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DeSmog @desmog.com · 30/09/2026
🔺 NEW 🔺 What does Big Oil want from AI? More oil. Read DeSmog's latest in our Tech vs. Climate series. buff.ly/Ndopcew
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AI Was Supposed to Cut Emissions. Instead, Fossil Fuel Companies Are Using It to Find More Oil and Gas.
A new study found AI-driven fossil fuel productivity could increase emissions. Here are examples of companies already using AI to boost production.
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DeSmog @desmog.com · 01/10/2026
🔴 Exclusive: Pig and Poultry Air Pollution Costs UK Over £130 Million a Year Residents living near the intensive farms say clouds of foul-smelling pollutants can make it hard to breathe. 📝 By @clarecarlile.bsky.social👇 www.desmog.com/2026/09/30/e...
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Exclusive: Pig and Poultry Air Pollution Costs UK Over £130 Million a Year
Air pollution from intensive pig and poultry farms costs England and Wales over £131 million a year, contributing to cases of asthma, stroke, and heart disease, it can be revealed. A new analysis by D...
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DeSmog @desmog.com · 30/09/2026
🔴 NEW - Fossil Fuel Trade Group Chief Says Approving Rosebank and Jackdaw Would be ‘Climate Leadership’ OEUK chief slammed for ‘laughable’ claim at Labour conference. 📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social
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Fossil Fuel Trade Group Chief Says Approving Rosebank and Jackdaw Would be ‘Climate Leadership’
LIVERPOOL – The head of the UK’s largest oil and gas trade group has claimed that two proposed North Sea fossil fuel projects should go ahead to show “climate leadership” and help cut emissions to net...
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DeSmog @desmog.com · 29/09/2026
🔴 NEW - Tony Blair Institute Brings Gas-Guzzling Tech Giants to Labour Conference The think tank has received extensive funding from U.S. tech interests. 📝 @writesbright.bsky.social
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Tony Blair Institute Brings Gas-Guzzling Tech Giants to Labour Conference
LIVERPOOL – The think tank led by former Labour Prime Minister Tony Blair has hosted a number of events sponsored by Trump-donating tech firms at this year’s party conference. The Tony Blair Institute...
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Brigitte Wear @brigitte-whl.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
🔴 NEW 🔴 Just published a new investigation on unsustainable farmed fish promoted by influencer chefs 🐟 www.desmog.com/2026/09/29/g... @desmog.com
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Great British Chefs’ Instagram Campaign Accused of ‘Greenwashing’ Unsustainable Farmed Fish
“As with all fish, sourcing sustainably is super important,” a soothing voiceover intones as a sizzling seabass fillet comes into view. “After all,” it continues, “if we don’t eat responsibly sourced ...
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Amy Westervelt @amywestervelt.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Terrific write-up of the book in @desmog.com today! www.desmog.com/2026/09/21/q...
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Q&A: Amy Westervelt on the Corporate Poisoning of the Information Aquifer — and How to Undo the Harm
Amy Westervelt’s new book Brought To You By: How Corporations Warped the Truth, Conned the Public, and Broke Democracy is a must-read for anyone tracking the machinery of climate denial and delay. The...
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 24/09/2026
Tactical voting at next election could push Reform into fourth place, poll finds
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Tactical voting at next election could push Reform into fourth place, poll finds
Polling suggests Andy Burnham is attracting progressives back to Labour, motivated by desire to stop Nigel Farage • How Labour’s majority depends on five progressive voter types – in charts * UK politics live – latest updates Progressive voters could push Reform UK into fourth place and put Labour within touching distance of a majority if tactical voting is widespread at the next election, a major poll has found. Andy Burnham is beginning to attract a significant number of left-leaning voters back to Labour, motivated by a desire to stop Nigel Farage, the results suggest. Continue reading...
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FairSquare @fairsqprojects.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Reform UK's funding has made headlines this year. But its ties to the UAE have largely flown under the radar. Our new report maps how an oil-rich Gulf state with no elections has built links to Farage et al, and into the wider UK far right, including Tommy Robinson. fairsq.org/petropopulis...
Report cover from FairSquare titled "Petro-populism: The UAE, Reform UK and the Far-Right". Headline reads: "Inside Reform UK's worrying ties to the UAE. New research maps a web of connections spanning Farage and the wider UK far right." The yellow-toned collage shows halftone cut-outs of Nigel Farage in profile on the left, Richard Tice at the bottom centre, and UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed on the right, set against a backdrop of oil pipelines stretching across the desert.
