Clare Carlile
@clarecarlile.bsky.social
Investigative Journalist at DeSmog - climate, food and farming | Work covered by the BBC, Guardian, FT, Al Jazeera | She/her
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Clare Carlile
@clarecarlile.bsky.social
· Sep 19
🔴 NEW 🔴
‘Chilling’ Surveillance of Activists by Meat and Dairy Industry
The Animal Agriculture Alliance, which briefs the FBI, has tracked over 2,400 individuals linked to animal welfare and environmental groups.
📝 @clarecarlile.bsky.social
‘Chilling’ Surveillance of Activists by Meat and Dairy Industry
The Animal Agriculture Alliance, which briefs the FBI, has tracked over 2,400 individuals linked to animal welfare and environmental groups.
📝 @clarecarlile.bsky.social
Revealed: ‘Chilling’ Surveillance of Activists by Meat and Dairy Industry
The U.S. meat industry has engaged in intrusive surveillance of animal rights groups, including monitoring relationships between activists and tracking employees of leading charities. The industry-fun...
www.desmog.com
The U.S. meat industry has engaged in intrusive surveillance of animal rights groups, including monitoring romantic relationships between activists and tracking employees of leading charities.
✍️ My latest for @desmog.com
✍️ My latest for @desmog.com
Reposted by Clare Carlile
Pumped for this @intercept.com.br + @drilledmedia.bsky.social collab looking at Brazil's corn ethanol boom (and the role the U.S. has played in it). First story now, in English on our site &Portuguese on the Intercept Brasil site:
www.intercept.com.br/2025/11/17/a...
drilled.media/news/ethanol...
www.intercept.com.br/2025/11/17/a...
drilled.media/news/ethanol...
Why Is Brazil’s Climate Fund Giving Hundreds of Millions to Big Ag?
Almost $500 million has flowed from the Climate Fund to corn ethanol projects from companies with environmental violations.
drilled.media
November 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Pumped for this @intercept.com.br + @drilledmedia.bsky.social collab looking at Brazil's corn ethanol boom (and the role the U.S. has played in it). First story now, in English on our site &Portuguese on the Intercept Brasil site:
www.intercept.com.br/2025/11/17/a...
drilled.media/news/ethanol...
www.intercept.com.br/2025/11/17/a...
drilled.media/news/ethanol...
(one of very few wins for environmentalists as plans for a roadmap on fossil fuel phase out is dropped)
November 21, 2025 at 2:14 PM
(one of very few wins for environmentalists as plans for a roadmap on fossil fuel phase out is dropped)
Campaigners are celebrating this morning as recognition of bioenergy and other "transitional fuels" is dropped from draft COP30 texts
But they believe this is just the start of a sustained lobby campaign from the bioenergy sector to become fuel of choice as countries scramble to ditch fossil fuels
But they believe this is just the start of a sustained lobby campaign from the bioenergy sector to become fuel of choice as countries scramble to ditch fossil fuels
🔴 NEW 🔴
Backed by Industry, Brazilian Hosts Seek COP30’s Blessing for Biofuels
📝 @clarecarlile.bsky.social & Maximiliano Manzoni
www.desmog.com/2025/11/20/b...
Backed by Industry, Brazilian Hosts Seek COP30’s Blessing for Biofuels
📝 @clarecarlile.bsky.social & Maximiliano Manzoni
www.desmog.com/2025/11/20/b...
Backed by Industry, Brazilian Hosts Seek COP30’s Blessing for Biofuels
With the clock running down at the COP30 climate talks, the Brazilian hosts are working hand-in-hand with industry groups to secure backing for biofuels in the final text – despite fears that scaling ...
www.desmog.com
November 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Campaigners are celebrating this morning as recognition of bioenergy and other "transitional fuels" is dropped from draft COP30 texts
But they believe this is just the start of a sustained lobby campaign from the bioenergy sector to become fuel of choice as countries scramble to ditch fossil fuels
But they believe this is just the start of a sustained lobby campaign from the bioenergy sector to become fuel of choice as countries scramble to ditch fossil fuels
Reposted by Clare Carlile
🔴 NEW 🔴
Backed by Industry, Brazilian Hosts Seek COP30’s Blessing for Biofuels
📝 @clarecarlile.bsky.social & Maximiliano Manzoni
www.desmog.com/2025/11/20/b...
