, 2025 at 10:07 AM
buff.ly/tGeQ7CI 🚨Big UK theatres, museums, and galleries are facing calls to stop taking sponsorship money from big polluters and the banks that finance them. Here's how the PR firm Brunswick Group stepped in to help keep the fossil fuel money flowing.
📍 NEW 📍 Water use. Power demand. Rural land loss.
Coweta County, Georgia, residents raised alarms about a proposed $17 billion data center — but lobbyists got the meetings. Emails uncovered by DeSmog reveal the imbalance. buff.ly/9Cx5T9h
#GeorgiaPolitics #CowetaCounty #ProjectSail #datacenters
Coweta County, Georgia, residents raised alarms about a proposed $17 billion data center — but lobbyists got the meetings. Emails uncovered by DeSmog reveal the imbalance. buff.ly/9Cx5T9h
#GeorgiaPolitics #CowetaCounty #ProjectSail #datacenters
Behind Closed Doors, Georgia County Rewrote Data Center Rules
Emails obtained by DeSmog show county officials continually met privately with Project Sail lobbyists, something denied to local residents opposing the $17 billion data center.
www.desmog.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:40 PM
📍 NEW 📍 Water use. Power demand. Rural land loss.
Coweta County, Georgia, residents raised alarms about a proposed $17 billion data center — but lobbyists got the meetings. Emails uncovered by DeSmog reveal the imbalance. buff.ly/9Cx5T9h
#GeorgiaPolitics #CowetaCounty #ProjectSail #datacenters
Coweta County, Georgia, residents raised alarms about a proposed $17 billion data center — but lobbyists got the meetings. Emails uncovered by DeSmog reveal the imbalance. buff.ly/9Cx5T9h
#GeorgiaPolitics #CowetaCounty #ProjectSail #datacenters
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The world’s largest salmon producer Mowi stands accused of a charm offensive in the Scottish Highlands that distracts from its “polluting, smelly and invasive” fish farms, say local residents and fishers, in what used to be “pristine” Highlands lochs.
with @desmog.com
The world’s largest salmon producer Mowi stands accused of a charm offensive in the Scottish Highlands that distracts from its “polluting, smelly and invasive” fish farms, say local residents and fishers, in what used to be “pristine” Highlands lochs.
with @desmog.com
December 16, 2025 at 2:20 PM
🔴 NEW 🔴
The world’s largest salmon producer Mowi stands accused of a charm offensive in the Scottish Highlands that distracts from its “polluting, smelly and invasive” fish farms, say local residents and fishers, in what used to be “pristine” Highlands lochs.
with @desmog.com
The world’s largest salmon producer Mowi stands accused of a charm offensive in the Scottish Highlands that distracts from its “polluting, smelly and invasive” fish farms, say local residents and fishers, in what used to be “pristine” Highlands lochs.
with @desmog.com
🔴 NEW 🔴
‘They Don’t Give A Damn’: Scotland’s Highland Communities Tire of Charm Offensive by ‘Polluting’ Salmon Giant Mowi
📝 @brigitte-whl.bsky.social
www.desmog.com/2025/12/16/t...
‘They Don’t Give A Damn’: Scotland’s Highland Communities Tire of Charm Offensive by ‘Polluting’ Salmon Giant Mowi
📝 @brigitte-whl.bsky.social
www.desmog.com/2025/12/16/t...
‘They Don’t Give A Damn’: Scotland’s Highland Communities Tire of Charm Offensive by ‘Polluting’ Salmon Giant Mowi
The world’s largest salmon producer stands accused of a charm offensive in the Scottish Highlands that distracts from its “noisy” and “polluting” fish farms. Seafood giant Mowi produces more than a fi...
www.desmog.com
December 16, 2025 at 11:10 AM
🔴 NEW 🔴
‘They Don’t Give A Damn’: Scotland’s Highland Communities Tire of Charm Offensive by ‘Polluting’ Salmon Giant Mowi
📝 @brigitte-whl.bsky.social
www.desmog.com/2025/12/16/t...
‘They Don’t Give A Damn’: Scotland’s Highland Communities Tire of Charm Offensive by ‘Polluting’ Salmon Giant Mowi
📝 @brigitte-whl.bsky.social
www.desmog.com/2025/12/16/t...
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The "Institute of Economic Affairs" banked £640,000 in past donations from oil giants BP and Shell, and from Rupert Murdoch
- investigation by @desmog.com reveals how IEA has campaigned against climate action after taking cash from fossil fuel firms
#climatecrisis
www.desmog.com/2025/12/10/t...
- investigation by @desmog.com reveals how IEA has campaigned against climate action after taking cash from fossil fuel firms
#climatecrisis
www.desmog.com/2025/12/10/t...
