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 industry’s closest ally, vowing to “drill, baby, drill” in the North Sea and scrap the windfall tax on excess […] The post Oil and Gas Trade Group Blasts Reform’s Anti-Renewables Agenda appeared first on DeSmog.

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 of events have taken place at Labour’s annual conference in Liverpool this week focused on how the UK can become a leader in building […] The post Labour’s AI Drive Faces Fossil Fuel Pressure at Party Conference appeared first on DeSmog.

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 reveal. A major new investigation traced dozens of EU payments to farms that have breached, are under investigation for, or have already been convicted of labour-related offences. DeSmog found […] The post Revealed: EU Farm Subsidy ‘Bankrolls’ Widespread Labour Abuse appeared first on DeSmog.

Alberta Premier Danielle Smith boasted in June that a private sector proponent for a new bitumen pipeline to British Columbia’s coast would come forward “within weeks.” Three months have passed and exactly zero companies have bet their own money to back up the pipeline hype constantly coming from Smith. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the first tranche […] The post Renewables Are a Global Economic Engine, Not a Culture War Threat appeared first on DeSmog.

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 lorry is being loaded up with small fish that have just been brought ashore in colourful wooden canoes. For generations, the daily catch […] The post How Farmed Fish in Dutch Supermarkets Undermines Food Security in West Africa appeared first on DeSmog.

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 could produce enough electricity to power three million UK homes. The “hyperscaler” supercomputer campus in Blyth, Northumberland – a crown jewel of the […] The post Colossal Diesel Capacity of Trump-Donor’s UK Data Centre appeared first on DeSmog.

“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 September. In the piece, Kruger also called for “an industrial policy to deregulate enterprise and supply the essentials – affordable energy, most of […] The post ‘Madness’: Reform Defector Danny Kruger’s Climate U-Turn appeared first on DeSmog.

As the U.S. braces for a surge in artificial intelligence (AI)–related electricity demand, the natural gas industry has a message for the public: Fossil fuels must power the future’s data centers, the computer-filled warehouses where AI models like ChatGPT primarily train and deploy. A range of oil and gas industry groups and industry-friendly nonprofits are making the case that AI’s growing hunger for […] The post No, the U.S. Doesn’t Need Fossil Fuels to Win ‘an AI Arms Race’ Against China appeared first on DeSmog.

This story is based on investigative reporting first published by Agência Pública. In a recent Instagram reel, a Brazilian influencer known as “Mylly Biologando” grins at the camera after inspecting a test tube filled with something bubbling and green. It’s a microalgae that could “transform the future” as a source of less-polluting biodiesel fuel, explains Biologando, […] The post How Brazil’s Oil Giant Is Using Gen-Z Science and Climate Influencers to Green Up Its Image appeared first on DeSmog.

As the Trump administration seeks to wipe away environmental rules covering the oil, gas, and coal industries, fossil fuel producers and sellers are reassuring buyers that carbon capture and storage (CCS) could slash climate-altering emissions from a growing range of fossil-fuel projects — like blue hydrogen, LNG export terminals, and data centers. “That’s right: data […] The post ‘Gamechanger’ Study Warns Carbon Capture May Fall Short of Expectations, Citing Storage Location Dangers appeared first on DeSmog.

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 report. Under the $13.7 billion deal, announced in late 2024, the merged entity’s subsidiary agencies will hold a total of 120 fossil fuel contracts, the […] The post U.S. Ad Giant Poised to Become Global Leader in Promoting Fossil Fuels, Report Finds appeared first on DeSmog.

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 reporter TJ Jordan was named an Emerging Journalist of the Year for coverage including his story revealing how a British-owned PR firm hired social […] The post ‘Consistently Superb’: DeSmog Wins Two Covering Climate Now Awards appeared first on DeSmog.

Members of the European Parliament flew 5,000 miles to Florida this summer to meet with the head of a U.S. climate denial group, DeSmog can reveal. Freedom Party of Austria’s Harald Vilimsky and Alternative for Germany (AfD) MEP Markus Buchheit, vocal critics of EU climate policy in their respective far-right parties, met with James Taylor, […] The post Pro-Trump Climate Denial Group Meets With Far-Right European Politicians in Florida appeared first on DeSmog.

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-funded Animal Agriculture Alliance (AAA) shared information with livestock companies about the romantic partners and even biological ties of those in animal rights organisations. Documents seen by DeSmog show that […] The post Revealed: ‘Chilling’ Surveillance of Activists by Meat and Dairy Industry appeared first on DeSmog.

