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# DeSmog

> Clearing the PR Pollution

## Posts

- [DeSmog Wins Covering Climate Now Awards for Exposing Corporate Denial and Delay](https://www.desmog.com/2026/09/18/desmog-wins-covering-climate-now-awards-for-exposing-corporate-denial-and-delay/): DeSmog and its partners have won three awards for investigations exposing corporate tactics to delay climate action at the 2026 Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards.…
- [Advertising Contracts with Big Oil Hit Record High as Profits Soar from War in Iran](https://www.desmog.com/2026/09/17/advertising-contracts-with-big-oil-hit-record-high-as-profits-soar-from-war-in-iran/): Global advertising and public relations agencies hold more than 1,300 contracts with the oil and gas industry, according to the latest research from campaign group…
- [Bristol Becomes First UK City to Ban Fast Fashion Adverts Over Industry’s Environmental Toll](https://www.desmog.com/2026/09/16/bristol-becomes-first-uk-city-to-ban-fast-fashion-adverts-over-industrys-environmental-toll/): Bristol has joined nearly two dozen other UK cities in cracking down on the promotion of high-carbon products like petrol and airline flights on council-owned…
- [Q&A: This Comedy Series Is Taking Aim at Big Oil’s PR Machine](https://www.desmog.com/2026/09/14/qa-this-comedy-series-is-taking-aim-at-big-oils-pr-machine/): As this long and extremely hot summer of climate change-driven unnatural disasters gives way to an unpredictable autumn, a new comedy series is taking aim at one of the fossil fuel industry’s biggest…
- [Majority of Planned Alberta Data Centre Projects Could be Under Foreign Control](https://www.desmog.com/2026/09/14/majority-of-planned-alberta-data-centre-projects-could-be-under-foreign-control/): “You are at war when you get attacked. We got attacked,” Prime Minister Mark Carney grimly observed after the recent collapse of trade negotiations with…
- [Carbon Capture Is Booming. So Is the Push to Shift Oversight to States](https://www.desmog.com/2026/09/11/carbon-capture-is-booming-so-is-the-push-to-shift-oversight-to-states/): In southern Alabama, a major underground carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, the Pine Hills Storage Hub, is slated for the woods of Covington County. Laurie…
- [Les manœuvres des lobbys pour affaiblir le projet d’interdiction de la publicité pour les énergies fossiles](https://www.desmog.com/2026/09/11/les-manoeuvres-des-lobbys-pour-affaiblir-le-projet-dinterdiction-de-la-publicite-pour-les-energies-fossiles-en-france/): Read in English. Le secteur des énergies fossiles, des radios et télévisions s'emploient à affaiblir le projet d’interdiction de la publicité pour les énergies fossiles…
- [Exclusive: Oil Industry Moves to Weaken Proposed Fossil Fuel Advertising Ban in France](https://www.desmog.com/2026/09/11/exclusive-oil-industry-moves-to-weaken-proposed-fossil-fuel-advertising-ban-in-france/): Lisez en français. Fossil fuel companies and broadcasters are working to dilute proposed world-first national restrictions on fossil fuel ads due to come into effect…
- [School Students Missed 15 Million Teaching Hours Due to June Heatwave](https://www.desmog.com/2026/09/11/school-students-missed-15-million-teaching-hours-due-to-june-heatwave/): School pupils in England and Wales lost more than 15 million teaching hours during June’s heatwave, which caused a spike in absences and forced many…
- [Reform Receives £5 Million from International Investors](https://www.desmog.com/2026/09/10/reform-nigel-farage-5-million-international-investors/): Nigel Farage’s Reform UK received just shy of £5 million from 17 global financiers and businesspeople in the second quarter of this year, DeSmog can…

