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Phoebe Cooke @phoebecooke.bsky.social · 8d

🔴 “We were treated like slaves,” recalls Mohammed, a graduate from Morocco who was exploited as a fruit-picker in southern France.

Shocking expose reveals how farm owners continue to get €€€ in subsidies despite allegations and convictions of labour abuse 👇

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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...

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DeSmog @desmog.com · 8d

🔴 NEW - Oil and Gas Trade Group Blasts Reform’s Anti-Renewables Agenda

Nigel Farage’s party was told by Offshore Energies UK to rethink its plan to thwart clean energy.

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Oil and Gas Trade Group Blasts Reform’s Anti-Renewables Agenda

LIVERPOOL – The UK’s largest oil and gas trade body has criticised Reform UK’s plans to “turn off the tap” on renewable energy. Nigel Farage’s party has tried to present itself as the oil and gas indu...

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Clare Carlile @clarecarlile.bsky.social · 8d

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

DeSmog @desmog.com · 8d

🔴 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...

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

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Chris Cotton @hikerhymes.bsky.social · 8d

This is important.

DeSmog @desmog.com · 8d

🔴 NEW - Labour’s AI Drive Faces Fossil Fuel Pressure at Party Conference

Lobbyists are pushing for the UK’s AI boom to be fuelled by gas.

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Labour’s AI Drive Faces Fossil Fuel Pressure at Party Conference

LIVERPOOL – Gas companies and Conservative lobby groups have been leaning on the Labour Party to allow tech companies to use gas to power their energy-guzzling artificial intelligence (AI). A number o...

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DeSmog @desmog.com · 8d

🔴 NEW - Labour’s AI Drive Faces Fossil Fuel Pressure at Party Conference

Lobbyists are pushing for the UK’s AI boom to be fuelled by gas.

📝 @writesbright.bsky.social

Labour’s AI Drive Faces Fossil Fuel Pressure at Party Conference

LIVERPOOL – Gas companies and Conservative lobby groups have been leaning on the Labour Party to allow tech companies to use gas to power their energy-guzzling artificial intelligence (AI). A number o...

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DeSmog @desmog.com · 8d

📝 @eoghangilmartin.bsky.social @simonguichard.bsky.social @silvialazzaris.bsky.social @meriemm.bsky.social @frnzskschwrz.bsky.social Hélène Servel & @joseuf.bsky.social with support from
@journalismfund.bsky.social

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DeSmog @desmog.com · 8d

🔴 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...

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

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DeSmog @desmog.com · 9d

’The root cause of the problems is the rapidly growing popularity of farmed fish among wealthy consumers in Europe.’ says Beatrice Gorez from @cffacape.bsky.social

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Kweekvis in Nederlandse supermarkten bedreigt voedselzekerheid in Afrika

In de strijd tegen overbevissing op zee lijkt de snelle groei van de kweekvissector goed nieuws. Maar in de Nederlandse supermarktschappen ligt kweekvis die met Senegalese sardines gevoerd is. Dat dra...

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DeSmog @desmog.com · 9d

The investigation linked fishmeal from the Senegalese factory Afric Azote to shelves in Dutch supermarkets like Albert Heijn, via sea bass farmer Noordzee in Turkey.

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DeSmog @desmog.com · 9d

The same small fish eaten by local people is used to make fishmeal which is exported to feed farmed fish like sea bass.

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DeSmog @desmog.com · 9d

In Senegal, fish is vital – it is 30% of animal protein consumed. Neighbouring countries Mali and Burkina Faso also partly depend Senegalese fish for food security

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DeSmog @desmog.com · 9d

A Follow the Money and DeSmog investigation published today found Turkish seabass in Dutch supermarkets linked to overfishing, food insecurity, and job losses for women in Senegal.

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DeSmog @desmog.com · 9d

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How Farmed Fish in Dutch Supermarkets Undermines Food Security in West Africa

With Hans Wetzels and @remykaller.bsky.social from @ftm.eu, @brigitte-whl.bsky.social and @hazelhealy.bsky.social

www.desmog.com/2025/09/28/h...

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DeSmog @desmog.com · 12d

Trump and Big Oil’s narrative that only fossil fuels can power AI’s projected ramp-up in the race with China is “100 percent wrong.” Read DeSmog’s groundbreaking story on why.

No, the U.S. Doesn’t Need Fossil Fuels to Win ‘an AI Arms Race’ Against China

These industry players and allies push a misleading narrative the Trump administration now parrots.