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DeSmog @desmog.com · 23/09/2026
🔴 NEW - UAE Influence on Reform Should be Investigated –Report The Gulf petrostate is forging alliances with radical right-wing parties across the world. 📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social
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UAE Influence on Reform Should be Investigated – Report
The ties between Nigel Farage’s Reform UK and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been described as “extensive and troubling” in a new report. The analysis by FairSquare, a non-profit which researches...
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Adam Barnett @adambarnett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“Legitimate concerns about immigration”
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Adam Barnett @adambarnett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Do I know anyone in Liverpool or Brighton?
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Adam Barnett @adambarnett.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
“What’s that? You don’t want to buy my lovely neoliberal policies anymore? Well, what if I wrap it in nationalist resentment?” See also: 1. Wreck economy 2. Blame foreigners 3. Get elected 4. Repeat
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Geoff Dembicki @geoffdembicki.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
With a US Supreme Court case on climate deception looming, the oil company Suncor insists it never denied climate change. But my new @desmog.com story draws on documents showing Suncor helped lead a group in the 90s that spread 'uncertainties' about the science. www.desmog.com/2026/09/21/s...
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Suncor Helped Lead Climate Denial Group Spreading ‘Uncertainties’
With a U.S. Supreme Court decision looming on whether the company can be held liable for climate deception, internal documents show a campaign to question science.
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Ketan Joshi @ketanjoshi.co · 21/09/2026
Huge congratulations, well deserved
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Adam Barnett @adambarnett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Congrats @desmog.com @geoffdembicki.bsky.social @tjjordan.bsky.social Katie Claire www.desmog.com/2026/09/18/d...
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DeSmog Wins Covering Climate Now Awards for Exposing Corporate Denial and Delay
DeSmog and its partners have won three awards for investigations exposing corporate tactics to delay climate action at the 2026 Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards. Geoff Dembicki, DeSmog’s global ...
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Adam Barnett @adambarnett.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Take a look at the anti-climate smog being pumped out by the British press in a single day. (Via @carbonbrief.org’s excellent daily briefing, which you can subscribe to here: www.carbonbrief.org/newsletters)
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THE NERVE @thenerve.news · 20/09/2026
5/ In April, Rei Takver explained how the UK state was already set up to enable Reform’s plans to build a British ICE, with Palantir a potential willing partner.. Nigel Farage wants to build a British ICE. Keir Starmer may have handed him the tools www.thenerve.news/p/reform-dep...
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Nigel Farage wants to build a British ICE. Keir Starmer may have handed him the tools
Reform’s proposed "Deportation Command” would integrate NHS, police and financial data into a single surveillance database. Meanwhile, Palantir has signalled it won’t stand in their way, and campaigne...
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Best for Britain @bestforbritain.org · 20/09/2026
Nigel Farage leads a political party. He’s a sitting MP. And he hosts his own primetime show on GB News. We believe Ofcom should investigate whether he broke impartiality rules on 15 September 2026. Use our template to write a letter to Ofcom's CEO:
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Tell Ofcom's CEO: How can Farage be impartial presenting a programme on party donations? - Best for Britain
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DeSmog @desmog.com · 18/09/2026
🏆️ DeSmog is delighted to share that our work exposing corporate climate denial and delay has won three of this year's Covering Climate Now Awards. Thank you to all our supporters for making our high-impact work possible! 🙏 buff.ly/qG6sqBe
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DeSmog Wins Covering Climate Now Awards for Exposing Corporate Denial and Delay
DeSmog and its partners have won three awards for investigations exposing corporate tactics to delay climate action at the 2026 Covering Climate Now Journalism Awards. Geoff Dembicki, DeSmog’s global…
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 11/09/2026
NEW – Factcheck: Reform UK’s 45 false or misleading claims about climate and energy ✍️ Written by @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @daisydunne.carbonbrief.org @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org and @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org Read here ➡️ buff.ly/lQVZ8W8
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Factcheck: Reform UK’s 45 false or misleading claims about climate and energy - Carbon Brief
Reform UK, led by Nigel Farage, has emerged as a major force in UK politics in recent years – pushing…
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Students missed 15 million hours of school time during UK’s June heatwave, study finds - At least 760,000 children in England and Wales missed lessons as more than 1,700 schools affected #climatecrisis @desmog.com www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Pupils missed 15m hours of school time during UK’s June heatwave, study finds
At least 760,000 children in England and Wales missed lessons as more than 1,700 schools closed or finished early
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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🔴 NEW 🔴 Reform accepted £5 million from international investors in the second quarter of this year - putting further pressure on the party over its foreign donors. 📝 @desmog.com
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Reform Receives £5 Million from International Investors
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK received just shy of £5 million from 17 global financiers and businesspeople in the second quarter of this year, DeSmog can reveal. The party has been embroiled in scandal aft...