Backed by Industry, Brazilian Hosts Seek COP30’s Blessing for Biofuels
📝 @clarecarlile.bsky.social & Maximiliano Manzoni
www.desmog.com/2025/11/20/b...
Backed by Industry, Brazilian Hosts Seek COP30’s Blessing for Biofuels
With the clock running down at the COP30 climate talks, the Brazilian hosts are working hand-in-hand with industry groups to secure backing for biofuels in the final text – despite fears that scaling ...
www.desmog.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:04 AM
🔴 NEW 🔴
Backed by Industry, Brazilian Hosts Seek COP30’s Blessing for Biofuels
📝 @clarecarlile.bsky.social & Maximiliano Manzoni
www.desmog.com/2025/11/20/b...
Backed by Industry, Brazilian Hosts Seek COP30’s Blessing for Biofuels
📝 @clarecarlile.bsky.social & Maximiliano Manzoni
www.desmog.com/2025/11/20/b...
Reposted by Clare Carlile
🔴 NEW 🔴
In Brazil, Agribusiness Giants Hire Celebrity Influencers to Win Hearts and Minds
📝 @tjjordan.bsky.social @akhilr23.bsky.social @rachelsherrington.bsky.social @clarecarlile.bsky.social
Published in partnership with @apublica.org
www.desmog.com/2025/11/16/i...
In Brazil, Agribusiness Giants Hire Celebrity Influencers to Win Hearts and Minds
📝 @tjjordan.bsky.social @akhilr23.bsky.social @rachelsherrington.bsky.social @clarecarlile.bsky.social
Published in partnership with @apublica.org
www.desmog.com/2025/11/16/i...
In Brazil, Agribusiness Giants Hire Celebrity Influencers to Win Hearts and Minds
Doctors and models extol the virtues of meat as climate impacts of industrial farming face scrutiny at COP30 — the global climate summit.
www.desmog.com
November 17, 2025 at 10:48 AM
🔴 NEW 🔴
In Brazil, Agribusiness Giants Hire Celebrity Influencers to Win Hearts and Minds
📝 @tjjordan.bsky.social @akhilr23.bsky.social @rachelsherrington.bsky.social @clarecarlile.bsky.social
Published in partnership with @apublica.org
www.desmog.com/2025/11/16/i...
In Brazil, Agribusiness Giants Hire Celebrity Influencers to Win Hearts and Minds
📝 @tjjordan.bsky.social @akhilr23.bsky.social @rachelsherrington.bsky.social @clarecarlile.bsky.social
Published in partnership with @apublica.org
www.desmog.com/2025/11/16/i...
