The Calgary-based industry front group Friends of Science (FOS), moribund since a Globe and Mail story revealed last year that FOS funding came largely from the oil and gas industry, has resurfaced promoting an โannual luncheon โ at which Carleton Professor Tim Patterson will offer a lecture entitled โThe Sun as the Primary Driver of Climateย Change?โ
If any DSBlog readers attend, please ask Dr. Patterson why all his solar forcing graphs end in 1980. (See next post for the answer.)
Ofgem has rejected calls for household energy debts to be paid off using excess profits.
Former fracking magnate Gwyn Morgan has funnelled millions to right-wing media and think tanks, a DeSmog analysis reveals.
Dan McTeague cultivates a media image as a consumer advocate while running a group urging people to fight against climate policies.
Industry groups warn of โsupply shocksโ as energy shortages grow, but critics say targeting the EUโs methane rule would lock in polluting U.S. fossil-fuel infrastructure at a dire cost to local and global communities.
