Viktor Orbán loses Hungarian election to Pro-EU opposition leader YouTube video by PoliticsJOE

Our UK deputy editor @writesbright.bsky.social was interviewed earlier today about the Hungary election.

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Mapped: The Reform-Orbán Network “Viktor Orbán is the strongest leader in Europe and the EU’s biggest nightmare.” These were the words posted on Twitter by Reform UK leader Nigel Farage about the prime minister of Hungary in April 20...

🔴 MAPPED: The Reform-Orbán Network

Ahead of elections in both countries, DeSmog has catalogued the connections between Hungary’s autocratic government and Farage’s operation.

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🔴 Revealed: The MAGA Plan to ‘Take Out’ Progressive Leaders Worldwide

Trump-aligned CPAC is backing far-right electoral candidates across Latin America and Europe – including Hungarian strongman Viktor Orbán.

📝 @geoffdembicki.bsky.social

What a brilliant investigation showing the links between Farage and Hungary's authoritarian Orban govt.🔻

Carney Government Wants To ‘Provide’ the Fossil Fuels for Trump’s AI Strategy The Liberals once talked tough about distancing Canada from the U.S. Now they seem eager to profit from the president’s agenda.

NEW: The Carney government wants to provide gas for Trump's AI strategy.

This is only one year after the Liberals won an election on promises to distance Canada from the U.S.

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Mapped: The Reform-Orbán Network “Viktor Orbán is the strongest leader in Europe and the EU’s biggest nightmare.” These were the words posted on Twitter by Reform UK leader Nigel Farage about the prime minister of Hungary in April 20...

🔴 MAPPED: The Reform-Orbán Network

Ahead of elections in both countries, DeSmog has catalogued the connections between Hungary’s autocratic government and Farage’s operation.

📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social

How Data Center Developers Staked Their Claim in Rural Georgia DeSmog investigation shows developers’ push to influence local officials to approve data center mega-project.

Data center developers have been pushing for changes in Coweta County, Georgia that will allow them to build a data center complex the size of ~600 football fields — on conservation woodlands flanked by rural neighborhoods.

Seven Things You Should Know About Reform’s Policy Chief James Orr James Orr, until recently a relatively obscure academic theologian, now ranks among Reform UK’s most influential politicians, having been appointed as the party’s head of policy in February, following...

🔴 Seven Things You Should Know About Reform’s Policy Chief James Orr

The key facts about one of Nigel Farage’s closest allies.

📝 @joeygrostern.bsky.social

The Vested Interests Lobbying for North Sea Oil and Gas Expansion In the wake of the fossil fuel crisis created by Donald Trump’s war in Iran, a host of influential figures and groups in the UK have been calling not for the rapid rollout of renewable energy, but a g...

🔴 NEW - The Vested Interests Lobbying for North Sea Oil and Gas Expansion

Fossil fuel interests and climate science deniers have been leading the charge for more drilling.

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Mark Carney Pledges $1B in Taxpayer Money for a “Carbon Bomb” Project It’s a massive subsidy to Equinor, the Norwegian oil company behind the Bay du Nord offshore oil project.

Mark Carney has pledged $1B to help Equinor, the Norwegian oil company behind the Bay du Nord offshore oil project.

No, this is NOT an April fool's joke. We wish it was.

Pennsylvania Town Votes Buzzer-Beater ‘No’ on Data Center Mega-Project After months of protests — and a rushed legal deadline — officials deny Texas developer’s project after residents warn of pollution and impacts on wildlife, water, and power.

📍 NEW 📍 A small Pennsylvania town just proved what organized communities can do to fight climate threats: Archbald residents protested and persuaded officials to reject a data center project tied to pollution and rising utility bills. buff.ly/BlnHtYm @edwarddonnelly

Meet the Combustible Cartoon Character Who Wants to Make Kids Feel Sorry for Fossil Fuels A new children’s book by a Chevron-backed clean energy venture paints a sympathetic portrait of coal, oil, and gas.

📍 NEW 📍 “Fossi" is a new children’s book character who reframes fossil fuels as unfairly blamed. But critics aren’t buying it: “The idea that fossil fuels are the ‘new’ kid deserving of sympathy is almost laughable." buff.ly/JcqgrNg
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The Vested Interests Lobbying for North Sea Oil and Gas Expansion In the wake of the fossil fuel crisis created by Donald Trump’s war in Iran, a host of influential figures and groups in the UK have been calling not for the rapid rollout of renewable energy, but a g...

🔴 NEW - The Vested Interests Lobbying for North Sea Oil and Gas Expansion

Fossil fuel interests and climate science deniers have been leading the charge for more drilling.

📝 @writesbright.bsky.social

As the Oil Majors Retreat on Climate Promises, Industry Insiders Are Asking: Should I Stay or Should I Go? “I had to decide if this was really a career I wanted to dedicate my life to. The obvious and unavoidable answer was no.”

buff.ly/jgV7fnl Under Trump, fossil fuel companies have rolled back energy transition strategies. Now, a growing number of oil and gas professionals are confronting a dilemma: Will my conscience allow me to continue to work in this industry, or is the cognitive dissonance becoming too extreme?

BBC accused of making ‘propaganda’ films for Saudi sovereign wealth fund Critics say films lauding country’s attitude to women and green credentials could damage corporation’s reputation The BBC has been accused of making “glossy propaganda films” for Saudi Arabia’s sovereign wealth fund and taking money from a “repressive regime”. BBC Storyworks, the corporation’s commercial arm, has entered into a partnership with Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF). The broadcaster has made a series of films and written articles lauding the country’s supposedly progressive attitude to women and eco-friendly credentials. These are hosted on a mini-site that carried BBC branding. Continue reading...