## SEO Pages

- [Ammonia – The Future of ‘Low-Carbon’ Fuel or False Solution? ](https://www.desmog.com/ammonia-the-future-of-low-carbon-fuel-or-false-solution/): For the last century, ammonia has been hailed as a miracle chemical. A key component of synthetic fertilisers, it has become central to the food…
- [DeBunked: Spiked’s Ella Whelan on Oil and Renewables](https://www.desmog.com/debunked-spikeds-ella-whelan-on-oil-and-renewables/): First posted on Twitter on 17 February 2023. This version is expanded. Spiked columnist Ella Whelan made misleading claims about North Sea oil and renewable…
- [DeBunked: FairFuelUK’s Howard Cox on Electric Vehicles](https://www.desmog.com/debunked-fairfueluks-howard-cox-on-electric-vehicles/): First posted on Twitter on 30 January 2023 ‘Fair fuel’ lobbyist Howard Cox made several false and misleading claims about electric vehicles (EVs) in a…
- [DeBunked: Matt Ridley on Nature and Climate Change](https://www.desmog.com/debunked-matt-ridley-on-nature-and-climate-change/): First posted on Twitter on 12 January 2023 Author Matt Ridley made several misleading claims in The Times and Daily Mail about climate change impacts.…
- [DeBunked: Claims about Fracking, Net Zero and Renewables vs Food](https://www.desmog.com/debunked-claims-about-fracking-net-zero-and-renewables-vs-food/): First posted on Twitter on 20 December 2022 This year we’ve seen a wave of false claims from opponents of climate action exploiting the Ukraine…
- [DeBunked: Lord Frost on the Global Warming Policy Foundation](https://www.desmog.com/debunked-lord-frost-on-the-global-warming-policy-foundation/): First posted on Twitter on 9 November 2022 Lord David Frost has joined the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) as a trustee during the UN…
- [DeBunked: Julia Hartley-Brewer on Climate Forecasts and Heatwaves](https://www.desmog.com/debunked-julia-hartley-brewer-on-climate-forecasts-and-heatwaves/): First posted on Twitter on 4 November 2022 TalkTV host Julia Hartley-Brewer made several claims about climate change on a recent BBC Question Time.  Here’s…
- [An Introduction to Anaerobic Digesters and Biogas on US Farms](https://www.desmog.com/intro-dairy-anaerobic-digesters-biogas-cow-manure-us-farms/): What are anaerobic digesters?  Anaerobic digesters capture emissions from organic waste — like manure or food scraps — to create energy. In the United States,…
- [The Calculations Behind an Investigation into NW Natural Meter and Gas Costs](https://www.desmog.com/nwn-calculations/): As part of his recent two-part investigation into NW Natural, journalist Chris May relied on company data and publicly available information to calculate two figures.…
- [COVIDenial & the Reopen Movement](https://www.desmog.com/covidenial-reopen-movement/): The following individuals and groups, who have historically focused on denying or downplaying the risk of man-made global warming, have turned their attention to the COVID-19 crisis. This set…

## Database Entries

- [Governors Coalition for Energy Security](https://www.desmog.com/governors-coalition-for-energy-security/): Governors Coalition for Energy Security (GCES) Background The Governors Coalition for Energy Security (GCES) launched in September 2024, initially called the Governors' Coalition for Energy…
- [Fusion Law Firm](https://www.desmog.com/fusion-law-firm/): Fusion Law PLLC Background Fusion Law, PLLC is a law firm founded by Paul Watkins, an attorney in Arizona, on April 4, 2022.“Articles of Organization…
- [American Energy Institute](https://www.desmog.com/american-energy-institute/): American Energy Institute (AEI) Background The American Energy Institute (AEI) is a Texas-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded by former Texas State Representative Jason Isaac in 2015."Certificate…
- [CT Group](https://www.desmog.com/ct-group/): Background CT Group is an influential lobbying firm. CT Group’s clients have included the Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association, mining giants BHP and Glencore, and…
- [Kathryn Porter](https://www.desmog.com/kathryn-porter/): Credentials MPhys Physics, the University of Exeter.“About Watt-Logic,” Watt-Logic, accessed January 15, 2026. Archived January 5, 2026. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/Y2YQV MBA, London Business School.“Kathryn Porter,”…
- [Robert L. Levy](https://www.desmog.com/robert-l-levy/): Image credit: Still from Federalist Society video. Robert L. Levy Background Robert L. Levy is an American attorney who served for 17 years in the…
- [Consumers’ Research](https://www.desmog.com/consumers-research/): Consumers' Research Background Consumers’ Research is a Virginia-based nonprofit that describes its mission as increasing “the knowledge and understanding of issues, policies, products, and services…
- [Christopher Harborne](https://www.desmog.com/christopher-harborne/): Credentials MEng Engineering, Cambridge University, 1981-85.“Christpher Harborne,” Linkedin. Accessed April 2026. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. MBA, Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires, 1988.“Christpher Harborne,”…
- [James Orr](https://www.desmog.com/james-orr/): Credentials  BA Classics, University of Oxford.“Dr James Orr,” Cambridge University Faculty of Divinity, accessed 08.01.2025. Archived December 4, 2024. Archive URL: https://archive.ph/vHWQr MPhil Philosophy of…
- [Brunswick Group](https://www.desmog.com/brunswick-group/): Background Brunswick Group is an independent communications agency founded in 1987 by Sir Alan Parker.“Brunswick Group,” World Economic Forum, Accessed August 5, 2024. Archived August 5, 2024.…