Had to use a wide angle lens for this one
Sponsors for the Business Pavilion include energy companies and a bank that is the leading financier of new oil and gas in the Amazon according to @stand.earth 6/
Sponsors for the Business Pavilion include energy companies and a bank that is the leading financier of new oil and gas in the Amazon according to @stand.earth 6/
November 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Had to use a wide angle lens for this one
Sponsors for the Business Pavilion include energy companies and a bank that is the leading financier of new oil and gas in the Amazon according to @stand.earth 6/
Sponsors for the Business Pavilion include energy companies and a bank that is the leading financier of new oil and gas in the Amazon according to @stand.earth 6/
FYI Eight East African countries clubbed together to buy a far smaller space 5/
November 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
FYI Eight East African countries clubbed together to buy a far smaller space 5/
For some countries, take a guess at where the wealth to buy the meterage came from
This is Saudi Arabia - the second biggest oil producer in the world and one of the first pavilions you pass when you walk in the door… 4/
This is Saudi Arabia - the second biggest oil producer in the world and one of the first pavilions you pass when you walk in the door… 4/
November 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
For some countries, take a guess at where the wealth to buy the meterage came from
This is Saudi Arabia - the second biggest oil producer in the world and one of the first pavilions you pass when you walk in the door… 4/
This is Saudi Arabia - the second biggest oil producer in the world and one of the first pavilions you pass when you walk in the door… 4/
I couldn’t find any information on what a ‘blue zone’ pavilion costs
But at COP27 Scotland paid £227,383 for its pavilion
and in the 'green zone' next door NGOs and other delegations are paying up to USD 1,500 per m² 3/
But at COP27 Scotland paid £227,383 for its pavilion
and in the 'green zone' next door NGOs and other delegations are paying up to USD 1,500 per m² 3/
November 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
I couldn’t find any information on what a ‘blue zone’ pavilion costs
But at COP27 Scotland paid £227,383 for its pavilion
and in the 'green zone' next door NGOs and other delegations are paying up to USD 1,500 per m² 3/
But at COP27 Scotland paid £227,383 for its pavilion
and in the 'green zone' next door NGOs and other delegations are paying up to USD 1,500 per m² 3/
This is the pavilion for Chad
Chad was the country third hardest hit by climate change last year
Huge floods impacted impacted 2 million people and resulted in $380 million economic damage 2/
Chad was the country third hardest hit by climate change last year
Huge floods impacted impacted 2 million people and resulted in $380 million economic damage 2/
November 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
This is the pavilion for Chad
Chad was the country third hardest hit by climate change last year
Huge floods impacted impacted 2 million people and resulted in $380 million economic damage 2/
Chad was the country third hardest hit by climate change last year
Huge floods impacted impacted 2 million people and resulted in $380 million economic damage 2/
Day one at COP30 and my first impression is how directly wealth translates to square meter floorspace and flashy screens at the summit
Here is the pavilion for Malawi vs the pavilion for the UK 1/
Here is the pavilion for Malawi vs the pavilion for the UK 1/
November 12, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Day one at COP30 and my first impression is how directly wealth translates to square meter floorspace and flashy screens at the summit
Here is the pavilion for Malawi vs the pavilion for the UK 1/
Here is the pavilion for Malawi vs the pavilion for the UK 1/
Reposted by Clare Carlile
I've made a spreadsheet with the event schedules for COP30 pavilions, including the UK 🇬🇧 Japan 🇯🇵 Indonesia 🇮🇩 Australia 🇦🇺 and China 🇨🇳
The UNFCCC has a schedule list, but hardly any of the major pavilions are on there.
I'll update the list as I collect more ⬇️
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
The UNFCCC has a schedule list, but hardly any of the major pavilions are on there.
I'll update the list as I collect more ⬇️
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
COP 30 pavilions
docs.google.com
November 11, 2025 at 12:45 AM
I've made a spreadsheet with the event schedules for COP30 pavilions, including the UK 🇬🇧 Japan 🇯🇵 Indonesia 🇮🇩 Australia 🇦🇺 and China 🇨🇳
The UNFCCC has a schedule list, but hardly any of the major pavilions are on there.
I'll update the list as I collect more ⬇️
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
The UNFCCC has a schedule list, but hardly any of the major pavilions are on there.
I'll update the list as I collect more ⬇️
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
For anyone writing about or going to COP -
Mammoth bit of work from @rachelsherrington.bsky.social and Gil Alessi 👏
Mammoth bit of work from @rachelsherrington.bsky.social and Gil Alessi 👏
🔴 NEW 🔴
Mapped: Big Food’s Routes to Influence at COP30
Interactive map shows the food & farming corporations, trade groups and initiatives at COP30 in Brazil and how these are set to navigate the summit
📝 @rachelsherrington.bsky.social & Gil Alessi👇
www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/m...
