Hazel Healy
@hazelhealy.bsky.social
UK Editor in Chief at DeSmog. Investigations into climate and food politics.
COP30 has delivered less than hoped for & less than what is needed.
But one light in the darkness is the recognition of the need for ‘information integrity’.
The fight for a safe climate has the fight against disinformation at his heart, and now, its rightful place in the treaty text.
But one light in the darkness is the recognition of the need for ‘information integrity’.
The fight for a safe climate has the fight against disinformation at his heart, and now, its rightful place in the treaty text.
November 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
COP30 has delivered less than hoped for & less than what is needed.
But one light in the darkness is the recognition of the need for ‘information integrity’.
The fight for a safe climate has the fight against disinformation at his heart, and now, its rightful place in the treaty text.
But one light in the darkness is the recognition of the need for ‘information integrity’.
The fight for a safe climate has the fight against disinformation at his heart, and now, its rightful place in the treaty text.
Reposted by Hazel Healy
NEW: > 300 lobbyists representing industrial agriculture have attended this year’s UN climate talks taking place in the Brazilian Amazon, where the industry is the leading cause of deforestation 1/
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More Than 300 Lobbyists for Industrial Agriculture Attend COP30
Presence of high-polluting companies erodes trust in the UN process, say campaigners.
www.desmog.com
November 18, 2025 at 3:28 PM
NEW: > 300 lobbyists representing industrial agriculture have attended this year’s UN climate talks taking place in the Brazilian Amazon, where the industry is the leading cause of deforestation 1/
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Don't know your #Abag from your #Abiec?
@desmog.com can help you navigate the #AgroLobby at #COP30...
We profiled #Brazil's 3 most influential meat industry trade groups: CNA, ABIEC & ABAG
Learn more in @rachelsherrington.bsky.social's map of food & farm lobby 👉 www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/m...
@desmog.com can help you navigate the #AgroLobby at #COP30...
We profiled #Brazil's 3 most influential meat industry trade groups: CNA, ABIEC & ABAG
Learn more in @rachelsherrington.bsky.social's map of food & farm lobby 👉 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 2:08 PM
Don't know your #Abag from your #Abiec?
@desmog.com can help you navigate the #AgroLobby at #COP30...
We profiled #Brazil's 3 most influential meat industry trade groups: CNA, ABIEC & ABAG
Learn more in @rachelsherrington.bsky.social's map of food & farm lobby 👉 www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/m...
@desmog.com can help you navigate the #AgroLobby at #COP30...
We profiled #Brazil's 3 most influential meat industry trade groups: CNA, ABIEC & ABAG
Learn more in @rachelsherrington.bsky.social's map of food & farm lobby 👉 www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/m...
Next time you hear energy-hungry big tech claiming to be the solution to climate change, remember Nvidia was in Brazil pushing technology to aid oil and gas exploration … on the eve of COP30
🔴 NEW - Nvidia, the world’s most valuable company, flogged its tech to the oil industry in Brazil on the eve of the COP30 summit
📝 Great scoop by @rtakver.bsky.social for @desmog.com 👇🏻
📝 Great scoop by @rtakver.bsky.social for @desmog.com 👇🏻
Nvidia Flogged AI for Brazilian Oil and Gas on Eve of COP30
As world leaders prepared to descend on the small city of Belém in the Brazilian Amazon for the COP30 climate summit, artificial intelligence (AI) chip-manufacturer Nvidia was instead peddling its ene...
www.desmog.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Next time you hear energy-hungry big tech claiming to be the solution to climate change, remember Nvidia was in Brazil pushing technology to aid oil and gas exploration … on the eve of COP30
Get up to speed on big beef’s arguments, which it will use to slow climate action at COP30
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By me & @rachelsherrington.bsky.social
Feat. a cow in a Carmen Miranda headdress (coz no matter how you dress it up, this much cattle is not compatible with a safe climate)
www.desmog.com/2025/10/26/b...
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By me & @rachelsherrington.bsky.social
Feat. a cow in a Carmen Miranda headdress (coz no matter how you dress it up, this much cattle is not compatible with a safe climate)
www.desmog.com/2025/10/26/b...
