Exxon to Shareholders: No Carbon Bubble Risk Here. Carbon Tracker to Exxon: Really?
Still own some Exxon Mobil stock and been dithering about divestment? You’re leaving money on the table, and exposing your portfolio to severe risks that the company itself is underestimating. That’s according to a new report published by the Carbon Tracker Initiative, which finds that the stock’s recently sub-par performance can partially be explained by the […]
Subsidizing Carbon Craziness: How Taxpayer Dollars for Capturing Carbon Greenwash Dirty Energy
This is a guest post by Anna Simonton published with permission from Oil Change International The dirt roads of Penwell, Texas, criss cross overgrown lots littered with the detritus of a bygone oil boom that petered out in the 1940s. But as early as next summer, this ghost town 16 miles southwest of Odessa will become […]
David Suzuki Headlines DeSmog Canada's Kickstarter Campaign to Clean Up Canada's Climate and Energy Debate
DeSmog Canada is excited to announce the launch of our new crowdfunding campaign: “Let’s Clean Up Canada’s Climate and Energy Debate.” For the past 18 months, DeSmog Canada has delivered cutting-edge investigative journalism to clean up Canada’s polluted public square and foster science-based debate on climate and energy issues. Now, we are ready to take […]
Coal Lobbyist Jeff Holmstead Disqualified by Federal Judge in Ameren Pollution Lawsuit
Originally published on PolluterWatch Jeff Holmstead, perhaps the nation’s prime example of a revolving door lobbyist, was dismissed by a federal judge as an expert witness in a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency against Ameren Missouri, a coal burning utility. In an ongoing case, the EPA has charged Ameren with violating the Clean Air […]
California Refinery Gets Green Light for Five Times As Much Bakken Crude By Rail
The Kern County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved Alon USA Energy’s plan to expand the rail terminal at its Bakersfield, CA refinery to receive five times as much crude oil by train. Alon USA, which is based in Texas, hopes to take advantage of North America’s booming oil production. The company plans to get […]
Pennsylvania Prisoners Poisoned By Coal Ash
Life in a prison is probably not the safest environment for a person. But for prisoners in Pennsylvania, life just got a lot more dangerous. According to a new report, inmates at State Correctional Institution Fayette in LaBelle, Pennsylvania have been experiencing a significant increase in cancer rates. The report, which was put together by the […]
Hayek, Keynes and the Seeds of Denial: "This is the Thing We Need at the Moment – to Fight Keynes!"
Hayek is the intellectual inspiration for neoliberal think tanks and their war against Socialism, government regulation and, today, climate science. But are these tankers really faithful to his ideas? As our story unfolds we will see that climate denial is the invention of a network of think tanks first established to promote free market ideology. The neoliberal […]
North America Can Say Goodbye to Half its Birds if Rising GHG Emissions Aren’t Stopped
An alarming new study published Tuesday by the National Audubon Society says that almost half the bird species in the continental United States and Canada are already threatened by climate change. The study — Audubon’s Birds and Climate Change Report — finds that 126 species will lose more than 50 per cent of their current ranges […]
Cameron to Attend NYC Conference Amid Tory Climate Denial Rebellion
The Prime Minister will be under pressure to assert Britain’s position on climate change while a poll reveals less than half of MPs think the science of global warming is conclusive. David Cameron will have to perform a remarkable tightrope walk at the United Nations (UN) climate talks in New York, on the 23rd of September, […]
I Bought Richard Tol’s 'Climate Economics' So You Don’t Have To – It’s Dull and Dangerous
The Sussex University economist has aligned himself with climate denial and his tweets are highly entertaining – shame this book is so damn conventional. Professor Richard Tol has authored a ruthlessly conventional £57 textbook on the economics of climate change. I took the hit and skimmed the book so you don’t have to. Climate Economics presents a […]