## Series

- [Who Profits from CAP? Investigating EU Farming Subsidies](https://www.desmog.com/who-profits-from-cap-investigating-eu-farming-subsidies/): Representing a third of the EU’s budget, the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) pays around €54 billion in subsidies each year to farmers and rural areas…
- [Pigs, Poultry, and Pollution: Investigating Intensive Agriculture](https://www.desmog.com/pigs-poultry-and-pollution-investigating-intensive-agriculture/): Pollution from intensive animal farms is seeping into our rivers, air, and seas. Linked to everything from cancer to mass fish deaths, these pollutants damage the environment…
- [Mark Carney’s Climate Betrayal](https://www.desmog.com/canada-mark-carney-climate-betrayal/): When Mark Carney was Bank of England Governor, he was hailed by climate advocates for working to steer the global economy away from fossil fuels.…
- [2025 COP30 Climate Summit](https://www.desmog.com/2025-cop30-climate-summit/): It's just 10 years since the landmark Paris Agreement, but international climate commitments have begun to erode. At a pivotal moment for both climate action…
- [Defending Democracy from Dirty Money](https://www.desmog.com/defending-uk-democracy-from-dirty-money/): A radical network of politicians, think tanks, lobby groups, and media outlets is attempting to scupper the UK’s clean energy transition by pumping out climate…
- [Tech vs. Climate](https://www.desmog.com/tech-vs-climate/): Leaders of the world’s largest tech companies have for years promised that their products, business models, and personal fortunes would solve the mounting climate crisis.…
- [Murky Supply Chains: How Fossil Fuels Prop Up Europe’s Fertiliser Giant](https://www.desmog.com/murky-supply-chains-how-fossil-fuels-prop-up-europes-fertiliser-giant/): In a fast-warming world the polluting fertiliser industry is under pressure to clean up its act. In response, the sector spins a green image with…
- [Alliance for Responsible Citizenship](https://www.desmog.com/alliance-for-responsible-citizenship/): DeSmog’s coverage of the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship – the radical right-wing network backed by Paul Marshall and the Legatum Group – the co-owners of…
- [Inside MAGA’s Global Climate Agenda](https://www.desmog.com/inside-maga-global-climate-agenda/): It's no secret that the second Donald Trump presidency is one of the loudest and most aggressive anti-climate administrations in history. But in this series…
- [COP29 Coverage](https://www.desmog.com/cop29-coverage/): DeSmog was on the ground at the United Nations climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan, and reported this series in the lead-up to and throughout the…

## Databases

- [Advertising & Public Relations Database](https://www.desmog.com/advertising-pr-database/): In DeSmog’s Advertising and Public Relations Database, you can browse our research on the advertising and PR industry firms which have protected the reputation of…
- [Industrial Aquaculture Database](https://www.desmog.com/industrial-aquaculture-database/): In DeSmog’s Industrial Aquaculture Database, you can find major industry players’ stance on sustainability, information on fish feed supply chains and record of lobbying.
- [Agribusiness Database](https://www.desmog.com/agribusiness-database/): In DeSmog's Agribusiness Database, you can find a record of companies and organisations’ current messaging on climate change, lobbying around climate action, and histories of…
- [Air Pollution Lobbying Database](https://www.desmog.com/air-pollution-lobbying-database/): In DeSmog's Air Pollution Lobbying Database, you can find out about organisations opposing or seeking to weaken planned air quality measures in the UK's most…
- [Koch Network Database](https://www.desmog.com/koch-network-database/): In DeSmog's Koch Network Database, you can browse our extensive research on the individuals and organizations linked to Charles Koch or other members of the…
- [Climate Disinformation Database](https://www.desmog.com/climate-disinformation-database/): In DeSmog's Climate Disinformation Database, you can browse our extensive research on the individuals and organizations that have helped to delay and distract the public…