Look Out for These 8 Big Ag Greenwashing Terms at COP30
Food and farming companies will claim agriculture is the solution to the climate crisis at the Brazil summit — even though the sector drives a third of global warming.
www.desmog.com
October 27, 2025 at 7:20 PM
Get up to speed on big beef’s arguments, which it will use to slow climate action at COP30
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By me & @rachelsherrington.bsky.social
Feat. a cow in a Carmen Miranda headdress (coz no matter how you dress it up, this much cattle is not compatible with a safe climate)
www.desmog.com/2025/10/26/b...
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By me & @rachelsherrington.bsky.social
Feat. a cow in a Carmen Miranda headdress (coz no matter how you dress it up, this much cattle is not compatible with a safe climate)
www.desmog.com/2025/10/26/b...
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From regenerative agriculture to ‘efficiency is enough' and ‘we feed the world’ narratives - check out these 8 big greenwashing terms ahead of COP30 👇
📝 by @rachelsherrington.bsky.social & @hazelhealy.bsky.social
www.desmog.com/2025/10/26/b...
From regenerative agriculture to ‘efficiency is enough' and ‘we feed the world’ narratives - check out these 8 big greenwashing terms ahead of COP30 👇
📝 by @rachelsherrington.bsky.social & @hazelhealy.bsky.social
www.desmog.com/2025/10/26/b...
Look Out for These 8 Big Ag Greenwashing Terms at COP30
Food and farming companies will claim agriculture is the solution to the climate crisis at the Brazil summit — even though food drives a third of global warming.
www.desmog.com
October 27, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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From regenerative agriculture to ‘efficiency is enough' and ‘we feed the world’ narratives - check out these 8 big greenwashing terms ahead of COP30 👇
📝 by @rachelsherrington.bsky.social & @hazelhealy.bsky.social
www.desmog.com/2025/10/26/b...
From regenerative agriculture to ‘efficiency is enough' and ‘we feed the world’ narratives - check out these 8 big greenwashing terms ahead of COP30 👇
📝 by @rachelsherrington.bsky.social & @hazelhealy.bsky.social
www.desmog.com/2025/10/26/b...
For DeSmog's latest Big Aqua collaboration (w/ @ftm.nl) we followed Senegalese fishmeal into the Netherlands via farmed seabass. New evidence linking destruction of W/African small pelagic fisheries and women's work, by shoppers buying 'sustainably farmed' fish.... www.desmog.com/2025/09/28/h...
How Farmed Fish in Dutch Supermarkets Undermines Food Security in West Africa
This story was produced in partnership with the investigative journalism platform Follow The Money. On a beach strewn with plastic and fish waste on the eastern side of the Senegalese capital Dakar, a...
www.desmog.com
October 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
For DeSmog's latest Big Aqua collaboration (w/ @ftm.nl) we followed Senegalese fishmeal into the Netherlands via farmed seabass. New evidence linking destruction of W/African small pelagic fisheries and women's work, by shoppers buying 'sustainably farmed' fish.... www.desmog.com/2025/09/28/h...
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With @hazelhealy.bsky.social of @DeSmog.com and @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social of @CarbonBrief.org, this session will help you navigate COP, identify key storylines, avoid common pitfalls, and focus on how misinformation is expected to shape the agenda in Brazil.
#CA25 tix & programme: climatearena.eu
#CA25 tix & programme: climatearena.eu
September 20, 2025 at 8:56 AM
With @hazelhealy.bsky.social of @DeSmog.com and @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social of @CarbonBrief.org, this session will help you navigate COP, identify key storylines, avoid common pitfalls, and focus on how misinformation is expected to shape the agenda in Brazil.
#CA25 tix & programme: climatearena.eu
#CA25 tix & programme: climatearena.eu
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A day after the Spending Review, the Govt has quietly announced its ending the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme after 2027/28
The PSDS supports insulation, solar & heat pumps in the public sector like schools & hospitals
Lowering their energy bills - which taxpayers fund.
The PSDS supports insulation, solar & heat pumps in the public sector like schools & hospitals
Lowering their energy bills - which taxpayers fund.
June 12, 2025 at 3:21 PM
A day after the Spending Review, the Govt has quietly announced its ending the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme after 2027/28
The PSDS supports insulation, solar & heat pumps in the public sector like schools & hospitals
Lowering their energy bills - which taxpayers fund.
The PSDS supports insulation, solar & heat pumps in the public sector like schools & hospitals
Lowering their energy bills - which taxpayers fund.
