Pot Meet Kettle: Oil Executive Says “Misinformation And Fear” Hurting Fracking Efforts
Ryan Lance, CEO of oil giant ConocoPhillips, issued a dire warning to colleagues at an energy conference earlier this month. According to Lance, “misinformation and fear” could easily derail the current financial boom that is taking place within the shale gas industry. According to The Hill, Lance told those gathered at the conference that they need […]
Climate Denial Think Tank's Plans To Abolish Climate Change Departments in Australia
A LEADING Australian free-market think tank with close ties to the country’s conservative Liberal Party has revealed its plan for climate change – abolish it. Aside from the current Labor-led government’s mud-wrestling over its leadership, all opinion polls point to a landslide victory for the Tony Abbott-led Liberal Party at the next election, which has been set […]
Keystone XL Scandal: Obama State Dept. Hid Contractor's TransCanada Ties
Mother Jones has a breaking investigation out on another scandal pertaining to the Obama State Department’s Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the TransCanada Keystone XL pipeline. The skinny: the firm that DeSmogBlog revealed has historical ties to Big Tobacco and currently has a client list that includes Koch Industries, ConocoPhillips and BP, Environmental Resources Management (ERM) Group, […]
Research Reveals Almost All Climate Science Denial Books Linked To Conservative Think Tanks
IF you haven’t seen them on the television or come across their interviews on the radio or in newspapers and magazines, then you’ve almost certainly seen their work as your eyes scan the climate change section in your local book store or library. They are the authors of books claiming to reveal the “real truth” about […]
A Short History of Greenwashing the Tar Sands, Part 1
This is Part One of a three-part series on the political greenwashing of the tar sands in Canada. When I hatched the idea to write a book about the use of spin and propaganda in the battle over the tar sands, a close friend of mine suggested I avoid the term “tar sands.” His logic was […]
Excerpt from Bill Hewitt's A Newer World: The Insurance Industry’s Response to Climate Change
The following is excerpted from A Newer World: Politics, Money, Technology, and What’s Really Being Done to Solve the Climate Crisis by Bill Hewitt. It is taken from Chapter 8, “A Resilient Future: Adaptation, Education, Law, and Lifestyle.” The analysis of the insurance industry’s response to climate change below does not reflect the latest information […]
Obama's Energy Strategy — Too Little, Too Late?
A year ago, President Obama set forth his vision of America’s energy policy. “We need an energy strategy for the future,” he said in a message still prominently displayed on the White House website, “an all-of-the-above strategy for the 21st century that develops every source of American-made energy.” During the presidential debates, he hammered repeatedly […]
Kochtopus Tentacles Reaching For Media Outlets
Rumors are swirling around the Internet that Koch Industries is hoping to acquire a powerful new asset: The Tribune Company. The Tribune Company owns a large swath of newspapers across America, including the Los Angeles Times and the Chicago Times, two papers with an extraordinary reach. According to the Hollywood Reporter, Koch Industries is considering purchasing […]
Research Finds Wind Farm Health Concerns Probably Caused By Anti-Wind Scare Campaigns
ANTI–WIND farm activists around the world have created a silent bogeyman they claim can cause everything from sickness and headaches to herpes, kidney damage and cancers. This “infrasound” exists at frequencies too low for the human ear to detect but is present almost everywhere from offices and roadsides to waves tumbling on ocean beaches. These low […]
"Frackademia" Strikes Again at USC with "Powering California" Study Release
“Frackademia” – shorthand for bogus science, economics and other research results paid for by the oil and gas industry and often conducted by “frackademics” with direct ties to the oil and gas industry – has struck again in California. It comes in the form of a major University of Southern California (USC) report on the potential economic […]