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DeSmog @desmog.com · 12d

Trump and Big Oil’s narrative that only fossil fuels can power AI’s projected ramp-up in the race with China is “100 percent wrong.” Read DeSmog’s groundbreaking story on why.
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No, the U.S. Doesn’t Need Fossil Fuels to Win ‘an AI Arms Race’ Against China

These industry players and allies push a misleading narrative the Trump administration now parrots.

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DeSmog @desmog.com · 13d

🔴 NEW - Colossal Diesel Capacity of Trump-Donor’s UK Data Centre

It is “outrageous” that the richest companies in the world are being allowed to use fossil fuels to power AI, campaigners say.

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Colossal Diesel Capacity of Trump-Donor’s UK Data Centre

Blackstone, a U.S. private equity firm run by a Trump-donating billionaire, is building a gargantuan £10 billion AI-ready data centre in the UK with a fleet of backup diesel generators so big that it ...

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DeSmog @desmog.com · 13d

Story also covered by @thenewworldmag.bsky.social 👇

Reform’s anti-net-zero defector used to praise net zero

Danny Kruger once lauded the UK's policies to slow the rate of climate change

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DeSmog @desmog.com · 13d

Trump and Big Oil’s narrative that only fossil fuels can power AI’s projected ramp-up in the race with China is “100 percent wrong.” Read DeSmog’s groundbreaking story on why.
buff.ly/aazY0La

No, the U.S. Doesn’t Need Fossil Fuels to Win ‘an AI Arms Race’ Against China

These industry players and allies push a misleading narrative the Trump administration now parrots.

www.desmog.com

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DeSmog @desmog.com · 13d

🔴 ‘Madness’: Reform Defector Danny Kruger’s Climate U-Turn

The ex-Conservative previously called climate change “one of the greatest challenges we face” and backed net zero.

‘Madness’: Reform Defector Danny Kruger’s Climate U-Turn

“We need large-scale reindustrialisation and an end to the madness of net zero,” said East Wiltshire MP Danny Kruger, Reform UK’s latest defector from the Conservative Party, in The Telegraph on 21 Se...

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DeSmog @desmog.com · 13d

Petrobras is central to Brazil’s plans to boost oil and gas output by 20 percent by 2030 — but on Instagram, it's using a squad of seven popular influencers to tout its limited research on low-carbon energy. @jurnalista.bsky.social reports.

How Brazil’s Oil Giant Is Using Gen-Z Science and Climate Influencers to Green Up Its Image

Petrobras has co-opted the social media stars who should be exposing its greenwashing, not taking part in it, critics say.

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DeSmog @desmog.com · 14d

📍 BREAKING 📍 Groundbreaking new study blows the lid off carbon capture: Most storage zones are too risky or off-limits. Can it still save the climate? Read more buff.ly/DVPZp3Q

‘Gamechanger’ Study Warns Carbon Capture May Fall Short of Expectations, Citing Storage Location Dangers

CCS can “no longer be considered an unlimited” climate solution, researchers caution after concluding most storage options are in risky regions

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ejgertz she/her/hers @ejgertz.bsky.social · 18d

@desmog.com has won two awards for our work exposing the role of the advertising and public relations industry in delaying climate action at the 2025 Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards.

Congratulations @tjjordan.bsky.social and Adam M Lowenstein!

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'Consistently Superb': DeSmog Wins Two Covering Climate Now Awards

DeSmog has won two awards for its work exposing the role of the advertising and public relations industry in delaying climate action at the 2025 Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards. Investigative r...

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DeSmog @desmog.com · 14d

📍 BREAKING 📍 Groundbreaking new study blows the lid off carbon capture: Most storage zones are too risky or off-limits. Can it still save the climate? Read more buff.ly/DVPZp3Q

‘Gamechanger’ Study Warns Carbon Capture May Fall Short of Expectations, Citing Storage Location Dangers

CCS can “no longer be considered an unlimited” climate solution, researchers caution after concluding most storage options are in risky regions

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DeSmog @desmog.com · 14d

📍 BREAKING 📍 Groundbreaking study in Nature blows the lid off carbon capture: Shows CCS can “no longer be considered an unlimited” climate solution. Read more.

‘Gamechanger’ Study Warns Carbon Capture May Fall Short of Expectations, Citing Storage Location Dangers

CCS can “no longer be considered an unlimited” climate solution, researchers caution after concluding most storage options are in risky regions

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DeSmog @desmog.com · 15d

New: Clean Creatives publishes its annual F-List today -- documenting fossil fuel advertising contracts across the ad industry. DeSmog has the details:
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U.S. Ad Giant Poised to Become Global Leader in Promoting Fossil Fuels, Report Finds

New York-based communications company Omnicom’s acquisition of rival IPG will create a new global leader in fossil fuel advertising, overtaking London-based WPP for the first time, according to a new…

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