Planning to drill for oil off the coast of the Amazon? My latest investigation for @desmog.com and @revistapiaui.bsky.social takes you inside the PR machine you'll need 👍 Collab w/ Maria Clara Parente, photos by João Paulo Guimarães www.desmog.com/2026/06/17/d... piaui.uol.com.br/web/guerra-d...

POV: You just listened to a podcast by @nytimes.com about climate activism, but it's sponsored by America's most powerful fossil fuel lobby. My latest for @desmog.com with @joeygrostern.bsky.social: www.desmog.com/2026/06/04/t...

"It's a bit of a scam." - KTM employee caught on camera. Props to @hajmedd.bsky.social, @laurapaquemar.bsky.social, Gabriel Bourdon-Fattal, and many others for the year of digging to make this happen. My latest for DeSmog, in partnership w/ @lemonde.fr @spiegel.de @elpais.com + more below!

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🔴 NEW: Undercover Investigation Reveals Europe-Wide Motorcycle Emissions ‘Scam’ In KTM dealerships across the continent, thousands of off-road bikes are stripped of legally-required features that restrict pollution. 📝By @hajmedd.bsky.social & @tjjordan.bsky.social www.desmog.com/2026/05/26/e...

I left the ad & PR industry because it's fuelling the climate crisis and no one wanted to hear it. This investigation with @theguardian.com and @desmog.com is my latest effort to change that. www.theguardian.com/media/2026/a... www.desmog.com/2026/04/29/m...

Revealed: British ad firm’s billion-dollar greenwash of US oil industry

London-based WPP accused of breaching climate policy after report reveals firm linked to twice as much oil advertising as US rivals

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Meet Fossi — a cartoon character I just discovered who wants kids to feel sorry for the fossil fuel industry. He was invented by a clean energy company. Read the full @desmog.com story to find out why: www.desmog.com/2026/04/01/m... See our reporting also in @dagensnyheter.bsky.social

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.

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📣 Submissions are now OPEN for the 2026 CCNow Journalism Awards! 🔔

At COP30 in the Amazon, Big Agribusiness interests were everywhere. During the summit, @desmog.com and @apublica.org revealed how the industry ramped up its use of Brazilian social media influencers to maintain its social license ahead of the summit. www.desmog.com/2025/11/16/i...

In Brazil, Agribusiness Giants Hire Celebrity Influencers to Win Hearts and Minds

Doctors and models extol the virtues of meat as climate impacts of industrial farming face scrutiny at COP30 — the global climate summit.

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My latest COP30 investigation for @desmog.com and The Intercept Brasil: *Documents reveal Shell used clean energy ads to drive petrol sales in Brazil* The tactics were designed by ad agency VML, owned by British ad giant WPP. www.intercept.com.br/2025/11/07/a... www.desmog.com/2025/11/07/r...

Agência de publicidade da Shell comemora que campanha de ‘energia verde’ em novela vendeu mais combustíveis | Intercept Brasil

VML admite, em relatório, que discurso de sustentabilidade veiculado no horário nobre e nas redes sociais buscava fortalecer a marca e tinha como um dos objetivos fazer a petrolífera vender mais.

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My latest for @desmog.com and @climainfo.org.br reveals that the PR firm promoting Prince William's blockbuster climate award The Earthshot Prize — taking place in Rio de Janeiro tomorrow — is also a longtime partner of the Brazilian fossil fuel industry. Full story: www.desmog.com/2025/11/03/r...

Revealed: Prince William’s Climate Prize Hired PR Firm Tied to Brazilian Fossil Fuel Industry

The agency — LLYC Brasil —promoted upcoming Earthshot Prize ceremony in Rio de Janeiro while under contract to oil giant Petrobras.

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✍ Yesterday I was named one of @coveringclimatenow.org's 'Emerging Journalists of the Year 2025' ✍ Reflection of the efforts of the whole team at @desmog.com and every source brave enough to take a stand — every story is a collaboration. coveringclimatenow.org/projects/the...

The 2025 CCNow Journalism Awards — Covering Climate Now

Covering Climate Now is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2025 CCNow Journalism Awards. Our awards program, now in its fifth year, honors excellent reporting on many critical dimensions of the c...

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After months of interviews and sourcing documents, we reveal ad giant IPG is accused of breaking its ‘industry first’ climate policy for its work with the world’s biggest oil company. Read here on @desmog.com: www.desmog.com/2025/08/25/i... Also in @financialtimes.com: on.ft.com/422nMkH

Exclusive: Ad Giant IPG Accused of Breaking 'Industry First' Climate Policy With Work for World’s Biggest Oil Company

Firm’s top London consultants planned to help Saudi Aramco influence policymakers, leaked documents reveal.

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New interview today with @desmog.com today on a topic close to my heart: **Why an Advertising Executive Is Blowing the Whistle on Her Agency’s 'Greenwashing'** www.desmog.com/2025/06/03/w...

Q&A: Why an Advertising Executive Is Blowing the Whistle on Her Agency’s 'Greenwashing'

Former BBDO Creative Partner Polina Zabrodskaya: “It’s devastating to know your work causes real harm, so people suppress that knowledge.”

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👀 Big day yesterday in the ad industry 👀 British ad firm WPP hit with complaint it broke standards set by the international body OECD by working with big polluters. Two of my stories, including on WPP's astroturfing in Uganda (shorturl.at/M6bUQ), cited as evidence. Read more: shorturl.at/1o0D5

How A British-owned PR Firm Helped ‘Squash’ Pipeline Protests in Uganda

MetropolitanRepublic enlisted social media influencers to promote giant oil project as climate campaigners suffered beatings and arrests.

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Merci @disclosengo.bsky.social d'avoir partagé mon enquête sur une campagne de désinformation de TotalEnergies pour créer une fausse image de soutien à EACOP dans votre newsletter Planète Investigation, publiée originalement avec @desmog.bsky.social. 4zuwl.r.a.d.sendibm1.com/mk/mr/sh/Wrt...

Spent this week analysing COP29 delegates - found dozens of consultants from fossil fuel-friendly PR agencies registered with national delegations. They're from 10 agencies that collectively hold at least 91 fossil fuel contracts. Full story with @desmog.bsky.social: www.desmog.com/2024/11/20/i...

It’s Not Just Oil Giants Seeking to Sway the Climate Talks. Their Favourite PR Firms Are in Baku, Too.

Fossil-friendly communications companies are represented on some national delegations to the climate talks, DeSmog analysis finds.

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"It's basically cash for access." I spoke to employees at global PR firm Teneo about its $5 million contract to paint #COP29 host Azerbaijan as a climate champion, and dug into the firm's extensive links to the fossil fuel industry for @desmog.bsky.social: www.desmog.com/2024/11/08/m...

Meet Teneo: The Global PR Firm Promoting COP29 Host Azerbaijan as a Climate Champion

A secret recording. Damaging headlines. Allegations of “treason.”  For Azerbaijan, host of the COP29 climate talks opening in the capital Baku on Monday, reports that a senior official had apparently ...

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