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🔴NEW: Major food firms like Nestlé, PepsiCo and JBS are overstating progress on their climate goals, a new report finds
Firms are criticised for a reliance on vague carbon removals, weak no-deforestation claims and a lack of progress on key transitions
www.desmog.com/2025/06/03/f...
Firms are criticised for a reliance on vague carbon removals, weak no-deforestation claims and a lack of progress on key transitions
www.desmog.com/2025/06/03/f...
Food Giants’ Climate Plans Lack Credibility, New Report Finds
Food firms are inflating their climate targets with carbon removals and weak deforestation claims, according to a report from the NewClimate Institute and Carbon Market Watch. With the COP30 climate s...
www.desmog.com
June 4, 2025 at 9:56 AM
🔴NEW: Major food firms like Nestlé, PepsiCo and JBS are overstating progress on their climate goals, a new report finds
Firms are criticised for a reliance on vague carbon removals, weak no-deforestation claims and a lack of progress on key transitions
www.desmog.com/2025/06/03/f...
Firms are criticised for a reliance on vague carbon removals, weak no-deforestation claims and a lack of progress on key transitions
www.desmog.com/2025/06/03/f...
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🔴REVEALED 🔴
Waitrose, Co-op, Lidl, Asda and Aldi among retailers selling fish fed on west African catch
@hazelhealy.bsky.social and @brigitte-whl.bsky.social report ✏️
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Waitrose, Co-op, Lidl, Asda and Aldi among retailers selling fish fed on west African catch
@hazelhealy.bsky.social and @brigitte-whl.bsky.social report ✏️
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Revealed: UK Supermarket Seabass Linked to Devastating Overfishing in Senegal
Waitrose, Co-op, Lidl, Asda and Aldi among retailers selling fish fed on west African catch
www.desmog.com
May 26, 2025 at 5:24 PM
🔴REVEALED 🔴
Waitrose, Co-op, Lidl, Asda and Aldi among retailers selling fish fed on west African catch
@hazelhealy.bsky.social and @brigitte-whl.bsky.social report ✏️
buff.ly/qOFVBWj
Waitrose, Co-op, Lidl, Asda and Aldi among retailers selling fish fed on west African catch
@hazelhealy.bsky.social and @brigitte-whl.bsky.social report ✏️
buff.ly/qOFVBWj
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UK Supermarket Seabass Linked to Devastating Overfishing in Senegal
Waitrose, Co-op, Lidl, Asda and Aldi among retailers selling fish fed on west African catch
📝 @hazelhealy.bsky.social & @brigitte-whl.bsky.social
UK Supermarket Seabass Linked to Devastating Overfishing in Senegal
Waitrose, Co-op, Lidl, Asda and Aldi among retailers selling fish fed on west African catch
📝 @hazelhealy.bsky.social & @brigitte-whl.bsky.social
Revealed: UK Supermarket Seabass Linked to Devastating Overfishing in Senegal
Waitrose, Co-op, Lidl, Asda and Aldi among retailers selling fish fed on west African catch
www.desmog.com
May 22, 2025 at 10:16 AM
🔴 NEW 🔴
UK Supermarket Seabass Linked to Devastating Overfishing in Senegal
Waitrose, Co-op, Lidl, Asda and Aldi among retailers selling fish fed on west African catch
📝 @hazelhealy.bsky.social & @brigitte-whl.bsky.social
UK Supermarket Seabass Linked to Devastating Overfishing in Senegal
Waitrose, Co-op, Lidl, Asda and Aldi among retailers selling fish fed on west African catch
📝 @hazelhealy.bsky.social & @brigitte-whl.bsky.social
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1/12
Tony Blair Institute have released a report which is getting a lot of coverage in UK today
It says the drive for net zero emissions is flawed and some media outlets have gone to town
However it’s a bit odd
By odd, I mean there’s a lot of bollocks in it and shouldn't be taken seriously 🧵🧵
Tony Blair Institute have released a report which is getting a lot of coverage in UK today
It says the drive for net zero emissions is flawed and some media outlets have gone to town
However it’s a bit odd
By odd, I mean there’s a lot of bollocks in it and shouldn't be taken seriously 🧵🧵
April 30, 2025 at 6:33 AM
1/12
Tony Blair Institute have released a report which is getting a lot of coverage in UK today
It says the drive for net zero emissions is flawed and some media outlets have gone to town
However it’s a bit odd
By odd, I mean there’s a lot of bollocks in it and shouldn't be taken seriously 🧵🧵
Tony Blair Institute have released a report which is getting a lot of coverage in UK today
It says the drive for net zero emissions is flawed and some media outlets have gone to town
However it’s a bit odd
By odd, I mean there’s a lot of bollocks in it and shouldn't be taken seriously 🧵🧵
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BBC muzzling one of its best presenters from making an excellent, wholly factual programme because heat pumps are “controversial”. An organisation badly in need of new leadership.
