DeSmog

Facebook-f X-twitter
Subscribe
Donate
Donate

DeSmog

Donate
Search
Search
More

BlackRock Pivots from Sustainability Evangelists to Fossil-Fuel Funders

Despite claiming a commitment to sustainability, the world's largest investment fund continues to invest heavily in fossil fuels through its โ€œgreenโ€ funds โ€” prompting accusations of greenwashing.
Despite claiming a commitment to sustainability, the world's largest investment fund continues to invest heavily in fossil fuels through its โ€œgreenโ€ funds โ€” prompting accusations of greenwashing.
ByGiorgio Michalopoulos and Stefano Valentino
on

Featured

uk/Extreme Weather Events are the New Frontline of Online Climate Denial โ€“ Report
uk/Staff Shortages Have Forced Major Cuts to Environment Agency Water Quality Monitoring, Internal Documents Reveal
uk/Reform Splurged ยฃ1.3m on Right-Wing Newspaper Adverts During Election
Carneyโ€™s LNG Push Will Cause BC Fracking to Skyrocket, Expert Warns
As Trumpโ€™s Trade Deadline Looms, U.S. Gas Exporters Are Sweating Over Meeting Europeโ€™s Pollution Standards

News

Lee Zeldin, center, stands at a podium and Chris Wright, left, are joined by other government officials and staff in a truck manufacturing facility.
us/Who Are the Climate Deniers Fighting the Endangerment Finding?
By Geoff Dembicki
on

DeSmog has been tracking the efforts of fossil fuel trade associations, policymakers, and industry backed-groups out to demolish U.S. climate policy for years.

DeSmog has been tracking the efforts of fossil fuel trade associations, policymakers, and industry backed-groups out to demolish U.S. climate policy for years.
Who Is Kathryn Marshall, Lawyer for Ex-CBC Host Claiming Anti-Conservative Bias?
ByTaylor Noakes
on

Marshall, former spokesperson for the Ethical Oil Institute, was an early architect of the โ€˜foreign funded anti-pipeline protesterโ€™ controversy.

Marshall, former spokesperson for the Ethical Oil Institute, was an early architect of the โ€˜foreign funded anti-pipeline protesterโ€™ controversy.
Kathryn Marshall appears on CBC's Power & Politics with Evan Solomon in 2012.
Revoking EPAโ€™s endangerment finding isnโ€™t simple and could have unintended consequences
ByPatrick Parenteau
on

Trump wants to rescind the document's findings, which are the keystone of U.S. climate policies. The public has 45 days to comment.

Trump wants to rescind the document's findings, which are the keystone of U.S. climate policies. The public has 45 days to comment.
Analysis
Oil Sands Expansion Hasnโ€™t Brought the Prosperity Alberta's Leaders Promised
ByMitch Anderson
on

Premier Danielle Smith has thrown around some vastly inflated figures. Global energy forecasters arenโ€™t buying it.

Premier Danielle Smith has thrown around some vastly inflated figures. Global energy forecasters arenโ€™t buying it.
โ€˜No Such Thing as a Free Lunchโ€™: Opposition Outcry over Reformโ€™s Secretive DOGE Unit
ByRei Takver
on

Councillors have raised the alarm over West Northamptonshireโ€™s controversial deal with Reformโ€™s Musk-inspired DOGE team.

Councillors have raised the alarm over West Northamptonshireโ€™s controversial deal with Reformโ€™s Musk-inspired DOGE team.
view more articles
Analysis
Oil and Gaslighting: How Trump and Corporations Manufacture Self-Serving โ€˜Pseudo-Realitiesโ€™
ByAdam M. Lowenstein
on
Like MAGA, major fossil fuel polluters and their PR enablers evade accountability by spinning the world they want you to see.โ€จ
Like MAGA, major fossil fuel polluters and their PR enablers evade accountability by spinning the world they want you to see.โ€จ
uk/From Denial to Delay: How the Far-Right is Orchestrating a Climate Backlash in European Parliament
ByMichele Bertelli, Barnabรฉ Binctin, Bart Grugeon, Julia Seegers and Martin Vrba
on
A growing bloc of nationalist parties is undermining the EUโ€™s climate agenda from within.
A growing bloc of nationalist parties is undermining the EUโ€™s climate agenda from within.
Trump Officials Discussed $500M Alberta Independence Loan, Separatist Claims
ByDavid Falk
on
Private details from a Washington D.C., meeting about Alberta becoming the 51st state were revealed at a separatism event attended by DeSmog.
Private details from a Washington D.C., meeting about Alberta becoming the 51st state were revealed at a separatism event attended by DeSmog.
Climate Lawsuit Against Oil Giant Eni Can Move Forward, Italy Supreme Court Says in 'Historic' Rulingย 
ByStella Levantesi
on
Decision paves the way for future environmental cases in Italian courts and represents the latest EU nation to hold Big Oil accountable through litigation.
Decision paves the way for future environmental cases in Italian courts and represents the latest EU nation to hold Big Oil accountable through litigation.
view more articles
Most Popular
Trump Officials Discussed $500M Alberta Independence Loan, Separatist Claims
uk/Nigel Farageโ€™s Reform Party Has Accepted ยฃ2.3 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests, Climate Deniers, and Polluters Since 2019 Election
us/6 Billionaire Fortunes Bankrolling Project 2025
us/Who Are the Climate Deniers Fighting the Endangerment Finding?
Who Is Kathryn Marshall, Lawyer for Ex-CBC Host Claiming Anti-Conservative Bias?
BlackRock Pivots from Sustainability Evangelists to Fossil-Fuel Funders

Series

View All Series

Inside MAGA’s Global Climate Agenda

How MAGA Lobbying is Undermining EU Climate Rules
MAPPED: 70 Percent of Trumpโ€™s Cabinet Tied to Project 2025 Groups
More than 50 high-level Trump administration officials have links to groups behind the Heritage Foundation-backed plan, a DeSmog analysis found.
Graphic illustration showing orange outline of President Trump at a cabinet meeting around an oval table with black outlines of people seated, and two-thirds of the table covered in white with the logo Project 2025.
Q & A: Jared Yates Sexton on the ‘Weaponized Abuse’ of Authoritarianism
Understanding how autocrats and oligarchs capture and consolidate state power.
Mapped: Donald Trumpโ€™s Transatlantic Anti-Green Network
Politicians, donors, think tanks, and media outlets in the UK and U.S. are working increasingly closely to scupper climate policies and promote fossil fuel extraction.

Databases

View All
Featured
Reform UK
Background Reform UK is a right-wing political party in the United Kingdom, that had its first five MPs elected in the July 2024 general election.Louise Parry & Matt Knight. "Final result i...
John Christy
John R. Christy Credentials  Ph.D. Atmospheric Science, University of Illinois (1987).โ€œAbout John: Education,โ€ University of Alabama in Huntsville. Archived April 10, 2023. Archiv...
Industrial Aquaculture Database
Advertising & Public Relations Database

DeSmog

Clearing the PR Pollution

Sections

Databases

Topics

DeSmog

Follow

Newsletter

Facebook-f X-twitter Youtube Instagram

DeSmog

Clearing the PR Pollution

Follow

Newsletter

Facebook-f Twitter Youtube Instagram

Website by SeriousOtters

Donate

Facebook-f Twitter