🔴 NEW - Trump Accused of Trying to ‘Divide and Destabilise’ Europe Through New MAGA Fund
UK and EU leaders have been called upon to “reject” MAGA’s “foreign interference”.
📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social, @clarecarlile.bsky.social & @writesbright.bsky.social
Jeff Bezos’s wealth has increased an average of $70 million every day of 2026, meaning that he could have offset The Post’s losses with what he’s made since Monday.
The legal opinion was commission by non-profits including @clientearth.bsky.social and @paneurope.bsky.social. It's available in full here: www.pan-europe.info/sites/pan-eu...
The European Commission wants to scrap routine checks on pesticide safety. Legal experts say the move would be unlawful....
🔴 NEW | EU Plans to Weaken Pesticide Rules ‘Unlawful’, Experts Say
Parliament has “a legal and moral obligation to reject these dangerous proposals”, says Dutch MEP @anjahazekamp.bsky.social following today’s legal opinion
📝 @clarecarlile.bsky.social👇
www.desmog.com/2026/01/27/e...
With the tragic news of another civilian murdered by US para-state forces this w/e came a timely reminder of the company that Farage keeps...
@writesbright.bsky.social's piece for @desmog.com & The Mirror, totted up the bill for Farage's recent flights to see Trump.
British public, forewarned.
"On 26 December, a group of United Nations rapporteurs expressed grave concern about the treatment of these prisoners... They had “serious questions” about our government’s compliance with international human rights law".
Two months ago, the lobby group and many of the companies leading the exit were touting their green credentials at COP30 in Brazil....
the writing has been on the walls for some time now but i'm genuinely surprised just how quickly the soy moratorium has collapsed
not surprised, however, that cargill, bunge etc dropped it as soon as it became inconvenient
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...
📍 NEW 📍 NY Young Republicans celebrated with far-right politicians from France, Germany, and other European nations at a lavish annual gala in Manhattan — an event co-organized by a think tank linked to Hungary's right-wing Orban government.
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The world’s largest salmon producer Mowi stands accused of a charm offensive in the Scottish Highlands that distracts from its “polluting, smelly and invasive” fish farms, say local residents and fishers, in what used to be “pristine” Highlands lochs.
with @desmog.com
🔴 REVEALED 🔴
The Institute of Economic Affairs – the anti-state, anti-climate pressure group that "incubated" Liz Truss – was bankrolled by oil giants and Rupert Murdoch’s media empire.
📝 Exclusive findings from @desmog.com 👇
🔴 ‘Divide and Conquer’: Inside the Oil and Gas Strategy to Thwart EU Green Laws
U.S. fossil fuel majors led efforts to ensure corporations would not have to introduce climate action plans.
📝 @clarecarlile.bsky.social
Wait - ONE businessman gave more to Reform in the last three months than all private donations to Labour, Conservatives, Lib Dems and Greens combined ??? 🤯
Christopher Harborne, a cryptocurrency investor and aviation entrepreneur, gave £9 million - a record for a single donor - acc to Politico
Pumped for this @intercept.com.br + @drilledmedia.bsky.social collab looking at Brazil's corn ethanol boom (and the role the U.S. has played in it). First story now, in English on our site &Portuguese on the Intercept Brasil site:
www.intercept.com.br/2025/11/17/a...
drilled.media/news/ethanol...
(one of very few wins for environmentalists as plans for a roadmap on fossil fuel phase out is dropped)
Campaigners are celebrating this morning as recognition of bioenergy and other "transitional fuels" is dropped from draft COP30 texts
But they believe this is just the start of a sustained lobby campaign from the bioenergy sector to become fuel of choice as countries scramble to ditch fossil fuels
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Backed by Industry, Brazilian Hosts Seek COP30’s Blessing for Biofuels
📝 @clarecarlile.bsky.social & Maximiliano Manzoni
www.desmog.com/2025/11/20/b...
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In Brazil, Agribusiness Giants Hire Celebrity Influencers to Win Hearts and Minds
📝 @tjjordan.bsky.social @akhilr23.bsky.social @rachelsherrington.bsky.social @clarecarlile.bsky.social
Published in partnership with @apublica.org
www.desmog.com/2025/11/16/i...
The business pavilion is large and busy, and includes a billboard of sponsors including Ibedrola, National Grid and Itau.
Had to use a wide angle lens for this one
Sponsors for the Business Pavilion include energy companies and a bank that is the leading financier of new oil and gas in the Amazon according to @stand.earth 6/
The East African Community Pavilion - a much less glitzy space with no roof, but several people talking
FYI Eight East African countries clubbed together to buy a far smaller space 5/
Saudi Arabi's space is large, very flashy and brightly lit. A security guard stands in front of it
For some countries, take a guess at where the wealth to buy the meterage came from
This is Saudi Arabia - the second biggest oil producer in the world and one of the first pavilions you pass when you walk in the door… 4/
I couldn’t find any information on what a ‘blue zone’ pavilion costs
But at COP27 Scotland paid £227,383 for its pavilion
and in the 'green zone' next door NGOs and other delegations are paying up to USD 1,500 per m² 3/
The space for chad - a small square, empty of people
This is the pavilion for Chad
Chad was the country third hardest hit by climate change last year
Huge floods impacted impacted 2 million people and resulted in $380 million economic damage 2/
Malawi's pavilion is a small box, crowded with people but with no screens in sight
The UK's has a big red, white and blue frontage - multiple rooms and multiple screens
Day one at COP30 and my first impression is how directly wealth translates to square meter floorspace and flashy screens at the summit
Here is the pavilion for Malawi vs the pavilion for the UK 1/
I've made a spreadsheet with the event schedules for COP30 pavilions, including the UK 🇬🇧 Japan 🇯🇵 Indonesia 🇮🇩 Australia 🇦🇺 and China 🇨🇳
The UNFCCC has a schedule list, but hardly any of the major pavilions are on there.
I'll update the list as I collect more ⬇️
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
For anyone writing about or going to COP -
Mammoth bit of work from @rachelsherrington.bsky.social and Gil Alessi 👏
Hero! thank you!!
🔴 NEW | U.S. Dairy Industry Push to Water Down Global Emissions Framework
Revelations come as industry expected to gather at this year’s #COP30 summit in Belém, Brazil
📝 Latest from @clarecarlile.bsky.social👇
www.desmog.com/2025/11/10/r...
A bar chart, titled 'undeclared emissions from intensive livestock farms'. It includes four bars showing the number of intensive pig and poultry farms in UK declaring emissions in planning applications. 0 applications included emissions estimates, 4 provided some detail, 12 only discussed the emissions in passing, and 19 provided no information.
Not a single farm declared emissions in their planning applications, despite obligation to assess all "significant" env impacts
If all the farms were approved it could generate emissions similar to 500k return flights from London to New York
