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As #COP30 begins in Belém @DeSmog can reveal over 140 ways food & agriculture firms to sway the summit. Meet the main players in Brazil's powerful agro lobby, along w/ US meat, dairy & grain industries -- and where they will target messages #AgroLobby. By @rachelsherrington.bsky.social & Gil Alessi
November 11, 2025 at 12:15 PM
As #COP30 begins in Belém @DeSmog can reveal over 140 ways food & agriculture firms to sway the summit. Meet the main players in Brazil's powerful agro lobby, along w/ US meat, dairy & grain industries -- and where they will target messages #AgroLobby. By @rachelsherrington.bsky.social & Gil Alessi
In rural Georgia, residents are waking up to the massive impacts that "hyperscale" data centre projects will have on local habitats, water and air quality -- and starting to push back.
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September 17, 2025 at 9:02 PM
In rural Georgia, residents are waking up to the massive impacts that "hyperscale" data centre projects will have on local habitats, water and air quality -- and starting to push back.
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Lobbyists helped draft a local law that would pave the way for construction of a "hyperscale" data center in a rural Georgia town. Many locals are resisting the plan, which gets a hearing tonight at the county fairgrounds. buff.ly/Vzv6aqO
September 11, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Lobbyists helped draft a local law that would pave the way for construction of a "hyperscale" data center in a rural Georgia town. Many locals are resisting the plan, which gets a hearing tonight at the county fairgrounds. buff.ly/Vzv6aqO
A dozen past and present staffers from ad giant IPG claim its rebranding campaigns for Saudi Aramco—intended partly to persuade officials that Aramco was developing climate solutions—breached its commitment to avoid worsening the climate crisis. #greenwashing #advertising
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August 26, 2025 at 4:08 AM
A dozen past and present staffers from ad giant IPG claim its rebranding campaigns for Saudi Aramco—intended partly to persuade officials that Aramco was developing climate solutions—breached its commitment to avoid worsening the climate crisis. #greenwashing #advertising
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A DeSmog investigation uncovers that nearly 200 employees from 15 Interpublic Group firms worked on a campaign to rebrand Saudi Aramco as a leader in sustainable energy. #greenwashing #advertising
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August 26, 2025 at 4:07 AM
A DeSmog investigation uncovers that nearly 200 employees from 15 Interpublic Group firms worked on a campaign to rebrand Saudi Aramco as a leader in sustainable energy. #greenwashing #advertising
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Google exec Ruth Porat cheers on Interior chief Doug Burgham's climate denial talking points — like increasing "incredibly clean" coal plants to power AI — at elite tech/lawmaker confab. Geoff Dembicki reports. buff.ly/EbvMpSE @GeoffDembicki
August 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
Google exec Ruth Porat cheers on Interior chief Doug Burgham's climate denial talking points — like increasing "incredibly clean" coal plants to power AI — at elite tech/lawmaker confab. Geoff Dembicki reports. buff.ly/EbvMpSE @GeoffDembicki
Known as Project Sail, the proposed site in this rural corner of Coweta County’s Sargent community could fill Truist Park, the Atlanta Braves baseball stadium, 53 times. It's estimated to use 14 times more energy than the total power demand of Atlanta’s airport, the busiest in the world.
August 19, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Known as Project Sail, the proposed site in this rural corner of Coweta County’s Sargent community could fill Truist Park, the Atlanta Braves baseball stadium, 53 times. It's estimated to use 14 times more energy than the total power demand of Atlanta’s airport, the busiest in the world.
Waste pickers in Nairobi say that as the global market for "plastic credits" expands, waste collection companies are cutting them out of the market for high-value recyclable or reusable plastic.
August 5, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Waste pickers in Nairobi say that as the global market for "plastic credits" expands, waste collection companies are cutting them out of the market for high-value recyclable or reusable plastic.
