🗞️ As wildfires devastate communities across Europe, parts of the right-wing press are responding not by confronting the drivers of the crisis, but by redirecting blame. buff.ly/uUaqJ3q

Right-wing press blame anything but human-made climate change for deadly wildfires

Right-wing newspapers are blaming Europe's blazing wildfires on anything but climate change and its human-made causes.

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As local opposition to data centres grows, Big Tech is borrowing a familiar playbook: opaque front groups, influencer campaigns and carefully controlled “community engagement” designed to manage, rather than hear, public concerns. via @techpolicypress.bsky.social buff.ly/oNi9Eot

Big Tech’s PR Playbook for Overcoming Data Center Opponents

The tech industry is pulling from tried-and-tested playbooks to bypass and securitize public opposition, write Dean Jackson and Sam Totoni.

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New from @climateintegrity.org: Boulder should have its day in court against Big Oil, say experts, officials, and impacted communities. climateintegrity.org/news/view/bo...

Boulder should have its day in court against Big Oil, say experts, officials, and impacted communities | Center for Climate Integrity

A wide range of voices — from ranchers and tribes to economists and bipartisan officials — urged the Supreme Court to reject Exxon and Suncor’s efforts to escape trial for climate deception

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"When will “elbows up” apply to the army of oil industry lobbyists so successfully extracting money and concessions from our elected leaders?"

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Canada is doubling down on fossil fuels as climate-fulled wildfires rage. Read Mitch Anderson's latest below:

@granthamlse.bsky.social’s Bob Ward on how a vocal minority is shaping the political debate and working to slow the shift away from fossil fuels, even as most people want stronger climate action.

Tuesday briefing: Inside the right’s heated climate-denial debate

In today’s newsletter: A small chorus of right-leaning critics are trying to convince politicians that climate action is deeply unpopular, downplaying its seriousness in the process

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New from @theenergymix.com: Wildfires Rage Across 2 Continents as Shell Posts ‘Scandalous’ $9.8B Quarterly Profit www.theenergymix.com/wildfires-ra...

Wildfires Rage Across 2 Continents as Shell Posts ‘Scandalous’ $9.8B Quarterly Profit

As devastating wildfires continue to burn across swaths of Canada, the United States, and Europe, oil major Shell posted $9.8 billion in second quarter profits, more than double its earnings from this...

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#BigOil’s profit season is looking like a scary blockbuster. @oxfaminternational.bsky.social report finds that the world’s 6 biggest #FossilFuel corporations are expected to nearly double their profits in Q2 2026, while climate vulnerable communities bear the cost: www.oxfam.org/en/press-rel...

A NSW parliamentary inquiry has recommended the government “consider assessing limitations that can be placed on fossil fuel advertising or sponsorship agreements, with particular attention to public buildings, transport assets and educational institutions.”

NSW Parliament recommends limits on fossil fuel advertising and sponsorship - Comms Declare

A New South Wales parliamentary committee has recommended that the state government examine restrictions on fossil fuel advertising and sponsorships.

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Extreme weather is being met with a predictable wave of climate disinformation, but this summer, conspiracy theories and violent rhetoric have escalated fast. Read the latest edition of CAAD’s Data Monitor to learn more. buff.ly/wTe8ZLm

Data Monitor August 2026: New CAAD Website and Nuclear Wildfire Takes – Climate Action Against Disinformation

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Secretary-General Guterres warned that the extreme heat we're experiencing is the the cost of climate inaction. "Unless we act – to protect people and tackle the root cause of the crisis – it will become deadlier still. The warm-up act is over. We cannot afford to wait for the main event"

"This summer 2026 sequence of compounding climate risks should be an eye-opener for the upcoming adaptation challenges and motivate ambitious climate action." www.independent.co.uk/news/world/e...

Climate change made deadly France and Spain wildfires far more likely, study finds

Human-caused global warming made the hot, dry and windy conditions that fuelled the fires at least twice as likely in south-western France and at least 20 times as likely in central Spain

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In 1966, a British scientist warned Shell that burning fossil fuels was likely causing climate change. Shell's response? Keep it secret—then fund climate denial instead. Read DeSmog's new investigation here: buff.ly/WoS1Cav

The Lovelock Papers: Shell’s Hidden Climate Knowledge Under Scrutiny as Court Battle Looms

“What seems to be important,” wrote the visionary British scientist, James Lovelock, in June 1966, is “the almost certain fact that the climate is worsening and the probability that the combustion of…

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“A fossil fuel giant that could not verify the location and integrity of hundreds of wells and pipeline clamps, and lacked effective leak detection, cannot credibly claim it had pollution under control. Shell must stop deflecting blame.” Learn more in @amnesty.org new report

Nigeria: Shell documents expose ‘basket’ pipeline, ‘missing’ wells and US$10.9bn decommissioning costs as pollution scandal grows

NEW REPORT: Shell documents reveal broken rules, failing infrastructure and unresolved clean-up costs leaving communities in Nigeria to pay the price.

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New from @350.org: Bali residents have filed a climate lawsuit after deadly flooding, calling for an end to new fossil fuel projects and stronger climate action.

Bali's Climate Lawsuit

Explore the climate lawsuit filed by Bali residents to halt fossil fuel projects and address climate disasters affecting their island.

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When extreme weather hits, disinformation follows. Our new report explores how climate disinfo spread during heatwaves and wildfires, recycling the same tired narratives and reaching millions after platforms failed to act. caad.info/analysis/rep...

