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Ohio Denies Evidence of Fracking Waste in Drinking Water. Its Own Records Show Otherwise.
This story was co-published with Rolling Stone. In Ohio’s rural southeastern corner, Marietta College geology professor David Jeffrey was among the residents worried that industry activity in America’s booming natural gas region could be polluting their drinking water. That’s…
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President Trump Unveils EPA’s New Contradictory Methane Proposal at Campaign Rally
At a Tuesday campaign rally for Republican Senate candidate Ken Paxton in Lubbock, Texas, President Trump announced the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposal to roll back a Biden-era methane rule, setting up a likely future showdown in how the agency oversees…
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Two GB News Directors Have Investments in Oil Companies Behind Rosebank and Jackdaw
Two directors of GB News, which has loudly advocated for the new Rosebank and Jackdaw oil and gas fields, hold shares in the firms behind the projects. Sir Paul Marshall, a millionaire hedge fund boss who also owns The Spectator magazine, and Lord (Theodore) Agnew of Oulton, a…
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How the Far-Right Uses Climate Disasters to Build Political Power
Naomi Klein and Astra Taylor’s End Times Fascism and the Fight for the Living World is critical reading for anyone seeking to understand and push back against the far-right coalitions wielding considerable state and corporate power around the world. Klein and Taylor posit that…
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Canada’s ‘Responsible’ Data Centre Principles Have a Credibility Problem
Would you trust a detox facility that offers a minibar in every room? How about a climate course sponsored by ExxonMobil? If not, you might direct the same incredulity towards Canada’s recently unveiled Responsible Data Centre Development Principles, endorsed by tech giants that…
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Interactive Archive Shares Secrets of Shell’s Early Climate Research
Campaigners backing attempts to sue Shell over a typhoon in the Philippines have launched an online archive showing that the British oil major knew that burning fossil fuels could harm the climate as early as the 1960s. ExposeShell.com features documents including a 1966 memo…
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Carney Almost as Bad as Trump on Climate, Emissions Watchdog Warns
Canada’s already battered reputation on curbing climate emissions has become drastically worse under the leadership of Prime Minister Mark Carney according to a recent report card from Climate Action Tracker, approaching levels of inaction comparable to the “drill baby drill”…
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As Midterms Loom, MAGA Lawyer Defends ‘Mild Amounts of Corruption’ in Governments
Countries should be willing to overlook “mild amounts of corruption” in government if it serves the larger goal of political stability, according to a U.S. lawyer and political activist closely aligned with U.S. President Donald Trump’s MAGA movement. “This may be the most…
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‘Snipped And Posted’: How Pro-Oil Groups Generate Viral Content Online
In December 2025, former B.C. Premier Christy Clark gave an interview on Global News where she described Canada’s west coast ban on oil tankers as a “ridiculous” constraint on the Canadian economy. A clip of Clark’s interview then began to circulate online, where it was shared…
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In Pictures: ‘Armageddon’ at Europe’s Swim Spots Linked to Climate Change and Factory Farm Pollution
Across Brittany, tractors can be seen trundling onto beaches to remove truckloads of foul-smelling algae ahead of the tourist rush. Situated below steep cliffs and ancient forests, these once pristine beaches have been devastated by algal blooms – the rapid growth of toxic…
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Oil Industry Consultant Joins Climate Denial Group Run by Tory Peer
Kathryn Porter, a consultant to the fossil fuel industry and a prominent critic of emissions reduction policies, has joined the UK’s foremost climate science denial group. Porter appears frequently in the media as an “independent” expert on energy issues and has been interviewed…
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How Big Pharma Tried to Weaken the Rules of the UN’s Nature Fund
As the COP17 nature summit gets underway in Armenia, evidence has emerged of lobbying by a leading international pharmaceuticals group to weaken the terms of a flagship fund for nature. Documents analysed by DeSmog show that the International Federation of Pharmaceutical…
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Reform Figure Behind ‘Shocking’ Grenfell Comments Still Involved in Party
A former housing executive fired by Reform UK for making “shameful” comments about the 2017 Grenfell Tower tragedy still claims to have a role in the party, DeSmog can reveal. Simon Dudley, a former chair of Homes England, was removed as the party’s housing spokesperson for…