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Adam Barnett @adambarnett.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The new Tory shadow chancellor has friends in low places. Story and map for @desmog.com www.desmog.com/2026/09/09/t...
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Adam Barnett @adambarnett.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
The new Tory shadow chancellor has friends in low places. Story and map for @desmog.com www.desmog.com/2026/09/09/t...
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DeSmog @desmog.com · 09/09/2026
🔴 Tory Shadow Chancellor Andrew Griffith’s MAGA Network The former Liz Truss ally has been a regular on the pro-Trump speaking circuit. 📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social
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Tory Shadow Chancellor Andrew Griffith’s MAGA Network
The newly appointed Conservative Party shadow chancellor Andrew Griffith has been a regular feature at events linked to Donald Trump’s MAGA movement, DeSmog can report. Griffith has been criticised si...
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Adam Barnett @adambarnett.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
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Adam Barnett @adambarnett.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
He’s moved on to deporting dead foreigners
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molly taft @mollytaft.com · 22/04/2026
NEW: I've been shocked by some of the numbers I've been seeing on behind-the-meter power plants for data centers, so I did a little math. less than a dozen gas plants being built to power data centers for big tech companies could emit a maximum of nearly 130 million tons of CO2e each year (!)
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New Gas-Powered Data Centers Could Emit More Greenhouse Gases Than Entire Nations
A WIRED review of permits for data center projects using natural gas and linked to OpenAI, Meta, Microsoft, and xAI shows they could emit more than 129 million tons of greenhouse gases per year.
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Adam Barnett @adambarnett.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Good time to read @jamesbloodworth.bsky.social 's profile of James Orr (the sacked Reform advisor) for @bylinetimes.bsky.social bylinetimes.com/2026/07/08/j...
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James Orr: Reform UK's Religious Cambridge Professor’s Politics of Contradictions
Nigel Farage’s Head of Policy provides a veneer of respectability to a politics that seeks fewer restraints, fewer mediating institutions, and less liberal democracy
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Adam Barnett @adambarnett.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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The Lead Untangles: North Sea drilling
There's cries of 'drill Andy drill' and the new Prime Minister has been hinting there may be a change in policy - we drill into the facts
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Adam Barnett @adambarnett.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
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More drilling won’t fix Britain’s latest energy crisis
Calls to “get drilling” may sound like common sense amid the crisis in the Middle East – but they won’t bring down bills. The real solution lies in green energy.
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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
‘Psyops’, ‘Darwinism’ and ‘asinine snowflakery’: How GB News and Talk TV lost their cool in the heatwaves - What happened when record temperatures hit the TV stations that regularly deny the #climatecrisis? I took a look ... www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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From ‘psyops’ to ‘hysterical hysteria’: how GB News and Talk TV lost their cool in the heatwaves
Thousands of heat-related deaths in record-breaking temperatures appeared to only intensify hosts’ climate denials
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Adam Barnett @adambarnett.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
tbf it is famously easy to do www.theguardian.com/science/2026...
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Rich people more likely to steal children’s sweets, finds Ig Nobel prize-winning study
We round up the winners at awards for achievements that ‘first make people laugh and then make them think’
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Adam Barnett @adambarnett.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
btw www.desmog.com/2026/04/30/r...
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Revealed: Reform’s £24 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests
Reform UK has received £24 million from oil and gas interests, accounting for more than two thirds of its total income, DeSmog can reveal. Led by Nigel Farage, the party is calling for new North Sea o...
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Adam Barnett @adambarnett.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
As Reform UK starts its party conference in Birmingham -- after a summer of heatwaves, wildfires, and droughts -- here's a reminder of all the wild things its leaders have said about climate change (and why they are wrong): www.desmog.com/2026/08/19/w...
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What has Reform UK Said About Climate Change?
“Climate change has always happened. It always will.” That was the remark made by Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice on Monday about this summer’s record heatwaves, which have caused wildfires and d...
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Adam Barnett @adambarnett.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Water, water, everywhere? I wrote an explainer for @theleaduk.bsky.social on whether desalination can help the UK's water supply during the climate crisis. national.thelead.uk/p/the-lead-u...
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The Lead Untangles: What is desalination?
And the role it plays in potentially solving the growing water crisis amid our warming climate
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The Lead @theleaduk.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
New: @adambarnett.bsky.social untangles the role desalination plays in potentially solving the growing water crisis amid our warming climate
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The Lead Untangles: What is desalination?