Here's the problem with ordering aging power plants to keep running past their retirement dates: their owners stopped investing in them years ago because they were about to be shut down. Now keeping them online requires expensive repairs nobody budgeted for. https://bit.ly/4y21ka0

As wildfires rage across Europe - and the UK & Spanish governments declare climate change a "national security emergency", who'd have guessed the Telegraph would pivot from claiming climate change is "pure fantasy" to insisting it's inevitable & mitigation efforts should be scrapped?

New from @deutschewelle.dw.com: An outdated air-conditioning law, a viral health myth about sleeping with the fan on and the age-old climate change hoax allegation: DW checked what's spreading in Europe's heat wave.

Fact check: Throwing cold water on heat disinformation

An outdated air-conditioning law, a viral health myth about sleeping with the fan on and the age-old climate change hoax allegation: DW checked what's spreading in Europe's heat wave.

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As Shell faces a landmark climate case, @DeSmog.com explores how the Lovelock papers add to the evidence that the company had early climate warnings it never shared.

The Lovelock Papers: Shell’s Hidden Climate Knowledge Under Scrutiny as Court Battle Looms

“What seems to be important,” wrote the visionary British scientist, James Lovelock, in June 1966, is “the almost certain fact that the climate is worsening and the probability that the combustion of…

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Half of England is now in drought, and yet the UK is still pushing data centre expansion without properly accounting for water demand. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Half of England officially in ‘exceptionally serious’ drought

Environment Agency names seven regions affected by unusually hot and dry weather and shortage of water

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CAAD_Coalition@caadcoalition.bsky.social · 2w ago

The UK won’t have enough water for planned data centres, according to Water UK. The trade body warns that government AI growth plans are being made without properly accounting for how much water these sites need to cool servers, even as demand is set to rise sharply. buff.ly/Pe29UGM

Trump’s attacks on science are eroding independent expertise, but scientists are fighting back. Learn more about how @ucs.org is fighting back and building an alliance for independent science.

Update: Attacks on Independent Science and How We’re Fighting Back - Union of Concerned Scientists

Since President Trump took office last year, nearly 95,000 science employees and over 10,000 PhD scientists have been laid off or left their jobs.

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Spanish PM Sánchez described climate denial as "the worst possible fuel for tackling the climate emergency; it makes us much more vulnerable". via @euronews.com www.euronews.com/my-europe/20...

Spanish PM calls out climate denial after devastating week of fires

Sánchez said climate denial makes Spain more vulnerable as the opposition accused the government of mishandling the initial emergency response. #EuropeNews

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Mark Carney’s entire argument for expanding oil & gas production—natural gas as a bridge fuel, carbon capture (etc)—looks to be based on this utter and contemptible fraud Astonishing new report from ProPublica everyone in #Canada should read #cdnpoli www.propublica.org/article/wedg...

How BP Execs Influenced a Climate Study That Shaped a Generation of Global Policy

BP sponsored an elite Princeton research center to address the climate problem without getting off fossil fuels. Its key work, a paper known as “Wedges,” guided climate discourse for a generation.

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"As a primary care doctor, I see firsthand that climate-fueled disasters are becoming more frequent and severe,” Green added. “We should be focused on protecting people, not wasting valuable time countering false narratives.”

Trump and Republicans Peddle False Claims About Wildfires

It’s part of an ongoing pattern of disinformation spreading in response to climate-fueled extreme weather

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64% of U.S. voters understand that climate change is worsening wildfires, but GOP lawmakers are still blaming forest management instead of the fossil fuel industry heating the planet. @emorwee.bsky.social looks at the money behind that blame game

The fossil fuel money behind the GOP’s wildfire blame game

As smoke from Canadian wildfires chokes the United States, Republicans are blaming everyone but the industry heating the planet. Guess why?

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As wildfires and toxic smoke once again threaten communities across Canada, governments are advancing a new west coast oil pipeline that would lock in more tar sands production and worsen the climate driving more destructive fire seasons.

Canada Is Ignoring the Biggest Costs of New Pipelines: People and Planet's Health - CAPE

A Pipeline Is Also a Commitment to Tar Sands and Toxic Tailings Expansion   Edmonton | Amiskwaciy Waskahikan | July 22, 2026 –  As wildfires and toxic smoke once again threaten communities across…

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⚖️ A federal court has blocked a Trump administration policy that tried to use immigration law to punish tech researchers and advocates for their work on misinformation, content moderation, and online safety. via @techpolicypress.bsky.social www.techpolicy.press/trump-cannot...

Trump Cannot Use Immigration Law to Silence Technology Researchers

Sunday Tagliasacchi and Elisabeth Snyder detail an initial court victory for the Coalition for Independent Technology Research in CITR v. Rubio.

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When wildfires hit, the same false narratives follow. 'A Summer of Extreme Lies' explores how familiar disinformation keeps resurfacing during extreme weather and and how social media platforms helped spread it .

A Summer of Extreme Lies: Heatwave and Wildfire Climate Disinformation in 2026 – Climate Action Against Disinformation

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“You’re talking about a number that is potentially half a percent of global electricity consumption by itself just for data centres in Alberta.” via @desmog.com

‘Absurdly High’: Alberta Considering Almost 21 GW of Gas-Powered Data Centres

Expert warns that would require 200 billion litres of water and explode Canada’s emissions.

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“This is like crashing into the car in front of you because you were speeding and tailgating, and then demanding they pay for the damage to your headlights.” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

Scientists decry Trump’s ‘blame game’ after he claims Canada ‘poisoning’ US air

Trump told Mark Carney ‘you got to stop these fires from coming in’ as experts say wildfires symptom of climate crisis

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