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Revealed: UK Supermarket Seabass Linked to Devastating Overfishing in Senegal

Waitrose, Co-op, Lidl, Asda and Aldi among retailers selling fish fed on west African catch

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Unpacking the Flaws of Techbro Dreams of the Future

This story was originally published by Undark and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Elon Musk once joked: “I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact.” Musk is, in fact, deadly serious about colonizing the Red Planet. Part of his motivation is the idea of having a “back-up” planet in case some […]


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REVEALED: Now There’s Proof That the Fossil Fuel Industry Uses Cultural Sponsorships to Block Climate Action

In the fall of 2017, the American Petroleum Institute (API) sponsored a workshop for Pennsylvania Girl Scouts, featuring “activities that mimicked work in the energy industry.” Each scout left with a “coveted patch and a greater understanding of natural gas and oil,” API’s CEO Jack Gerard reported in an “Executive Update” email to BP – […]

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Tory Shadow Minister Launches Oil Consultant’s Anti-Net Zero Report

The Conservative Party’s shadow energy minister has backed a report attacking green policies written by a fossil fuel analyst who has close ties to climate science denial groups. On Monday, Lord Offord of Garvel helped to launch the report through a private event in Parliament. Authored by energy consultant Kathryn Porter and entitled ‘The True […]

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Meet the Calgary Lawyer Pitching Alberta to the U.S. as the 51st State

In March 2025, Calgary lawyer Jeffrey Rath appeared on “Fox & Friends” to declare that Alberta is “fed up” with Ottawa. Frustrated by the carbon tax and equalization payments that Alberta makes to other provinces, Rath said Albertans are exploring independence or even thinking about joining the United States. The cowboy-hat-clad self-described “constitutional litigator,” has […]

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A Fraction of What We Pay in Fossil Fuel Subsidies Could Fund a Just Transition

Phasing out fossil fuel subsidies must be tied to new subsidies that raise living standards for working and poor people.


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Redlining Shaped the Power Grid. Communities of Color Are Still Paying the Price.

This story was reported by Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powerful interests stalling climate action. As an ice storm slicked roads across eastern Michigan on February 6, representatives from four houses of worship arrived at the offices of Democratic US Sen. Gary Peters.  They wanted Peters to pressure the Trump administration to lift the […]


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Trump’s UK Ambassador Has Investments in Industries Set to Benefit from Trade Deal

President Donald Trump’s UK ambassador holds shares worth hundreds of millions in the key sectors that stand to benefit from last week’s UK-U.S. trade agreement. Stephens played a key role in pushing through the deal, according to the UK’s ambassador to the U.S. Peter Mandelson, while campaigners have raised concerns that he will personally benefit. According […]

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Engineer Explains Why Alberta’s Hydrogen Strategy Is Money-Losing Climate Failure

Key hydrogen projects are collapsing, but that isn’t stopping developers from begging for more taxpayer money and support from the Alberta government. And it seems like the industry’s lobbying is paying off. The province is now pursuing an ill-conceived idea to allow hydrogen to be mixed with natural gas for home heating. Hyping the increasinglydebunked “hydrogen revolution” […]

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Dudes Emit More Greenhouse Gases Than Women Do. It’s the Cars—and the Meat.

This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Cars and meat are major factors driving a gender gap in greenhouse gas emissions, new research suggests. Men emit 26 pecent more planet-heating pollution than women from transport and food, according to a preprint study of 15,000 people in France. The gap shrinks to […]


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Trump’s Energy Secretary Denies Freezing Federal Funding, Asks, ‘What Does Frozen Mean’?

When the Department of Energy (DOE) awarded $720,000 to Libbey Glass in mid-September, it was as a first installment toward a multi-million dollar furnace upgrade project that would slash climate-altering emissions from Libbey’s Toledo, Ohio, factory by 60 percent. Electrifying the furnaces at one of the world’s largest glass tableware makers would not only improve air quality […]

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Joe Rogan and Other Top Podcasts Spread Climate Disinfo, Research Finds

Remember last November, when Elon Musk joined Joe Rogan on his podcast, and the two dismissed meat production as “irrelevant” to the climate crisis? Or last December, when fellow podcaster Russell Brand, once a committed vegan for ethical and environmental reasons, posted about eating steak at Mar-a-Lago with President-elect Trump? New research from Yale finds […]

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