Mapped: Big Food’s Routes to Influence at COP30
Interactive map shows the food & farming corporations, trade groups and initiatives at COP30 in Brazil and how these are set to navigate the summit
📝 @rachelsherrington.bsky.social & Gil Alessi👇
www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/m...
Mapped: Big Food’s Routes to Influence at COP30
In the city of Belém, at the mouth of the Amazon rainforest, Brazil has kicked off the COP30 climate conference, a summit framed as a pivotal moment to reduce emissions and keep the Paris Agreement al...
www.desmog.com
November 11, 2025 at 11:04 AM
For anyone writing about or going to COP -
Mammoth bit of work from @rachelsherrington.bsky.social and Gil Alessi 👏
Mammoth bit of work from @rachelsherrington.bsky.social and Gil Alessi 👏
Hero! thank you!!
November 11, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Hero! thank you!!
Reposted by Clare Carlile
🔴 NEW | U.S. Dairy Industry Push to Water Down Global Emissions Framework
Revelations come as industry expected to gather at this year’s #COP30 summit in Belém, Brazil
📝 Latest from @clarecarlile.bsky.social👇
www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/r...
Revelations come as industry expected to gather at this year’s #COP30 summit in Belém, Brazil
📝 Latest from @clarecarlile.bsky.social👇
www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/r...
Revealed: U.S. Dairy Industry Push to Water Down Global Emissions Framework
Trade associations representing some of the largest dairy companies in the world have coordinated efforts to weaken international standards for how corporations measure their carbon emissions. Expert...
www.desmog.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
🔴 NEW | U.S. Dairy Industry Push to Water Down Global Emissions Framework
Revelations come as industry expected to gather at this year’s #COP30 summit in Belém, Brazil
📝 Latest from @clarecarlile.bsky.social👇
www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/r...
Revelations come as industry expected to gather at this year’s #COP30 summit in Belém, Brazil
📝 Latest from @clarecarlile.bsky.social👇
www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/r...
Not a single farm declared emissions in their planning applications, despite obligation to assess all "significant" env impacts
If all the farms were approved it could generate emissions similar to 500k return flights from London to New York
If all the farms were approved it could generate emissions similar to 500k return flights from London to New York
November 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Not a single farm declared emissions in their planning applications, despite obligation to assess all "significant" env impacts
If all the farms were approved it could generate emissions similar to 500k return flights from London to New York
If all the farms were approved it could generate emissions similar to 500k return flights from London to New York
Plans for intensive livestock farms in the UK could lead to over 35million more 🐷 + 🐔 farmed here each year.
Councils are green-lighting these operations despite with patchy or non-existent data.
✍️ for @desmog.com @theguardian.com on research by @sustainweb.org
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/i...
Councils are green-lighting these operations despite with patchy or non-existent data.
✍️ for @desmog.com @theguardian.com on research by @sustainweb.org
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/i...
Intensive Livestock Farms Fail to Declare Climate Impacts in ‘Emissions Scandal’
Plans for intensive livestock “megafarms” are omitting crucial climate impacts, it can be revealed. Campaigners last year celebrated a “beginning of the end” to polluting factory farming, after the la...
www.desmog.com
November 6, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Plans for intensive livestock farms in the UK could lead to over 35million more 🐷 + 🐔 farmed here each year.
Councils are green-lighting these operations despite with patchy or non-existent data.
✍️ for @desmog.com @theguardian.com on research by @sustainweb.org
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/i...
Councils are green-lighting these operations despite with patchy or non-existent data.
✍️ for @desmog.com @theguardian.com on research by @sustainweb.org
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/i...
Reposted by Clare Carlile
🔴 NEW: Intensive Livestock Farms Fail to Declare Climate Impacts in ‘Emissions Scandal’
Data by @sustainweb.org reveals how councils are giving green light to large-scale pig and poultry farms with patchy or non-existent climate data.