📍 NEW 📍 Donald Trump and corporate image-crafter the World Economic Forum create “pseudo-realities” to help avoid accountability for damaging actions -- something Big Oil does to cover their polluting tracks. Read more: buff.ly/xsqUCta
July 31, 2025 at 1:55 PM
📍 NEW 📍 Donald Trump and corporate image-crafter the World Economic Forum create “pseudo-realities” to help avoid accountability for damaging actions -- something Big Oil does to cover their polluting tracks. Read more: buff.ly/xsqUCta
📍 BREAKING:📍 Trump Officials discussed a $500M Alberta independence loan, to make the province the 51st state, says Canada separatist. Read more: buff.ly/hvsFCKI
July 24, 2025 at 4:12 PM
📍 BREAKING:📍 Trump Officials discussed a $500M Alberta independence loan, to make the province the 51st state, says Canada separatist. Read more: buff.ly/hvsFCKI
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This Small Texas Town Is Fighting Back Against Big Ammonia
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📝 @clarecarlile.bsky.social & @sarasneath.bsky.social in partnership with @texastribune.org
This Small Texas Town Is Fighting Back Against Big Ammonia
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📝 @clarecarlile.bsky.social & @sarasneath.bsky.social in partnership with @texastribune.org
July 3, 2025 at 10:07 AM
🔴 NEW 🔴
This Small Texas Town Is Fighting Back Against Big Ammonia
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📝 @clarecarlile.bsky.social & @sarasneath.bsky.social in partnership with @texastribune.org
This Small Texas Town Is Fighting Back Against Big Ammonia
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📝 @clarecarlile.bsky.social & @sarasneath.bsky.social in partnership with @texastribune.org
Kicking off #LCAW with "Ad Brake": exposing the ad industry’s role in fuelling the climate crisis and what we can do about it!
@ellen-ormesher.bsky.social interviews Polina Zabrodskaya for @climatewhistles.bsky.social; @creatives4climate.bsky.social & @badvertising.bsky.social
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@ellen-ormesher.bsky.social interviews Polina Zabrodskaya for @climatewhistles.bsky.social; @creatives4climate.bsky.social & @badvertising.bsky.social
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June 23, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Kicking off #LCAW with "Ad Brake": exposing the ad industry’s role in fuelling the climate crisis and what we can do about it!
@ellen-ormesher.bsky.social interviews Polina Zabrodskaya for @climatewhistles.bsky.social; @creatives4climate.bsky.social & @badvertising.bsky.social
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@ellen-ormesher.bsky.social interviews Polina Zabrodskaya for @climatewhistles.bsky.social; @creatives4climate.bsky.social & @badvertising.bsky.social
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NEW! 📍 Did you know that under Louisiana’s 2024 CAMRA law, community groups could face fines of up to $32,500 per day – or even $1 million – for talking publicly about evidence of air pollution? 📍 Read DeSmog's latest: buff.ly/w7YAw8k
June 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
NEW! 📍 Did you know that under Louisiana’s 2024 CAMRA law, community groups could face fines of up to $32,500 per day – or even $1 million – for talking publicly about evidence of air pollution? 📍 Read DeSmog's latest: buff.ly/w7YAw8k
The scope is breathtaking: More than 50 high-level Trump officials have links to Project 2025 groups. That includes 17 of 24 cabinet-level positions.
As one expert told us: "It shows the incredible bad faith of Trump's denials."
As one expert told us: "It shows the incredible bad faith of Trump's denials."
June 3, 2025 at 1:19 PM
The scope is breathtaking: More than 50 high-level Trump officials have links to Project 2025 groups. That includes 17 of 24 cabinet-level positions.
As one expert told us: "It shows the incredible bad faith of Trump's denials."
As one expert told us: "It shows the incredible bad faith of Trump's denials."
📍 NEW 📍 Elon Musk’s government legacy was enacting Project 2025. But his ties go back years. Read how the billionaire rescued the right-wing plan to dismantle the government while at its most toxic moment. buff.ly/FfblMPg
May 30, 2025 at 8:59 PM
📍 NEW 📍 Elon Musk’s government legacy was enacting Project 2025. But his ties go back years. Read how the billionaire rescued the right-wing plan to dismantle the government while at its most toxic moment. buff.ly/FfblMPg
📍 In October 2024, Fredericton, New Brunswick, councillor Margo Sheppard received concerning emails from KICLEI, an organization mimicking ICLEI, urging a reassessment of Fredericton's net-zero goals. Turns out, it was an AI chatbot spewing climate misinformation. Read more: buff.ly/rzD85NI 📍
May 30, 2025 at 8:46 PM
📍 In October 2024, Fredericton, New Brunswick, councillor Margo Sheppard received concerning emails from KICLEI, an organization mimicking ICLEI, urging a reassessment of Fredericton's net-zero goals. Turns out, it was an AI chatbot spewing climate misinformation. Read more: buff.ly/rzD85NI 📍
📍 BREAKING📍 Elon Musk is out. Now read Joe Fassler's latest on how DOGE’s work was a years-long strategy to remake America's government by far-right groups -- whose influence on Trump may tilt the U.S. toward autocracy. Read more: buff.ly/FfblMPg
May 30, 2025 at 8:45 PM
📍 BREAKING📍 Elon Musk is out. Now read Joe Fassler's latest on how DOGE’s work was a years-long strategy to remake America's government by far-right groups -- whose influence on Trump may tilt the U.S. toward autocracy. Read more: buff.ly/FfblMPg
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A weaponized AI chatbot is flooding Canadian city councils with climate misinformation.
