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Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch today ditched her party’s commitment to the UK’s flagship climate target in a speech hosted by an advertising group that works for Shell, DeSmog can reveal. During her address, Badenoch suggested that we are “bankrupting…

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 Changing Markets Foundation and Mighty Earth analysed the…

Arguing that electric vehicles (EVs) are too expensive and will lower Canadians’ quality of life, the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI) — an anti-regulation lobby group associated with Atlas Network — wants the Canadian government to repeal its EV…

The group that drafted a key blueprint for Donald Trump’s second term convened a meeting in Washington D.C. this week to consider proposals for bulldozing the European Union (EU). The Polish investigative outlet VSquare revealed that the Heritage Foundation…

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) chief Lee Zeldin announced this week that the Trump administration will “reconsider” federal rules that pushed power companies to start planning to reduce their climate-altering pollution over the next couple of…

The Heartland Institute is “extremely influential” in Donald Trump’s policy circles, according to the head of the climate science denial group’s UK-EU branch. Speaking on the Peter McCormack Show on 26 February, Lois Perry claimed that the institute…

It’s easy to dismiss Jordan Peterson, the Canadian bad boy ex-academic, as a sideshow. But when he’s standing six feet away, scowling before an audience of thousands of powerful conservatives from around the world, it clicks: Peterson’s influence has…

As the world is gathered in Trondheim for the 2025 World Ski Championships, Norway stands at a crossroads. This event is more than a celebration of sport — it is a global stage where the country can either reinforce its role as Europe’s biggest fossil fuel…

A Hungarian think tank closely linked to autocratic leader Viktor Orbán has been accused of breaking EU lobbying guidelines by failing to declare its funding, DeSmog can report.  MCC Brussels has failed to disclose financial figures and funding sources…

“There is no honor among thieves” is a truism that apparently also applies to oil companies. In an Q4 earnings call to shareholders, U.S. refinery giant Marathon Petroleum Company unequivocally told investors they plan to abandon their long-time Alberta…