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
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 ...
www.desmog.com
December 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
The "Institute of Economic Affairs" banked £640,000 in past donations from oil giants BP and Shell, and from Rupert Murdoch
- investigation by @desmog.com reveals how IEA has campaigned against climate action after taking cash from fossil fuel firms
#climatecrisis
www.desmog.com/2025/12/10/t...
- investigation by @desmog.com reveals how IEA has campaigned against climate action after taking cash from fossil fuel firms
#climatecrisis
www.desmog.com/2025/12/10/t...
What's the climate cost of keeping these old coal plants open? Last year, they belched out over 68 million tons of CO2. That's more than the total emissions of Delaware, Maryland, and DC combined. Get the full story from @joefassler.bsky.social
🚨 New analysis🚨 Since Trump returned to power, 15 coal plants had planned retirements pushed back or delayed indefinitely. Nearly 75 percent were on track to shutter in the next two years. AI is a major, but not the only driver. Read more 👉
These 15 Coal Plants Would Have Retired. Then Came AI and Trump.
Utilities started reversing coal power’s “irreversible” decline. Will it last?
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December 12, 2025 at 7:16 PM
What's the climate cost of keeping these old coal plants open? Last year, they belched out over 68 million tons of CO2. That's more than the total emissions of Delaware, Maryland, and DC combined. Get the full story from @joefassler.bsky.social
🚨 New analysis🚨 Since Trump returned to power, 15 coal plants had planned retirements pushed back or delayed indefinitely. Nearly 75 percent were on track to shutter in the next two years. AI is a major, but not the only driver. Read more 👉
These 15 Coal Plants Would Have Retired. Then Came AI and Trump.
Utilities started reversing coal power’s “irreversible” decline. Will it last?
buff.ly
December 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
🚨 New analysis🚨 Since Trump returned to power, 15 coal plants had planned retirements pushed back or delayed indefinitely. Nearly 75 percent were on track to shutter in the next two years. AI is a major, but not the only driver. Read more 👉
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At this point AI expansion and fossil fuel growth are basically the same thing.
And Charles Koch's political network is working with the Trump administration to shape the strategy.
Read more at @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/12/11/t...
And Charles Koch's political network is working with the Trump administration to shape the strategy.
Read more at @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/12/11/t...
The Koch Network Is Pushing Trump to Accelerate AI, Documents Show
Right-wing political group Americans for Prosperity, backed by oil and gas billionaire Charles Koch, sees data centers as part of a larger pro-fossil fuel age
www.desmog.com
December 11, 2025 at 5:10 PM
At this point AI expansion and fossil fuel growth are basically the same thing.
And Charles Koch's political network is working with the Trump administration to shape the strategy.
Read more at @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/12/11/t...
And Charles Koch's political network is working with the Trump administration to shape the strategy.
Read more at @desmog.com
www.desmog.com/2025/12/11/t...
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🚨 New from @desmog.com: The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch.
“Groundbreaking investigation” reveals how the IEA has campaigned against climate action after taking cash from fossil fuel firms.
buff.ly/BktUF1G
“Groundbreaking investigation” reveals how the IEA has campaigned against climate action after taking cash from fossil fuel firms.
buff.ly/BktUF1G
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
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…
www.desmog.com
December 11, 2025 at 9:18 AM
🚨 New from @desmog.com: The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch.
“Groundbreaking investigation” reveals how the IEA has campaigned against climate action after taking cash from fossil fuel firms.
buff.ly/BktUF1G
“Groundbreaking investigation” reveals how the IEA has campaigned against climate action after taking cash from fossil fuel firms.
buff.ly/BktUF1G
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Thank you @desmog.com you're doing invaluable investigative journalism.
🔴 NEW - Mapped: Pro-Trump Heartland Institute’s European Network
The U.S. climate science denial group is attempting to forge a global anti-green alliance.
📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social
The U.S. climate science denial group is attempting to forge a global anti-green alliance.
📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social
Mapped: Pro-Trump Heartland Institute’s European Network
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...
www.desmog.com
December 11, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Thank you @desmog.com you're doing invaluable investigative journalism.
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🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
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 ...
www.desmog.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
🔴 NEW 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
“Groundbreaking investigation” reveals how the IEA has campaigned against climate action after taking cash from fossil fuel firms.
📝 @writesbright.bsky.social
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
“Groundbreaking investigation” reveals how the IEA has campaigned against climate action after taking cash from fossil fuel firms.