April 22, 2025 at 10:26 AM
BBC muzzling one of its best presenters from making an excellent, wholly factual programme because heat pumps are “controversial”. An organisation badly in need of new leadership.
Major scoop from @clarecarlile.bsky.social @desmog.bsky.social !
We know industry and PR firms can undermine peer-reviewed science but it’s rare to get this 🪟 into their tactics 🧵
In a newly seen document, Red Flag boasts of its “remarkable success” framing the landmark Eat-Lancet report as “radical”, “out of touch” & “hypocritical”
Latest @desmog.bsky.social👇
In a newly seen document, Red Flag boasts of its “remarkable success” framing the landmark Eat-Lancet report as “radical”, “out of touch” & “hypocritical”
Latest @desmog.bsky.social👇
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Revealed: Meat Industry Behind Attacks on Flagship Climate-Friendly Diet Report
A new document shows that vested interests were behind a “mud slinging” PR campaign to discredit the 2019 EAT-Lancet study.
📝 @clarecarlile.bsky.social
Revealed: Meat Industry Behind Attacks on Flagship Climate-Friendly Diet Report
A new document shows that vested interests were behind a “mud slinging” PR campaign to discredit the 2019 EAT-Lancet study.
📝 @clarecarlile.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Major scoop from @clarecarlile.bsky.social @desmog.bsky.social !
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📊 @dataforgoodfr.bsky.social, @quotaclimat.org and @sciencefeedback.bsky.social have released a new report revealing the alarming extent to which mainstream media, often considered more resilient than social media, is spreading climate misinformation.
quotaclimat.org/actualites/d...
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Détecter la désinformation climatique - quotaclimat
Crédit : illustration de Xavier Lucas pour Le Nouvel Obs C’est une première : les ONGs …
quotaclimat.org
April 10, 2025 at 11:06 AM
📊 @dataforgoodfr.bsky.social, @quotaclimat.org and @sciencefeedback.bsky.social have released a new report revealing the alarming extent to which mainstream media, often considered more resilient than social media, is spreading climate misinformation.
quotaclimat.org/actualites/d...
quotaclimat.org/actualites/d...
Y ahora en Español... Como las grandes empresas agrícolas (y otras) intentaron influir en el cumbre de la naturaleza en Cali, Colombia...
www.desmog.com/2025/02/21/m...
Esa cumbre ya terminó pero el mapa os servirá en el futuro porque volverán para la próxima, seguro.
www.desmog.com/2025/02/21/m...
Esa cumbre ya terminó pero el mapa os servirá en el futuro porque volverán para la próxima, seguro.
Mapa: Cómo las grandes empresas agrícolas, farmacéuticas, de pesticidas y otras esperan influir en las conferencias sobre biodiversidad de la ONU
The original version of this article appeared in English on DeSmog on 28 October 2024 Bajo un cielo tropical que amenaza con tormentas y, en medio de advertencias cada vez más serias sobre el precario...
www.desmog.com
March 20, 2025 at 12:09 PM
Y ahora en Español... Como las grandes empresas agrícolas (y otras) intentaron influir en el cumbre de la naturaleza en Cali, Colombia...
www.desmog.com/2025/02/21/m...
Esa cumbre ya terminó pero el mapa os servirá en el futuro porque volverán para la próxima, seguro.
www.desmog.com/2025/02/21/m...
Esa cumbre ya terminó pero el mapa os servirá en el futuro porque volverán para la próxima, seguro.