And the role it plays in potentially solving the growing water crisis amid our warming climate
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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
🔴 NEW 🔴 Reform’s conference agenda is a toxic tapas of oil interests, anti-abortion groups and Big Tech lobbyists. 👇🏻👇🏻
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Oil Lobbyists, Anti-Abortion Groups, and Tech Giants Flock to Reform Conference
Corporate titans including Google, Meta, and TikTok will be appearing at Reform UK’s annual conference this week, rubbing shoulders with fossil fuel interests, far-right politicians, and Christian rig...
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Adam Barnett @adambarnett.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Thirst trap: will AI solve climate change? (No) I wrote an explainer on data centres’ impact on climate & environment for @theleaduk.bsky.social national.thelead.uk/p/the-lead-u...
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The Lead Untangles: AI data centres
They are being built at a rapid rate to handle the explosion in data capacity needed for our modern lives, but what’s the environmental impact?
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The Lead @theleaduk.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
AI data centres are being built at a rapid rate to handle the explosion in data capacity needed for our modern lives, but what’s the environmental impact?
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The Lead Untangles: AI data centres
They are being built at a rapid rate to handle the explosion in data capacity needed for our modern lives, but what’s the environmental impact?
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Adam Barnett @adambarnett.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
Thirst trap: will AI solve climate change? (No) I wrote an explainer on data centres’ impact on climate & environment for @theleaduk.bsky.social national.thelead.uk/p/the-lead-u...
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The Lead Untangles: AI data centres
They are being built at a rapid rate to handle the explosion in data capacity needed for our modern lives, but what’s the environmental impact?
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Rachel Santarsiero @rsanta.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
My first piece for @motherjones.com!
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Mary Stuart (she/her) @marylouisestuart.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
New from me in @desmog.com: a Canadian intelligence brief on climate change and violent extremism found that climate conspiracy theories could increase the "threat of serious violence". While not named in the brief, the actions of one conservative MP were described. www.desmog.com/2026/08/24/c...
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Canadian Intelligence Warned About Climate Conspiracies. This MP Kept Spreading Them.
As wildfires rage across the country, Cheryl Gallant continues to spread climate misinformation after a CSIS report said her conspiracy theories could increase the “threat of serious violence”.
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Rachel Santarsiero @rsanta.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
New documents detail industry’s attempts to loosen federal methane pollution reporting requirements while simultaneously urging the US government to preserve the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program. Read the investigation for @desmog.com and @nsarchive.bsky.social: www.desmog.com/2026/08/18/t...
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Inside the Struggle to Dismantle America’s Greenhouse Gas Data
New accounts show the oil and gas industry trying to weaken methane reporting while saving the federal emissions system it relies on.
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Adam Barnett @adambarnett.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Will ‘regenerative farming’ tackle climate change? I wrote about it for @theleaduk.bsky.social based on the @desmog.com team’s reporting.
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Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 20/08/2026
NEW – Factcheck: 10 flaws in the Conservative report on ‘cheap power’ | @joshgabbatiss.bsky.social @mollylempriere.carbonbrief.org @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org Read here: buff.ly/nrChFfc
Conservative shadow energy secretary Claire Coutinho during a press conference on 19 August 2026. Credit: Stefan Rousseau / Alamy Stock Photo
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The Lead @theleaduk.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
It’s been a tough year for farmers, again, with record temperatures hitting crops. The latest in our series exploring the impact of climate change sees @adambarnett.bsky.social digging into farming techniques.
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The Lead Untangles: Regenerative farming
It’s been a tough year for farmers, again, with record temperatures hitting crops. The latest in our series exploring the impact of climate change digs into farming techniques.
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DeSmog @desmog.com · 20/08/2026
🔴 NEW - Nigel Farage Has Spoken at 15 Trump-Linked Events Since 2024 Election The Clacton MP has received a platform from a network of MAGA groups that have pushed the president’s agenda in the UK and beyond. 📝 @adambarnett.bsky.social
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Nigel Farage Has Spoken at 15 Trump-Linked Events Since 2024 Election
Nigel Farage has been accused of “toadying up to Donald Trump” for speaking at more than a dozen events linked to the U.S. president in the past two years. The Reform UK leader – who won a by-election...
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Sam Bright @writesbright.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
🔴 NEW 🔴 Christopher Harborne, Reform’s biggest donor, and Trump’s commerce secretary Howard Lutnick share a financial interest in the crypto giant Tether. Meanwhile, Lutnick has been accused of shaping laws that have benefitted the firm 👇🏻
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Tethered: How the White House is Helping Reform’s Finances
Nigel Farage’s Reform UK has stood to gain financially from the crypto connections linking it to Donald Trump’s administration, DeSmog can report. Trump’s Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has been accused of shaping laws that have benefitted Tether, a firm that issues the most traded cryptocurrency in the world. Lutnick’s family owns Cantor Fitzgerald, which holds […]
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