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Plus, lessons from Bill Gates’ ‘climate hack’

From the Editor's Desk

Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks at a podium in front of Canadian flags.

At DeSmog, we investigate moves from powerful players in government, industry, and food marketing — and this week, none look good for communities, justice, or the planet.

Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney — once a rising star on climate — now stares down Indigenous communities with a fossil-fuel deal he hatched behind closed doors with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith. Their planned pipeline to British Columbia’s northern coast would transport what Carney calls “low-emission” bitumen from Alberta's oil sands.

Yet Indigenous leaders warn of serious threats to lands, waters, and their sovereignty while federal officials loosen climate rules. Read the full story from Mitch Anderson.

Meanwhile, reporter Laura Villadiego takes a bite out of a €1.5 billion European food promotion campaign that elevates high-emissions products while leaning on vague, feel-good language. “Enjoy, it’s from Europe!” amplifies meat and dairy marketing with sustainability narratives that MEPs now label “misleading.” For instance, one pro-pork social campaign pushed messages calling any suggestion the meat had a significant climate impact “absolutely fake.” Really?

With agriculture driving major climate impacts, lawmakers now call for accountability and a reset. Dive into the investigation, which we co-published with the EU Observer.

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Image: Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney. Credit: Prime Minister of Canada/YouTube

Left, Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney, in a suit and tie, speaks at a podium. Right, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith smiles in a blazer and white blouse.

‘Utterly Abusive’: First Nations United Against Mark Carney’s Alberta Pipeline Plans

— By Mitch Anderson (5 min. read) —

By tying the project’s fate to Indigenous “equity,” Carney saddles groups with the blame, and potentially the bill, if they move to stop a pipeline they oppose.

A DeSmog collage of 'Enjoy, it’s from Europe!' campaigns, with 'European Poultry: A sustainable choice' and in Spanish a comic showing happy cows and sheep and text bubbles reading 'When we consume European dairy, we contribute to a better world.'

MEPs Call for Urgent Review of €1.5 Billion EU Food Scheme Pushing ‘Misleading’ Claims

— By Laura Villadiego (10 min. read) —

The programme is “yet another bung to industrial production”, experts say.

Graphic showing lots of old computer 'system messages' reading 'There is no alternative' overlaid on a background of a smoke-filled sky with smokestacks.

Lessons for Climate Advocates From the Bill Gates ‘Climate Hack’

—By Liam Kavanagh (6 min. read) —

Blunt communication is our firewall.

Labour peer Lord Glasman (right) delivering the 2025 annual Global Warming Policy Foundation lecture. He is seated next to two other men in suits, beneath a projector that reads "Why it is good to be warm: energy as a common good."

Labour Group Slams Lord Glasman Over Climate Denial Lecture

— Adam Barnett (3 min. read) —

The Labour peer called for new coal power in the Global Warming Policy Foundation’s annual lecture.

At the 2025 COP30 climate summit in Brazil, protesters called for Syngenta, Bayer, and other agribusinesses to be held accountable for their industry's role in the destruction of nature

Meet 5 PR Agencies Making Big Polluters Look ‘Ag-tastic’

— By Kathryn Clare, Kate Dario and Emily J Gertz (5 min. read) —

Agribusiness companies generate huge quantities of greenhouse gas pollution — and PR companies help them obscure it.

The words 'climate denier spotlight' in wide appear against a transitional gray background with three smokestacks and two intersecting yellow spotlights highlight a bag of gold.

G&S Integrated Marketing Communications Group (also known as GS IMCG) is an independent communications group with two subsidiary agencies, G&S Business Communications and MorganMyers. GS IMCG provides services including public relations (PR), creative and advertising, digital marketing, branding, strategy, and reputation management for industries including agriculture, oil, gas, and mining. In 2025, it was named the top agricultural PR firm by O’Dwyers, a directory of public relations companies.

Its clients include Cargill (one of the world’s largest meat producing companies), McDonald’s, and the major agrochemicals companies Syngenta and Dow Chemical Company. It also works with the tobacco and alcohol industries. As of October 2025, GS IMCG has not made any net-zero or other climate commitments public on either its website or the websites of its subsidiaries.

Read the full profile and browse other individuals and organizations in our Climate Disinformation Database, Ad & PR Database, and Koch Network Database.