Major supermarkets have not been counting methane emissions in their supply chains
www.desmog.com/2025/03/18/s...
from @rachelsherrington.bsky.social
www.desmog.com/2025/03/18/s...
from @rachelsherrington.bsky.social
Supermarkets Accused of Major Methane 'Blindspot’
Leading supermarkets are failing to address the methane pollution in their supply chains, a new report has found, putting their own climate pledges at risk. The study from environmental non-profits Ch...
www.desmog.com
March 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Major supermarkets have not been counting methane emissions in their supply chains
www.desmog.com/2025/03/18/s...
from @rachelsherrington.bsky.social
www.desmog.com/2025/03/18/s...
from @rachelsherrington.bsky.social
Why are anti-climate messages resonating when extreme weather disasters are escalating?
Join @desmog.bsky.social with Canadian investigative journalist (and DeSmog's managing editor) @geoffdembicki.bsky.social at the Kairos club in Soho for a talk + dinner...
www.kairos.london/event/learni...
Join @desmog.bsky.social with Canadian investigative journalist (and DeSmog's managing editor) @geoffdembicki.bsky.social at the Kairos club in Soho for a talk + dinner...
www.kairos.london/event/learni...
Learning From Conservative Media: How To Counter Anti-Climate Messages With Geoff Dembicki - Kairos
Thursday February 20th, 6.30 for 7pm Why are anti-climate messages resonating at a time when extreme weather disasters are escalating and solutions to the crisis have never been stronger? What can peo...
www.kairos.london
February 14, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Why are anti-climate messages resonating when extreme weather disasters are escalating?
Join @desmog.bsky.social with Canadian investigative journalist (and DeSmog's managing editor) @geoffdembicki.bsky.social at the Kairos club in Soho for a talk + dinner...
www.kairos.london/event/learni...
Join @desmog.bsky.social with Canadian investigative journalist (and DeSmog's managing editor) @geoffdembicki.bsky.social at the Kairos club in Soho for a talk + dinner...
www.kairos.london/event/learni...
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Gas is just a bridge fuel they said. 🔌💡
February 13, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Gas is just a bridge fuel they said. 🔌💡
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A public State Department procurement document for fiscal year 2025 listed the purchase for $400 million. It comes as ethics experts raise conflict of interest questions about Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who is a top White House official.
Trump administration set to purchase $400 million worth of armored Teslas
That's according to a public State Department procurement document. It comes as ethics experts raise conflict of interest questions about the chief executive of Tesla, Elon Musk, who is a top White Ho...
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February 13, 2025 at 1:33 PM
A public State Department procurement document for fiscal year 2025 listed the purchase for $400 million. It comes as ethics experts raise conflict of interest questions about Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who is a top White House official.
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Sarah Babiker, escritora: “Pelear por cambiar el presente es construir el futuro”
Sarah Babiker, escritora: “Pelear por cambiar el presente es construir el futuro”
No todo el mundo puede decir que ha publicado dos libros a la vez. Sin embargo, esta narradora, periodista y antropóloga tiene el secreto de la gente interesante: hablar más del mundo que de sí misma....
www.eldiario.es
January 7, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Sarah Babiker, escritora: “Pelear por cambiar el presente es construir el futuro”
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This week's Thin Ink is on U.S. aid freeze & its impact on food programmes. But the whiplash is everywhere: from food, nutrition, education, & health services to promoting human rights & gender equality, protecting the environment, & preventing crime & corruption.
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news.thin-ink.net/p/the-manufa...
The Manufactured Chaos Doctrine
The aid freeze, the fallout, and the future
news.thin-ink.net
January 31, 2025 at 4:34 PM
This week's Thin Ink is on U.S. aid freeze & its impact on food programmes. But the whiplash is everywhere: from food, nutrition, education, & health services to promoting human rights & gender equality, protecting the environment, & preventing crime & corruption.
news.thin-ink.net/p/the-manufa...
news.thin-ink.net/p/the-manufa...
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🚷Colombia y Brasil denuncian el trato inhumano a los migrantes deportados por Trump.
https://www.elsaltodiario.com/estados-unidos/colombia-brasil-denuncian-trato-vejatorio-migrantes-deportados-trump
https://www.elsaltodiario.com/estados-unidos/colombia-brasil-denuncian-trato-vejatorio-migrantes-deportados-trump
January 27, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🚷Colombia y Brasil denuncian el trato inhumano a los migrantes deportados por Trump.
https://www.elsaltodiario.com/estados-unidos/colombia-brasil-denuncian-trato-vejatorio-migrantes-deportados-trump
https://www.elsaltodiario.com/estados-unidos/colombia-brasil-denuncian-trato-vejatorio-migrantes-deportados-trump