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1. Whenever you see really vicious and widespread "spontaneous" attacks on scientific findings that challenge powerful economic interests, you can be assured that corporate lobbyists have been busy behind the scenes. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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We know industry and PR firms can undermine peer-reviewed science but it’s rare to get this 🪟 into their tactics 🧵 In a newly seen document, Red Flag boasts of its “remarkable success” framing the landmark Eat-Lancet report as “radical”, “out of touch” & “hypocritical” Latest @desmog.bsky.social👇

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🔴 NEW 🔴 The Heritage Foundation, the group behind the radical pro-Trump Project 2025 agenda, held a private discussion this week about how to dismantle the EU. 📝 @desmog.bsky.social report 👇🏻

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The think tank's parent MCC has been handed $1.3 billion in state funding from Hungary's ruling Fidesz since 2020, including 10% shares in the country's oil and gas giant MOL Meanwhile, it has called for the EU to pull funding for "shadowy" civil rights NGOs, calling for a European DOGE 🤨

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🔴 NEW 🔴 Orbán-Backed Think Tank Breached Lobbying Rules, Claims EU Watchdog An official complaint slams MCC Brussels for failing to declare its funding, and warns that European democracy is under “severe attack”. 📝 @clarecarlile.bsky.social

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🔴 NEW 🔴 Nigel Farage spread a far-right conspiracy theory at the farming protests on Monday. 📝 New @desmog.bsky.social story from @joeygrostern.bsky.social & @clarecarlile.bsky.social 👇🏻

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Just tried to use EJScreen - an EPA tool that provided data about environmental justice issues in local communities, like rates of cancer-causing air pollution and ethnic breakdown of local population But it's no longer there- last available 21st January

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🔴 NEW 🔴 Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage will be speaking later this month at “Glastonbury for climate deniers”. The pair are part of Paul Marshall’s new attempt to convene the radical right-wing oligarchy

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🔴 NEW 🔴 Russia ‘Spread Conspiracy Theories and Attacked Climate Scientists in Poland’ False narratives spread through state-owned news sites and social media bots, report finds. 📝 @joeygrostern.bsky.social www.desmog.com/2025/02/03/r...

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🔴 NEW 🔴 U.S. Climate Denial Group Using Far-Right to Attack EU Green Policies The pro-Trump Heartland Institute claims it spearheaded opposition to a flagship European nature law. 📝 @writesbright.bsky.social & @clarecarlile.bsky.social

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🔴 NEW 🔴 A US climate denial group with close ties to Donald Trump has been working with far-right politicians to undermine EU green reforms. 📝 My @desmog.bsky.social story with the Guardian 👇🏻

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High fertiliser use halves numbers of pollinators, world’s longest study finds

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Climate crisis deepens with 2024 ‘certain’ to be hottest year on record

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Looks like all that money poured into discrediting climate scientists by the fossil fuel industry has worked ....

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"Sponsored content from Exxon Mobil" "By Politico Studio"

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🔵 NEW 🔵 Voters in Ireland are heading to the polls tomorrow 🗳️ politicians, alongside dairy giants & farm lobby, are backing the nitrates derogation - that allows some farmers to use more polluting fertiliser & manure than EU normally permits But the farmers we spoke to say it's a 'con' 🧵👇

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🔴 NEW 🔴 Nitrates Derogation is a ‘Con’, Says Ireland’s Farmers Ahead of tomorrow's snap election, dairy producers tell Irish government to step off the 'treadmill' of unsustainable milk production – and share a more holistic vision. 📝 @phoebecooke.bsky.social www.desmog.com/2024/11/28/n...

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🔴 NEW 🔴 Private emails show how ministers helped to “stage manage” Shell’s relocation to the UK. 📝 DeSmog scoop from @joeygrostern.bsky.social www.desmog.com/2024/11/25/m...

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🔴 NEW 🔴 Climate Science Deniers Use Farmers’ Protest to Attack Net Zero Jeremy Clarkson marched with anti-net zero campaign group Together, after writing that inheritance tax was gov attempt to replace farmers with migrants ✍️ @adambarnett.bsky.social and me www.desmog.com/2024/11/21/c... 🧵

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Georgia Meloni's ECR "is now firmly in the EU policy-making mainstream and can be a trusted voting partner" according to Politico this am 8/10 MEPs in ECR are from far-right or ultranationalist parties. Its parties have denied climate change and "eroded democracy" www.desmog.com/2024/09/19/g...

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next week the world is supposed to finalise a global treaty to tackle plastic pollution my new investigation uncovers the PR and lobbying strategy behind Big Oil's influential initiative to 'end plastic waste' with @emmahoward.bsky.social unearthed.greenpeace.org/2024/11/20/a...

