DeSmog

Clearing the PR Pollution That Clouds Climate Science.

[DeSmog @DeSmog]

🔴 NEW - NatWest Accused of Using ‘Loopholes’ to Invest £17 Million in UK Coal Supplier

Campaigners say it’s “deeply concerning” that a major British bank and former COP sponsor is supporting UK coal.
https://t.co/Y3jg7QQH0m

[DeSmog @DeSmog]

🔴 NEW: Denmark’s ‘Pig Election’ Prompts Drinking Water Crackdown. Will Europe Follow Suit?

https://t.co/AIWCnCIeWm

[DeSmog @DeSmog]

❗️ AI for All or AI for fossil fuels?

Internal government documents show that one of the 'top public policy benefits to Canada' of data centres is providing new markets to gas companies.

https://t.co/g3giFJ6We9

[DeSmog @DeSmog]

🔴 NEW - Cherie Blair’s Charity Received £3.6 million from ExxonMobil

The oil major has provided a significant chunk of the foundation’s income.
https://t.co/o1RgbVV9d6

[DeSmog @DeSmog]

🔴 NEW - Zia Yusuf Cosying Up to Group Behind ‘Authoritarian’ Project 2025 Agenda

Reform has been chasing even closer ties to Trump’s allies.
https://t.co/IQ2MQLcoyY

[DeSmog @DeSmog]

🔴 Nigel Farage to Speak at Liz Truss’ CPAC GB Event

The Reform leader has opted to join the pro-Trump conference as it comes to the UK.
https://t.co/Ntsx4EPvrJ

[DeSmog @DeSmog]

Without bonds in place, companies lack a critical incentive to do the cleanup work—and it’s unclear who will ultimately foot the bill. Dive into the full investigation by @joefassler https://t.co/fOwhRLPS09

[DeSmog @DeSmog]

In 2019 Colorado passed reforms to spur the oil and gas industry to pay for its own cleanup. Our investigation with @GuardianUS digs into how the regulator instead quietly let the three biggest oil companies off the hook 🧵 https://t.co/fOwhRLPS09

[DeSmog @DeSmog]

Regulators say contractors for these same companies, Chevron, Oxy, and Civitas, submitted falsified documents for hundreds of cleanup sites. Many of the tampered-with documents related to sites on our limbo list—plugged but quietly exempted from bonding, despite their unmet cleanup obligations.

[DeSmog @DeSmog]

🔴 NEW - Two Thirds of Reform’s Wales Shadow Cabinet Are Ex-Tories

Welsh Reform labelled a “retirement home for failed Conservatives”.
https://t.co/6o0dsqdGOj

[DeSmog @DeSmog]

🔴 NEW: Undercover Investigation Reveals Europe-Wide Motorcycle Emissions ‘Scam’

In KTM dealerships across the continent, thousands of off-road bikes are stripped of legally-required features that restrict pollution.

This year-long investigation, spanning seven countries and 15 dealerships, was coordinated by @ClimateWhistles & conducted with a consortium of 10 European media.

You can read our write-up here:

https://t.co/4jPpNy4gKE

[Climate Whistleblowers @ClimateWhistles]

Today, Climate Whistleblowers (CW) and a consortium of European media partners publish Unrestricted, a cross-border investigation spanning 7 European countries.

Unrestricted examines how KTM, the motorcycle giant, facilitates the widespread derestriction of an entire line of its motorcycles before they reach customers, increasing emissions and noise pollution.

Unrestricted, ten years after Dieselgate, raises questions about enforcement, accountability, and compliance to environmental regulations in the transport sector.

With @lemondefr, @paper_trail_m, @espressonline, @el_pais, @webstandardat, @derspiegel, @ORF, @DeSmog, @ClimateReport_, @ZDF.

🔗Watch the full video➡️ https://t.co/5Gf9mVmvCo

[DeSmog @DeSmog]

❗️NEW- What does 'Economic Reconciliation' mean? According to industry representatives, it means faster approval times for fossil fuel and mining projects.

https://t.co/DPblRqzqaD

[DeSmog @DeSmog]

🚨 Instead of building its promised carbon capture and storage project, the Oil Sands Alliance is pushing for more environmental rollbacks.

Was it always a boondoggle?

https://t.co/elkmROGwPC

[DeSmog @DeSmog]

🔴 NEW - Industry-Linked Studies Disproportionately Advocate Meat Consumption

Campaigners say corporate-friendly science has “corrosive effects on public health debates”.
https://t.co/JL6u6JmDZS

[DeSmog @DeSmog]

The CEO of a major climate denier group, the Heartland Institute, brought a new AI-era twist on an old message at ALEC's 2025 annual meeting: Bring back coal - to fire massive data centers. https://t.co/W3LpLVKeer