Now, thousands of councillors in hundreds of towns have reversed course on climate action. Read more: buff.ly/rzD85NI
A weaponized AI chatbot is flooding Canadian city councils with climate misinformation.
Now, thousands of councillors in hundreds of towns have reversed course on climate action. Read more: buff.ly/rzD85NI
May 30, 2025 at 1:47 PM
📍 NEW📍
A weaponized AI chatbot is flooding Canadian city councils with climate misinformation.
Now, thousands of councillors in hundreds of towns have reversed course on climate action. Read more: buff.ly/rzD85NI
A weaponized AI chatbot is flooding Canadian city councils with climate misinformation.
Now, thousands of councillors in hundreds of towns have reversed course on climate action. Read more: buff.ly/rzD85NI
En Turquie, les élevages de bars nuisent aux écosystèmes locaux, notamment aux herbiers marins protégés. À l'aide d'images satellites, DeSmog a révélé l'emplacement des fermes de Kılıç et a établi un lien entre celles-ci et les dommages écologiques causés dans le golfe de Güllük.
May 29, 2025 at 10:29 AM
En Turquie, les élevages de bars nuisent aux écosystèmes locaux, notamment aux herbiers marins protégés. À l'aide d'images satellites, DeSmog a révélé l'emplacement des fermes de Kılıç et a établi un lien entre celles-ci et les dommages écologiques causés dans le golfe de Güllük.
Diaba Diop, responsable du réseau sénégalais des femmes travaillant dans le secteur de la pêche, déclare : « Si nous continuons ainsi, la mer deviendra un désert liquide. Lorsque les gens n'ont pas assez à manger, nous ne pouvons pas l'utiliser pour nourrir les animaux. »
May 29, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Diaba Diop, responsable du réseau sénégalais des femmes travaillant dans le secteur de la pêche, déclare : « Si nous continuons ainsi, la mer deviendra un désert liquide. Lorsque les gens n'ont pas assez à manger, nous ne pouvons pas l'utiliser pour nourrir les animaux. »
Au Sénégal, des usines très polluantes entraînent la surexploitation des petits poissons, menaçant la sécurité alimentaire et les emplois de 10,000 + de femmes dans le secteur de la pêche.
Ces poissons sont une source vitale, souvent irremplaçable, de micronutriments, pour les enfants.
Ces poissons sont une source vitale, souvent irremplaçable, de micronutriments, pour les enfants.
May 29, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Au Sénégal, des usines très polluantes entraînent la surexploitation des petits poissons, menaçant la sécurité alimentaire et les emplois de 10,000 + de femmes dans le secteur de la pêche.
Ces poissons sont une source vitale, souvent irremplaçable, de micronutriments, pour les enfants.
Ces poissons sont une source vitale, souvent irremplaçable, de micronutriments, pour les enfants.
In Turkey, sea bass farms harm local ecosystems, including protected seagrass meadows.
Using satellite imagery, DeSmog revealed Kiliç’s farm locations and linked these to local ecological harms in the Gulf of Güllük
Using satellite imagery, DeSmog revealed Kiliç’s farm locations and linked these to local ecological harms in the Gulf of Güllük
May 22, 2025 at 10:23 AM
In Turkey, sea bass farms harm local ecosystems, including protected seagrass meadows.
Using satellite imagery, DeSmog revealed Kiliç’s farm locations and linked these to local ecological harms in the Gulf of Güllük
Using satellite imagery, DeSmog revealed Kiliç’s farm locations and linked these to local ecological harms in the Gulf of Güllük
Diaba Diop, the head of a Senegalese network of women fish workers, said: “If we continue like this, the sea will become a liquid desert. When people don’t have enough to eat, we can’t use it to feed animals.”
May 22, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Diaba Diop, the head of a Senegalese network of women fish workers, said: “If we continue like this, the sea will become a liquid desert. When people don’t have enough to eat, we can’t use it to feed animals.”
In Senegal, highly polluting factories are driving the overexploitation of small fish species, threatening food security and the jobs of tens of thousands of women fish workers.
Small fish are a vital – often irreplaceable – source of micronutrients, particularly for children
Small fish are a vital – often irreplaceable – source of micronutrients, particularly for children
May 22, 2025 at 10:21 AM
In Senegal, highly polluting factories are driving the overexploitation of small fish species, threatening food security and the jobs of tens of thousands of women fish workers.
Small fish are a vital – often irreplaceable – source of micronutrients, particularly for children
Small fish are a vital – often irreplaceable – source of micronutrients, particularly for children
🟢 31 Reasons to read DeSmog in 2025
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January 29, 2025 at 3:38 PM
🟢 31 Reasons to read DeSmog in 2025
#20: Sharon Kelly, Investigative Reporter
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