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🔴 Hundreds of representatives of industrial agriculture accessed the UN climate talks again this year It comes after UN experts called for major reforms to protect the summits from corporate interests My latest for @desmog.bsky.social & @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Jeremy Clarkson attending today's farmers' protests holding a sign from #Together, a network that campaigns on an anti-vax and climate denial conspiracy platforms DeSmog has profiled their climate claims: www.desmog.com/together/

submitted 161 days ago • 3 comments

Brilliant - and sobering - work by my brill @desmog.bsky.social colleague @rachelsherrington.bsky.social in Baku 👇

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🟡 NEW 🟡 Meat, Dairy and Pesticide Lobbyists Return in High Numbers to Climate Summit By @rachelsherrington.bsky.social with @theguardian.com www.desmog.com/2024/11/18/b...

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🔴 NEW 🔴 World’s Biggest Meatpacker JBS Wants Public Money to Fight Climate Change Analysis by Gil Alessi 👇 www.desmog.com/2024/11/18/w...

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🔴 NEW 🔴 British Gas has been given under the radar access to the COP29 climate summit. Bizarrely, its CEO and head of public affairs are registered as representatives of a small African NGO. 📝 My scoop from Baku www.desmog.com/2024/11/16/b...

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Please take some time to read about the origin of the 1.5C target. It didn't originate from naivety or stupidity. Those who put it forward certainly didn't see it as "pointless" then, and would probably still not. @climatehome.bsky.social www.climatechangenews.com/2015/12/10/a...

submitted 162 days ago • 6 comments

Far-right groups plan to hijack tomorrow's farming protests against taxes in the UK, says @theguardian.com Seems to me that Farage + Robinson are learning from the EU, where groups linked to Victor Orban + Georgia Meloni have successfully exploited farming issues www.desmog.com/2024/05/02/o...

submitted 162 days ago • 4 comments

Trump is opening his administration to fracking billionaires, oil lobbyists and far-right climate deniers. Our global team of investigative reporters is tracking the damage. Here's a starter pack of DeSmog investigators and some of the climate disinfo journalists we follow. go.bsky.app/MrJdbio

submitted 165 days ago • 14 comments

Meat, oil and pesticide industry lobbyists turned out in record numbers at Cop16 - my latest story with @clarecarlile.bsky.social and @hazelhealy.bsky.social covered in the Guardian here: www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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Lol, you can get a Gazprom colouring book at COP29 xcancel.com/edking_I/sta...

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“Agrochemical and biotech industry trade group CropLife International sent 17 representatives. There were 10 representatives from Nestlé, and nine from ExxonMobil. This is more than some country delegations.” #COP16Colombia www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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🔴 NEW - Business Lobby Reaches Record High at UN Biodiversity Talks Having dominated recent climate COPs, pesticide, tech, oil and gas, and big food are also turning attention to the biodiversity summits... ✍️ w @rachelsherrington.bsky.social @hazelhealy.bsky.social www.desmog.com/2024/11/12/b...

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🔴 NEW | Fossil Fuel Giants Paying Thousands to Sponsor COP29 Events Oil and gas majors are splashing the cash in order to have a presence at the flagship climate talks in Azerbaijan. 📝 @writesbright.bsky.social for @desmog.bsky.social www.desmog.com/2024/11/12/f...

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'If only there was a starter pack for DeSmog staff and contributors' I hear you say? Look no further go.bsky.app/B4wsEGy

submitted 168 days ago • 4 comments

Definitely a bunch of authentic real content from real people currently being posted on the #cop29 hashtag on X

submitted 169 days ago • 10 comments

🔴 Industrial Fishing Undermines World’s Greatest Carbon Sink, Experts Warn Damage to oceans is releasing vast amounts of CO2, despite efforts to market fish as a sustainable food. By Sophie Kevany for @desmog.bsky.social www.desmog.com/2024/10/24/i...

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A great list, featuring some of @desmog.bsky.social finest 💚

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With biodiversity rising up the business agenda, we @desmog.bsky.social mapped the main corporate players on the ground at COP16 -- and what they want from the summit www.desmog.com/2024/10/28/m...

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excited to be (re)launching this series with @desmog.bsky.social ahead of a crunch year for international action on food and climate. hints, tips, suggestions? please get in touch if so ✉️ www.desmog.com/2024/09/20/b...

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new study surveys 211 IPCC scientists: "86% of estimated max global warming of greater than 2C" #climatecrisis www.nature.com/articles/s43... very similar results to the (larger) survey I did www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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