President Donald Trump’s UK ambassador holds investments in the companies set to develop flagship tech projects across the country. U.S. financial records show that Warren Stephens’ family-owned investment firm owns shares worth at least $800 million in tech companies, including $169 million in Microsoft, $118 million in Nvidia, and $114 million in Alphabet (Google’s parent […] The post Trump Ambassador’s Fortune Intertwined With Big Tech Trade Push appeared first on DeSmog.

A county in rural Georgia is due to hold a crucial vote on a proposal to build one of the world’s largest and most power-hungry data centers on Thursday, just a few weeks after the plans were made public. The five commissioners in Twiggs County will meet to consider an application submitted last month by […] The post Developers Push Huge Server Farm in Another Rural Georgia County appeared first on DeSmog.

Of the many health impacts linked to fossil fuels perhaps the most gruesome is chimney sweep testicle. Following the Great Fire of London in 1666, chimneys were required by law to be regularly cleaned to avoid another catastrophic conflagration. Coal was the common fuel in the 1700s and boys as young as four years old were forced to […] The post What ‘Chimney Sweep Testicle’ Can Teach Us About Fossil Fuels’ Staggering Health Consequences appeared first on DeSmog.

A taxpayers group with close ties to the European People’s Party (EPP) coordinated with Austria’s far-right in the latest escalation of the NGO funding debate, DeSmog can reveal. The Taxpayers Association of Europe (TAE) filed a criminal complaint with the EU’s top prosecutor on July 23, alleging that two former commissioners behind the EU Green Deal — Frans Timmermans […] The post Revealed: EPP-Linked Tax Group ‘Collaborated’ With Far-Right Party on Criminal Complaints appeared first on DeSmog.

On a Thursday morning in late August, Georgia country music radio station The Bear 92.5 FM awarded a 10-minute spot to a special guest. Phoning in to the Half & Half Morning Show was J.C. Witt, an executive of San Francisco-based Prologis (NYSE:PLD), the world’s largest industrial real estate company. Prologis wants to build “Project Sail” — […] The post ‘Don’t Patronize Us’: Data Center Charm Offensive Irks Opponents in Rural Georgia appeared first on DeSmog.

After skipping Parliament’s return from recess this week, Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has flown back from Washington DC to kick off his party’s annual conference today in Birmingham. DeSmog has been banned from the event, which will be packed full of climate science deniers, anti-vaccine activists, and dark money lobby groups. One agenda item […] The post Reform’s New Board Members: What Have They Said About Climate Change? appeared first on DeSmog.

“This is what happens when ideology runs the power grid,” said Alberta Premier Danielle Smith in July 2023 when asked about the province’s sky-high electricity rates. Smith was attempting to cast blame on renewable energy policies of the former New Democratic Party government that had left office more than four years earlier. Just one month later the premier […] The post Understanding Alberta’s Expensive, Ideological War on Renewable Energy appeared first on DeSmog.

A leading press freedom group has accused Reform UK of drawing from the “authoritarian playbook” by blocking media outlets from attending its annual conference this weekend. The party informed DeSmog and the New World yesterday that its journalists would not be accredited for this year’s event. It did not offer an explanation. The New World […] The post Reform’s Decision to Ban Journalists from Conference Branded ‘Shocking’ by Press Freedom Watchdog appeared first on DeSmog.

Launched in 2020, the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative committed its members to “supporting the goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 or sooner, in line with global efforts to limit warming to 1.5°C.” Over 230 firms signed up to it, including European ones such as Germany’s DWS, the Netherlands’ Robeco, France’s AXA, and Italy’s Eurizon. Some […] The post Meet the UN-backed ‘green’ investors’ group that invested in fossil fuels appeared first on DeSmog.

Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is hosting a number of radical anti-climate groups at its conference this weekend, DeSmog can report. They include the Heartland Institute, a group close to Donald Trump’s administration, which has called human-induced climate change a “delusion”. The conference will also play host to Net Zero Watch, the campaign arm of the […] The post Climate Deniers to Converge on Reform Conference appeared first on DeSmog.

Marks and Spencer (M&S) continued to advertise on GB News even while the broadcaster’s boss was betting against the company, DeSmog can reveal. Since the start of the year, Marshall Wace – the hedge fund owned by GB News’ proprietor Paul Marshall – has been shorting M&S, one of the UK’s most trusted brands. Shorting […] The post M&S Shelled Out on GB News Ads as Broadcaster’s Owner Bet on the Retailer’s Failure appeared first on DeSmog.