📝 @clarecarlile.bsky.social
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/i...
Data by @sustainweb.org reveals how councils are giving green light to large-scale pig and poultry farms with patchy or non-existent climate data.
📝 @clarecarlile.bsky.social
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/i...
Intensive Livestock Farms Fail to Declare Climate Impacts in ‘Emissions Scandal’
Plans for intensive livestock “megafarms” are omitting crucial climate impacts, it can be revealed. Campaigners last year celebrated a “beginning of the end” to polluting factory farming, after the la...
www.desmog.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:44 AM
🔴 NEW: Intensive Livestock Farms Fail to Declare Climate Impacts in ‘Emissions Scandal’
Data by @sustainweb.org reveals how councils are giving green light to large-scale pig and poultry farms with patchy or non-existent climate data.
📝 @clarecarlile.bsky.social
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/i...
Data by @sustainweb.org reveals how councils are giving green light to large-scale pig and poultry farms with patchy or non-existent climate data.
📝 @clarecarlile.bsky.social
www.desmog.com/2025/11/05/i...
Reposted by Clare Carlile
Every day is a good day to point out that 92% of Reform's donations were found to come from figures and groups linked to the fossil fuel industry. @desmog.com
Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Has Accepted £2.3 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests, Climate Deniers, and Polluters Since 2019 Election
Reform UK has received more than £2.3 million from oil and gas interests, highly polluting industries, and climate science deniers since December 2019, amounting to 92 percent of the party’s donations...
www.desmog.com
October 12, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Every day is a good day to point out that 92% of Reform's donations were found to come from figures and groups linked to the fossil fuel industry. @desmog.com
Reading this felt even more shocking having worked on migrant workers rights because
a) states are notoriously lax on finding + convicting abuses
b) few migrant workers can speak out let alone get convictions due to risk of retaliation or exportation
So this millions is the tip of a *huge* iceberg
a) states are notoriously lax on finding + convicting abuses
b) few migrant workers can speak out let alone get convictions due to risk of retaliation or exportation
So this millions is the tip of a *huge* iceberg
🔴 Revealed: EU Farm Subsidy ‘Bankrolls’ Widespread Labour Abuse
New investigation reveals how farm owners convicted of exploiting migrant workers rake in millions in subsidies 👇
www.desmog.com/2025/09/29/r...
New investigation reveals how farm owners convicted of exploiting migrant workers rake in millions in subsidies 👇
www.desmog.com/2025/09/29/r...
Revealed: EU Farm Subsidy ‘Bankrolls’ Widespread Labour Abuse
This investigation was developed with the support of Journalismfund Europe. Farm owners convicted of exploiting migrant workers continue to claim millions in taxpayer-funded subsidies, DeSmog can reve...
www.desmog.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Reading this felt even more shocking having worked on migrant workers rights because
a) states are notoriously lax on finding + convicting abuses
b) few migrant workers can speak out let alone get convictions due to risk of retaliation or exportation
So this millions is the tip of a *huge* iceberg
a) states are notoriously lax on finding + convicting abuses
b) few migrant workers can speak out let alone get convictions due to risk of retaliation or exportation
So this millions is the tip of a *huge* iceberg
If I recommend reading one thing today it's this...
An amazing group of journalists have spent a year tracking the millions in CAP subsidies going to farmers who are being investigated, have been convicted, or are even in prison for violating migrant workers' rights
An amazing group of journalists have spent a year tracking the millions in CAP subsidies going to farmers who are being investigated, have been convicted, or are even in prison for violating migrant workers' rights
🔴 Revealed: EU Farm Subsidy ‘Bankrolls’ Widespread Labour Abuse
New investigation reveals how farm owners convicted of exploiting migrant workers rake in millions in subsidies 👇
www.desmog.com/2025/09/29/r...
New investigation reveals how farm owners convicted of exploiting migrant workers rake in millions in subsidies 👇
www.desmog.com/2025/09/29/r...
