How Industry First Went to War With Climate Science
Scientists had well understood for many decades that adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere could raise global temperatures and cause climate change. But when politicians finally took notice, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was formed, industry began a war with scienceย itself.ย Bert Bolin, the founder of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), […]
Canadian Corporations Spent Over $15M Lobbying U.S. Government in 2014, Report
As the mid-term elections in the United States continue to heat up, a new report released Wednesday shows that Canadian corporations have registered at least $15.3 million USD in spending on direct lobbying of the U.S. federal government in the first nine months ofย 2014. That includes $2.87 million by Canadian National Railway Company in the […]
How Bill Gates and Peabody Energy Share Vision For Coal Powered Future Through Views of Bjorn Lomborg
No doubt a few eyebrows were raised and possibly some palms smashed against faces earlier this year when the richest person on the planet came out in qualified support of policies to burn massive amounts of coal in the developingย world. In June, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates took to his GatesNotes blog to promote the views […]
Oil Companies Spending Big To Defeat Community-Led Anti-Fracking Initiatives At The Ballot Box
Election day is fast approaching and, in a pattern becoming all too familiar, oil companies are spending big to defeat citizen-led initiatives to halt fracking in California. By last August, oil industry front group Californians for Energy Independence, which is leading the charge against anti-fracking measures in the sate, had raised around $3 million. Now, […]
When the Shale Runs Dry: A Look at the Future of Fracking
If you want to see the future of the shale industry โ what today’s drilling rush will leave behind โ come to Bradford,ย Pennsylvania. A small city, it was home to one of America’s first energy booms, producing over three quarters of the world’s oil in 1877. A wooden oil rig towering over a local museum […]
Video Mash Up Shows Climate Denial Streak in Republican Midterm Candidates
At town halls and candidate debates across the country, Republican and Democratic election hopefuls are being asked where they stand on the important issue of climate change. Many of their answers have been recorded forย posterity. A new video short produced by Republic Report’s Lee Fang shows just how off-side Republican candidates are in this midterm […]
Drilling Deeper: New Report Casts Doubt on Fracking Production Numbers
Post Carbon Institute has published a report and multiple related resources calling into question the production statistics touted by promoters ofย hydraulic fracturing (โfrackingโ).ย By calculating the production numbers on a well-by-well basis for shale gas and tight oil fields throughout the U.S., Post Carbon concludes that the future of fracking is not nearly as bright […]
U.S. Energy Policies Based on Inflated Fracking Predictions: Post Carbon Institute Report
Economic predictions about the fracking industry’s potential growth have for the most part gone unquestioned โ untilย now. A new report from the Post Carbon Institute exposes highly inflated forecasts and concludes that the amount of oil that can be tapped by hydraulic fracturing cannot be maintained at the levels assumed beyondย 2020. The report, โDrilling Deeper: […]
B.C. LNG Strategy Wonโt Help Solve Global Climate Change: New Pembina Institute Report
The B.C. governmentโs claim that LNG exports offer the โgreatest single step British Columbia can take to fight climate changeโ is inaccurate in the absence of stronger global climate policies according to a new report released today by the Pembina Institute and the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions. Natural gas does have a role to […]
U.S. Tar Sands Action: Reports from the Front Lines in Utah
For the past five months, activists from the Utah Tar Sands Resistance have camped out on the sage-swept, high plateau lands known as PR Springs in eastern Utah. From the siteโwhere the first tar sands mine in the United States is planned, and preliminary clearing work is already underwayโyou canโt miss the majestic Book Cliffs […]