In 1966, a British scientist warned Shell that burning fossil fuels was likely causing climate change. Shell's response? Keep it secret—then fund climate denial instead. Read DeSmog's new investigation here: buff.ly/WoS1Cav
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60 years ago, Shell was warned that burning fossil fuels were likely driving global warming. It buried the warning. Now it’s key evidence in a landmark lawsuit looking to hold Shell accountable for the devastation of a climate-fueled typhoon. Read more here:
‼️ NEW: Little known U.S. developer Teton Digital is pushing an AI project in Alberta that could release one million tonnes of annual emissions.
🔴 NEW - Meet the Aristocrats Helping to Fund Reform Nigel Farage’s donors include Mayfair club owners, fox hunt masters, and the landed gentry. 📝 @mc00.bsky.social
🔴 NEW 🔴 ‘They Want Us Gone’: BP Gas Field Forces Out Senegal’s Fishers Traditional fishing grounds continue to be off-limits in Senegal as its government pursues a high-risk gamble on the export of LNG, a new DeSmog investigation can reveal. www.desmog.com/2026/07/24/t... 📝@Hans Wetzels
❗️ NEW: Albertans already pay the highest electricity costs in Canada. AI data centres are set to drive them up further.
🔴 NEW - OpenAI Draws Fire for Employee’s Remarks at Pro-Trump CPAC GB Event A member of staff at the firm advocated for AI deregulation at the Reform-linked conference. 📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social
A groundbreaking new report shows the gas industry knew 50 years ago that natural gas was a dirty fuel, yet promoted it for decades as "Clean Energy for Today and Tomorrow." Read DeSmog's latest. #CenterforClimateIntegrity #RebeccaJohn #RebeccaLeber #methane www.desmog.com/2026/07/20/h...
Data centers are on track to produce nearly 400 million metric tons (one Australia's worth) of planet-heating pollution a year by 2030 — unless Big Tech invests in renewables instead of gas-fired power to fuel the AI juggernaut.
Did you know U.S.'s conservative power broker Leonard Leo got a $1.6 billion gift to back right-wing anti-climate groups? Now he's influencing Europe. Read DeSmog's latest. buff.ly/7Dmw3jS #GeoffDembicki #FederalistSociety
🔴 NEW - Nigel Farage Made £2.3 Million in Two Years While Serving as Clacton’s MP The Reform leader pocketed major sums from second jobs and donor gifts. 📝 @writesbright.bsky.social
🔴 NEW 🔴 Can Ireland Deliver as ‘Honest Broker’? Here’s What’s at Stake for Climate and Nature in EU Council Presidency 📝 @rachelsherrington.bsky.social👇 www.desmog.com/2026/07/14/c...
🔴 NEW - Major Reform Donors Featured in Tax Haven Database Farage’s party has accepted more than £16 million since the last election from those listed in offshore leaks. 📝 @mc00.bsky.social
🚨New🚨 A 17-year veteran of Exxon will be joining the Justice Department team that's suing states over lawsuits and laws that hold fossil fuel companies — including Exxon — accountable for climate change. What could go wrong?
🔴 NEW - Farage and Truss Jamboree Backed by Crypto Lobbyists CPAC GB partners with Bitcoin network as Reform leader comes under fire for industry connections. 📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social & @writesbright.bsky.social
📍NEW📍 With over a billion in tax breaks, Shell promised an economic boom for a petrochemical plant it built in western Pennsylvania. But the only thing it delivered on was more pollution and health problems. Read our latest here: buff.ly/8yMbDN4 #Shell #Beaver County #Pennsylvania #Appalachia
🔴 NEW: Northern Ireland Turned Into ‘Sacrifice Zone’ to Feed UK’s Appetite for Meat Nearly two thirds of country’s pig & poultry farms leach polluting manure into lough supplying half region’s drinking water, latest research finds. 📝 @shaunacorr.bsky.social👇 www.desmog.com/2026/07/08/n...
Together, Chevron, Oxy and Civitas will pay just $2 million in penalties for faking cleanup data. Colorado's top regulator, who OK'd the deals, is resigning just weeks after a DeSmog investigation into her office's oversight of the same oil companies. Dig into the full story 👇️
🔴 NEW 🔴 Nigel Farage Has Mentioned Clacton Only Twice in Commons During Past Year 📝 @writesbright.bsky.social
🔴 NEW - Paul Marshall ‘Cashing in on Climate Chaos’ After Leap in Fossil Fuel Investments, Critics Say The GB News co-owner’s hedge fund has multiplied its oil and gas holdings. 📝 @writesbright.bsky.social