Revealed: EU Farm Subsidy ‘Bankrolls’ Widespread Labour Abuse
This investigation was developed with the support of Journalismfund Europe. Farm owners convicted of exploiting migrant workers continue to claim millions in taxpayer-funded subsidies, DeSmog can reve...
www.desmog.com
September 30, 2025 at 1:40 PM
If I recommend reading one thing today it's this...
An amazing group of journalists have spent a year tracking the millions in CAP subsidies going to farmers who are being investigated, have been convicted, or are even in prison for violating migrant workers' rights
An amazing group of journalists have spent a year tracking the millions in CAP subsidies going to farmers who are being investigated, have been convicted, or are even in prison for violating migrant workers' rights
Reposted by Clare Carlile
think that realistically I would have always been deeply, deeply worried about the rise of far-right ideas in public discourse but I truly never expected this level of blithe elite complacency, turns out I do feel worried but mostly I feel like I'm going insane, watching them do.......nothing at all
Myself I feel powerless to stop this fascist rise precisely because it feels like all our institutions are just rolling over to it.
September 22, 2025 at 8:13 AM
think that realistically I would have always been deeply, deeply worried about the rise of far-right ideas in public discourse but I truly never expected this level of blithe elite complacency, turns out I do feel worried but mostly I feel like I'm going insane, watching them do.......nothing at all
@derekseidman.bsky.social would love to send you a message about some research I'm doing- could you follow so I can DM you? Thanks so much
September 19, 2025 at 10:36 AM
@derekseidman.bsky.social would love to send you a message about some research I'm doing- could you follow so I can DM you? Thanks so much
This industry group regularly briefs law enforcement on “extreme activities” – which it lists as everything from arson to banner drops
NGOs tracked incl. @peta.org @mightyearth.org @ciwf.org @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social @foeus.bsky.social @dxeofficial.bsky.social @humaneworldeurope.bsky.social
NGOs tracked incl. @peta.org @mightyearth.org @ciwf.org @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social @foeus.bsky.social @dxeofficial.bsky.social @humaneworldeurope.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 9:36 AM
This industry group regularly briefs law enforcement on “extreme activities” – which it lists as everything from arson to banner drops
NGOs tracked incl. @peta.org @mightyearth.org @ciwf.org @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social @foeus.bsky.social @dxeofficial.bsky.social @humaneworldeurope.bsky.social
NGOs tracked incl. @peta.org @mightyearth.org @ciwf.org @greenpeaceusa.bsky.social @foeus.bsky.social @dxeofficial.bsky.social @humaneworldeurope.bsky.social
The U.S. meat industry has engaged in intrusive surveillance of animal rights groups, including monitoring romantic relationships between activists and tracking employees of leading charities.
✍️ My latest for @desmog.com
✍️ My latest for @desmog.com
🔴 NEW 🔴
‘Chilling’ Surveillance of Activists by Meat and Dairy Industry
The Animal Agriculture Alliance, which briefs the FBI, has tracked over 2,400 individuals linked to animal welfare and environmental groups.
📝 @clarecarlile.bsky.social
‘Chilling’ Surveillance of Activists by Meat and Dairy Industry
The Animal Agriculture Alliance, which briefs the FBI, has tracked over 2,400 individuals linked to animal welfare and environmental groups.
📝 @clarecarlile.bsky.social
Revealed: ‘Chilling’ Surveillance of Activists by Meat and Dairy Industry
The U.S. meat industry has engaged in intrusive surveillance of animal rights groups, including monitoring relationships between activists and tracking employees of leading charities. The industry-fun...
www.desmog.com
September 19, 2025 at 9:36 AM
The U.S. meat industry has engaged in intrusive surveillance of animal rights groups, including monitoring romantic relationships between activists and tracking employees of leading charities.
✍️ My latest for @desmog.com
✍️ My latest for @desmog.com