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DeSmog was established in January 2006 with the goal of addressing the misleading public relations that obscure the scientific facts and solutions related to climate change. Our team has rapidly grown into the leading source of reliable, factual information on misinformation campaigns surrounding global warming. Now, after 15 years, DeSmog is broadening its efforts to tackle additional topics where misinformation hampers public knowledge and political response to urgent societal issues. This includes addressing global energy demands, confronting environmental racism, and promoting a fair transition to a sustainable economic future.

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No, Canada's So-called ‘No Pipelines Bill’ Didn’t Block These 16 Energy Projects

1 week ago | desmog.com | Mitch Anderson

U.S. President Donald Trump famously bragged on the campaign trail that he would end inflation and the war in Ukraine “on day one.” Simplistic claims sometimes sell, as seen by the fact that Kamala Harris is not occupying the Oval Office. Yet after less than four months of the chaotic Trump presidency, many American voters may wish they could build a time machine to revisit their choice on November 5, 2024.
Climate Disinformation ‘Normalised’ on French TV and Radio, Report Finds

1 week ago | desmog.com | Joey Grostern

Climate disinformation was routinely broadcast in news programmes across French TV and radio in the first three months of 2025, with 128 verified cases identified by an alliance of NGOs.Using AI to identify misleading narratives, which were then reviewed by fact-checkers, the alliance assessed programmes classed as “news” by the French broadcast regulator ARCOM from 19 TV and radio stations. A preliminary report was produced by the French NGOs Data For Good, QuotaClimat, and Science Feedback.
Group Behind ‘Autocratic’ Trump Agenda Working on Albanian Election

1 week ago | desmog.com | Sam Bright

The Heritage Foundation, the U.S. group that produced a key blueprint for Donald Trump’s second term, is trying to shape the upcoming Albanian election, DeSmog can report. The opposition candidate Sali Berisha of the Democratic Party has openly boasted of the group’s involvement in his campaign, posting pictures online of his meetings with Heritage Foundation executives and claiming that it has helped to “design” his policy platform.
New Reform Think Tank ‘Resolute 1850’ Run by Mining Magnates

1 week ago | desmog.com | Adam Barnett |Sam Bright

A new research group set up to support Nigel Farage’s Reform UK is run by investors with business interests in the energy and metals industries, DeSmog can reveal Resolute 1850 is reportedly being launched in the Spring to “support Reform with policy development, briefing and rebuttal”, according to plans seen by the Financial Times.
Conservatives Will Lift BC Tanker Ban, Pierre Poilievre Tells Oil CEOs at Rally

2 weeks ago | desmog.com | Mitch Anderson

If anyone was doubting that Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre would give the oil industry exactly what they want, he helpfully provided a visual aid at a recent campaign event in Newfoundland. Poilievre posed beside a large poster of industry election demands itemized in a letter from 14 energy CEOs, and used a sharpie to check boxes beside each one. Cancel industrial carbon pricing? Check. Expedite energy approvals within six months? Check. End the federal emissions cap? Check.
Canada Fossil Fuel Subsidies Hit $30 Billion Amid Pipeline Push, Study Reveals

2 weeks ago | desmog.com | Taylor C. Noakes

Amid trade war talk of expanding Canadian energy infrastructure, a new report reveals that direct Canadian subsidies to the fossil fuel and petrochemical sectors reached nearly $30 billion in 2024. For comparison’s sake, Canada spent between $38 billion and $39 billion on defense in 2024.
Climate Expert Who Studied WW2 Shares How Canada Can Win Trump’s Trade War

2 weeks ago | desmog.com | Mitch Anderson

U.S. President Donald Trump continues to upend global financial markets, with his chaotic tariff chaos last week plunging the Dow almost 4,000 points in two days and wiping out more than $4.8 trillion in value on the S&P 500. Canada was hit somewhat less than feared, however our country remains on economic wartime footing given that annexation ambitions apparently live on in the mind of the U.S. administration. And with war comes a rare sense of urgency and shared purpose.
Stephen Harper Shares Stage with Climate Crisis Denier Bjorn Lomborg

2 weeks ago | desmog.com | Mitch Anderson

Canadians wondering how seriously Pierre Poilievre’s Conservatives would deal with the climate emergency will find timely clues from the other side of the world. Climate crisis denier Bjorn Lomborg shared the stage with former Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper at the Raisina Dialogue 2025 in India where they both agreed that fossil fuels should not be displaced by renewable energy anytime soon.
Hedge Fund Boss Paul Marshall Bet Big on Elon Musk Before Trump’s Election

3 weeks ago | desmog.com | Sam Bright

Right-wing media owner Paul Marshall bought a large stake in Elon Musk’s company Tesla prior to the U.S. presidential election, DeSmog can reveal. At the same time, Marshall’s outlets were regularly producing content in support of Musk, now a key figure in Donald Trump’s administration who has decimated several government agencies since the new president’s inauguration on 20 January.
Doug Ford’s Policies Increased Ontario’s Energy Dependency on U.S., Say Experts

3 weeks ago | desmog.com | Taylor C. Noakes

As Donald Trump’s unjust trade war with Canada heats up, Canadian politicians are advocating less economic dependence on energy exports to the United States. But environmentalists are pointing out that Ontario premier Doug Ford — who has championed electricity surcharges on exports to the U.S. — is chiefly responsible for increasing the Canadian province’s dependency on American fossil fuel imports.