Texas’ largest electric utility last night tentatively approved a record $45 billion takeover bid by two private equity firms in a deal hailed by environmentalists as a major turning point in the battle against global warming. The prospective owners of the TXU Corp. have told environmental groups that they would cancel eight of 11 coal plants proposed by the company and also back national legislation for mandatory reduction in carbon dioxide emissions.
The pro-AI and fossil fuel group tells DeSmog that itโs great to see its ideas โget taken up by government.โ
Oil companies are once again asking the high court to intervene in climate deception lawsuits across the U.S. โ part of an all-hands-on-deck effort by Big Oil and the Trump administration to shut the cases down.
The educational materials distort how fossil fuel pollution has caused the climate emergency, new report finds.
U.S. fossil fuel majors led efforts to ensure corporations would not have to introduce climate action plans.