📝 @writesbright.bsky.social
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
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 ...
www.desmog.com
December 11, 2025 at 7:06 AM
🔴 NEW 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
“Groundbreaking investigation” reveals how the IEA has campaigned against climate action after taking cash from fossil fuel firms.
📝 @writesbright.bsky.social
The Institute of Economic Affairs Banked £640,000 from Oil Giants and Murdoch
“Groundbreaking investigation” reveals how the IEA has campaigned against climate action after taking cash from fossil fuel firms.
📝 @writesbright.bsky.social
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The Heartland Institute, a MAGA climate denial group, has been trying to influence UK and European politics with the help of Nigel Farage.
We’ve mapped their key allies as they attempt to impose Trump’s agenda across the pond 👇🏻
We’ve mapped their key allies as they attempt to impose Trump’s agenda across the pond 👇🏻
Mapped: Pro-Trump Heartland Institute’s European Network
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...
www.desmog.com
December 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
The Heartland Institute, a MAGA climate denial group, has been trying to influence UK and European politics with the help of Nigel Farage.
We’ve mapped their key allies as they attempt to impose Trump’s agenda across the pond 👇🏻
We’ve mapped their key allies as they attempt to impose Trump’s agenda across the pond 👇🏻
🔴 NEW - Mapped: Pro-Trump Heartland Institute’s European Network
The U.S. climate science denial group is attempting to forge a global anti-green alliance.
📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social
The U.S. climate science denial group is attempting to forge a global anti-green alliance.
📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social
Mapped: Pro-Trump Heartland Institute’s European Network
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...
www.desmog.com
December 10, 2025 at 11:22 AM
🔴 NEW - Mapped: Pro-Trump Heartland Institute’s European Network
The U.S. climate science denial group is attempting to forge a global anti-green alliance.
📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social
The U.S. climate science denial group is attempting to forge a global anti-green alliance.
📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social
buff.ly/1WOF5BI 🚨 Exclusive: Shell Subsidiary Paid Queensland Museum More Than $10m to Shape Children’s Climate Education
Exclusive: Shell Subsidiary Paid Queensland Museum More Than $10m to Shape Children’s Climate Education
The educational materials distort how fossil fuel pollution has caused the climate emergency, new report finds.
www.desmog.com
December 7, 2025 at 4:23 PM
buff.ly/1WOF5BI 🚨 Exclusive: Shell Subsidiary Paid Queensland Museum More Than $10m to Shape Children’s Climate Education
🔴 ‘Divide and Conquer’: Inside the Oil and Gas Strategy to Thwart EU Green Laws
U.S. fossil fuel majors led efforts to ensure corporations would not have to introduce climate action plans.
📝 @clarecarlile.bsky.social
U.S. fossil fuel majors led efforts to ensure corporations would not have to introduce climate action plans.
📝 @clarecarlile.bsky.social
‘Divide and Conquer’: Inside the Oil and Gas Strategy to Thwart EU Green Laws
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 its work on behalf of t...
www.desmog.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:52 PM
🔴 ‘Divide and Conquer’: Inside the Oil and Gas Strategy to Thwart EU Green Laws
U.S. fossil fuel majors led efforts to ensure corporations would not have to introduce climate action plans.
📝 @clarecarlile.bsky.social
U.S. fossil fuel majors led efforts to ensure corporations would not have to introduce climate action plans.
📝 @clarecarlile.bsky.social
📍 NEW 📍 Mark Carney's new pipeline deal puts First Nations in a double bind -- environmentally and financially. Read Mitch Anderson's latest: buff.ly/xldb2TX
‘Utterly Abusive’: First Nations United Against Mark Carney’s Alberta Pipeline Plans
By tying the project’s fate to Indigenous “equity,” Carney saddles groups with the blame, and potentially the bill, if they move to stop a pipeline they oppose.
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December 2, 2025 at 7:24 PM
📍 NEW 📍 Mark Carney's new pipeline deal puts First Nations in a double bind -- environmentally and financially. Read Mitch Anderson's latest: buff.ly/xldb2TX
🔴 NEW - Labour Group Slams Lord Glasman Over Climate Denial Lecture
The Labour peer called for new coal power in the Global Warming Policy Foundation’s annual lecture.
📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social
The Labour peer called for new coal power in the Global Warming Policy Foundation’s annual lecture.
📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social
Labour Group Slams Lord Glasman Over Climate Denial Lecture
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...
www.desmog.com
November 28, 2025 at 11:15 AM
🔴 NEW - Labour Group Slams Lord Glasman Over Climate Denial Lecture
The Labour peer called for new coal power in the Global Warming Policy Foundation’s annual lecture.
📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social
The Labour peer called for new coal power in the Global Warming Policy Foundation’s annual lecture.
📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social