Clare Carlile

Bristol, Manchester

Journalist and Researcher at Freelance

Agribusiness Researcher at DeSmog

Investigative Journalist @DeSmog. Climate, food and farming. https://t.co/AWXeTwvwBA She/her

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Articles

European fertiliser plants use US ammonia made with shale gas, investigation reveals

1 month ago | theguardian.com | Agathe Bounfour |Clare Carlile

The coastal city of Freeport, Texas is a dense tangle of metal pipes, tanks and towers. Located 60 miles south of Houston, it’s home to a sprawling petrochemical complex – one of the largest and most polluting in the US. Among its facilities is a plant dedicated to the production of ammonia, a colourless compound of nitrogen and hydrogen and a key ingredient in fertilisers widely used on industrial arable farms – including on fields of barley, wheat and maize across Europe.
Murky Supply Chains: How Fossil Fuels Prop Up Europe’s Fertiliser Giant

1 month ago | desmog.com | Agathe Bounfour |Clare Carlile

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 slick PR. Leading the charge is Yara, the biggest fertiliser producer in Europe, claiming the market can continue to grow, with the help of innovative ‘low-emission’ products. But Yara and the industry are not are green as they seem.
Revealed: Meat industry behind attacks on flagship climate-friendly diet report

2 months ago | nationofchange.org | Clare Carlile

A version of this story was published by The Guardian. In January 2019, world-renowned food and nutrition experts published a groundbreaking study. The culmination of two years’ work by 37 authors, the EAT-Lancet report set out to answer the question: how can we feed the world’s growing population without causing catastrophic climate breakdown? The publication was high profile.
Revealed: Meat Industry Behind Attacks on Flagship Climate-Friendly Diet Report

2 months ago | desmog.com | Clare Carlile

In January 2019, world-renowned food and nutrition experts published a groundbreaking study. The culmination of two years’ work by 37 authors, the EAT-Lancet report set out to answer the question: how can we feed the world’s growing population without causing catastrophic climate breakdown? The publication was high profile.
Revealed: Meat Industry Behind Attacks on Flagship Climate-Friendly Diet Report

2 months ago | ecotopical.com | Clare Carlile

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Orbán-Backed Think Tank Breached Lobbying Rules, Claims EU Watchdog

Mar 6, 2025 | desmog.com | Clare Carlile

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 despite lobbying within the EU since 2022, the advocacy organisation Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) states in its complaint.
Orbán-Backed Think Tank Breached Lobbying Rules, Claims EU Watchdog

Mar 6, 2025 | ecotopical.com | Clare Carlile

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Nigel Farage Spreads Far-Right Conspiracy Theory at Farming Protest

Feb 13, 2025 | desmog.com | Joey Grostern |Clare Carlile

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage endorsed a conspiracy theory popular among the far-right during a speech at a farmers’ protest on Monday (10 February), DeSmog can revealThousands of farmers descended on London to oppose plans to reduce the threshold for paying inheritance tax on land to £1 million, which critics say could force some family farms to sell their land.
US climate denial group working with European far-right parties

Jan 22, 2025 | msn.com | Helena Horton |Sam Bright |Clare Carlile

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U.S. Climate Denial Group Using Far-Right to Attack EU Green Policies

Jan 22, 2025 | desmog.com | Sam Bright |Clare Carlile

A leading U.S. climate science denial group has been attempting to scupper major EU climate reforms by forging alliances with far-right figures, DeSmog and The Guardian can reveal. The Heartland Institute, which has for decades been at the forefront of denying the scientific evidence for man-made climate change, claims that it worked with politicians in Austria and Hungary in an attempt to stall the EU’s Nature Restoration Law last year.