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🔴 Sri Lankan ‘Grifters’ Pumping Out AI ‘Energy Policy Rage Bait’ on UK Facebook Feeds Experts say mass-produced AI misinformation is the “new Cambridge Analytica scandal”. buff.ly/tl19He0

🔴 NEW - Nigel Farage Has Personally Accepted £675,000 from Foreign Sources A-third of the Reform leader’s income has come from overseas interests since he became an MP. buff.ly/hMbvLzm

🔴 NEW - Orbán Allies Received £57 Million from State Oil Giant Days Before Election For Reform-linked Mathias Corvinus Collegium, election week saw a dividends bonanza. buff.ly/FeeZTYW

🔴 NEW - Reform’s Matthew Goodwin Challenged on Orbán Funding Ties at Budapest Event The GB News presenter didn’t deny still receiving income from a Hungarian think tank. buff.ly/dS7JXuh

@broderly And in the UK, Reform has cultivated a number of connections with Orbán organizations (and close ties with Trump-connected organizations too) desmog.com/2026/04/08/map…

@broderly Yet it's a model that Trump's MAGA movement is replicating, from backing Orbán in Hungary to other far-right candidates across Latin America and Europe. There are now CPAC offshoots with the stated goal of influencing national elections desmog.com/2026/04/09/rev…

Trump has enthusiastically endorsed Orbán's reelection bid. I wrote for the NYT about why the harm caused by his wars and his trade policy will matter more to the Hungarian election than his praise for Orbán personally nytimes.com/2026/04/09/opi…

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. buff.ly/W4H14Vz

🔴 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. buff.ly/cLOzjHr

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. buff.ly/962Ci5t

🔴 Seven Things You Should Know About Reform’s Policy Chief James Orr The key facts about one of Nigel Farage’s closest allies. buff.ly/E9NCYVI

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. buff.ly/MyurviM

📍 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

📍 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,” one said. Read the latest from DeSmog: buff.ly/JcqgrNg #BaseloadCapital @tj_jordan123 #fossilfuels

🔴 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. buff.ly/J3HcksB

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? buff.ly/jgV7fnl

buff.ly/jgV7fnl Under cover of Trump’s “drill, baby, drill” mantra and “shock and awe” style of government, major fossil fuel companies are taking the opportunity to roll back key elements of their energy transition strategies. Now, a growing number of oil and gas professionals are confronting a difficult personal question: Will my conscience allow me to continue to work in this industry, or is the cognitive dissonance becoming too extreme?

🔴 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”. desmog.com/2026/03/30/bbc…

❗️ 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: buff.ly/oMbfsAQ

🔴 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. desmog.com/2026/03/27/ene…

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. buff.ly/Wm113lB