Wednesday, April 22, 2026

‘A pretty ugly history’: How Exxon exported climate denial to the Global South

With Brazil about to host COP30, DeSmog has obtained copies of checks Exxon mailed to the right-wing Atlas Network in the 1990s to turn Latin America against climate treaties.

With China’s help, Saudi Arabia is deploying solar power faster than any country in...

The kingdom is aware that fossil fuels, the source of its fabulous wealth, are on their way out. Its leaders want to have a modern electro-state in place when the pumps fall idle.

Inherited wealth boom puts a spotlight on a global inequality emergency

As the G20 prepares to meet in Johannesburg, experts warn that more than $70 trillion set to change hands will entrench wealth gaps and threaten democracy without coordinated action.

Oil and gas expansion surges as COP30 hosts weigh health and climate risks

New analysis tracks 256 billion barrels of planned oil and gas production as more than 230 groups urge leaders to put health at the center of climate policy in Belém

The multipolarism of fools

As a bloc of mostly authoritarian, eco-unfriendly, and socio-economically conservative countries masquerading as a geopolitical counterbalance, the BRICS represent the multipolarism of fools.

USDA warning to grocers deepens SNAP crisis as Trump defies court orders

As federal judges order the administration to pay out frozen food benefits, the USDA warns grocery stores not to offer discounts to millions of hungry Americans caught in the shutdown, citing the “Equal Treatment Rule.”

Utah’s 1,300-bed homelessness “accountability center” tests Trump-era crackdown

Planned for 16 acres on the edge of Salt Lake City, Utah’s new homelessness campus would combine mass shelter, court-ordered treatment, and “work-conditioned housing.” Supporters call it a model of reform, while advocates warn it mirrors forced labor and internment.

Cowardly Republicans, frozen in fear of Trump, who can crush their careers.

Americans must fight back against those in this country who are committing treason when they try to destroy our Democracy and our Constitution.

Zohran Mamdani as Mayor

Affordability and the dignity of working people.

States scramble to feed 42 million as Trump blocks SNAP during shutdown

With 42 million people set to lose $8 billion in food assistance on November 1 because the Trump administration refuses to release existing federal funds, governors of both parties are declaring emergencies, shifting state reserves, and suing the federal government to prevent mass hunger.