BBC accused of making ‘propaganda’ films for Saudi sovereign wealth fund

BBC accused of making ‘propaganda’ films for Saudi sovereign wealth fund Critics say films lauding country’s attitude to women and green credentials could damage corporation’s reputation

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The BBC’s commercial content arm has been producing propaganda films for Saudi Arabia – the state behind the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

📝 Our @desmog.com story in @theguardian.com

BBC accused of making ‘propaganda’ films for Saudi sovereign wealth fund Critics say films lauding country’s attitude to women and green credentials could damage corporation’s reputation

This story was published in partnership with The Guardian 👇

BBC Under Fire for Producing Paid ‘Propaganda’ for Saudi Arabia The BBC has been accused of creating “propaganda films” for Saudi Arabia, the state behind the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, DeSmog and The Guardian can reveal. The broadcaster has accepted m...

🔴 NEW - BBC Under Fire for Producing Paid ‘Propaganda’ for Saudi Arabia

Campaigners have raised “serious concerns” about the broadcaster promoting a regime that is a “proven killer of journalists”.

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Reform Policy Chief James Orr Shared Stage With White Nationalist Reform UK’s head of policy James Orr spoke alongside a white nationalist politician at a conference in Hungary last weekend (21 March), DeSmog can reveal. Orr made an appearance at CPAC Hungary, a pol...

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Reform’s policy chief James Orr last weekend shared a stage with a white nationalist politician whose immigration policy is “if you’re black, go back.”

📝 @desmog.com 👇

Nigel Farage’s policy chief shared stage with 'white nationalist' politician Reform's James Orr shared a stage with Martin Helme, the leader of the far-right Estonian Conservative People’s Party, who has previously been accused of making a white power gesture

This story was published in partnership with The Mirror 👇

Reform Policy Chief James Orr Shared Stage With White Nationalist Reform UK’s head of policy James Orr spoke alongside a white nationalist politician at a conference in Hungary last weekend (21 March), DeSmog can reveal. Orr made an appearance at CPAC Hungary, a pol...

🔴 NEW - Reform Policy Chief James Orr Shared Stage With White Nationalist

One of Farage’s top advisors rubbed shoulders with a far-right Estonian politician who has said “if you’re black, go back”.

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How ‘The Charles Koch of Canada’ Created a $9.5 Million Influence Machine Former fracking magnate Gwyn Morgan has funnelled millions to right-wing media and think tanks, a DeSmog analysis reveals.

❗️ REVEALED: Former oil and gas CEO Gwyn Morgan has funnelled over $9.5M to a vast anti-climate network of conservative think tanks, organizations, and media.

We mapped Morgan’s influence machine. Check it out below:

Energy Firms Dodge £1 Billion Debt Relief Bill After Corporate Lobbying Ofgem has rejected calls from MPs to force energy companies to write off £1 billion of customer debt after intense energy industry lobbying, DeSmog can reveal. In October, MPs sitting on the Energy Se...

🔴 NEW - Energy Firms Dodge £1 Billion Debt Relief Bill After Corporate Lobbying

Ofgem has rejected calls for household energy debts to be paid off using excess profits.

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How A Gas Price ‘Expert’ Is Using The Iran War to Mobilize Canadians Against Climate Action Dan McTeague cultivates a media image as a consumer advocate while running a group urging people to fight against climate policies.

Meet Canada's "Gas Wizard": Dan McTeague cultivates a media image as a consumer advocate while running a group urging people to fight against climate policies.

As War on Iran Continues, a European Climate Law Could Be at Risk Industry groups warn of “supply shocks” as energy shortages grow, but critics say targeting the EU’s methane rule would lock in polluting U.S. fossil fuel infrastructure at a dire cost to local and…

📍 NEW 📍 Big Oil is seizing on war and energy fears to weaken EU methane limits — and lock in decades of new U.S. fossil fuel projects. Read DeSmog's latest co-publish with ExxonKnews. buff.ly/BVcPFtS @emdashsanders.bsky.social #LNG #CheniereEnergy #methane

Climate Disasters Hit Homeowners Through Insurance Bills, and States Want Big Oil to Pay After surviving a California wildfire, one family saw premiums quadruple — as states consider laws to force fossil fuel companies to pay for the soaring costs of climate catastrophes they helped…

📍 NEW 📍As climate disasters drive insurance costs through the roof, states are moving to make Big Oil polluters cover the damage.
Read Sharon Kelly's latest for DeSmog. buff.ly/xForeVT #SharonKelly

Badenoch's break: swimming, donkeys and plenty of climate denial The Conservative leader and her family have once again been the guest of the chair of a climate science denial group

This story has also been covered by our friends at @thenewworldmag.bsky.social

Kemi Badenoch Accepted £7,500 Retreat from Chair of Climate Denial Group Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch enjoyed a £7,500 getaway in February at the home of an influential anti-climate donor, DeSmog can reveal. New records show that Badenoch and four members of her famil...

🔴 NEW - Kemi Badenoch Accepted £7,500 Retreat from Chair of Climate Denial Group

The Tory leader spent a week at the home of a major party donor.

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Kemi Badenoch Accepted £7,500 Retreat from Chair of Climate Denial Group Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch enjoyed a £7,500 getaway in February at the home of an influential anti-climate donor, DeSmog can reveal. New records show that Badenoch and four members of her famil...

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Pro-oil Tory leader Kemi Badenoch accepted a £7,500 retreat from a major party donor who happens to chair an influential climate science denial group.

📝 @desmog.com story 👇