Tate Members Challenge Secret Sponsorship Deal with BP

During the Tate’s Annual General Meeting on Friday evening multiple members of the Tate Gallery openly challenged the art institutions committed secrecy surrounding its partnership with oil giant BP during the run up to an Information Tribunal Judgement that may force the Tate to expose its dealings. The sponsorship was initially exposed by art activist group […]

Dr Fred Singer's Controversial Use of an Aging Academic's Work on Climate Science

As DeSmog UK continues its epic history series, we take a closer look at accusations of how academic manipulation may have helped Dr Fred Singer become the most influential climate denier of his generation. Dr Fred Singer is the architect of one of the most controversial episodes in climate science, accused of using the infirmity of […]

George Shultz, Reagan's Secretary Of State, On Climate Change: "The Potential Results Are Catastrophic"

George Shultz, who served as President Ronald Reagan’s Secretary of State from 1982 to 1989, is not only willing to buck the Republican Party’s orthodoxy on global warming by acknowledging climate science, he’s outright calling for action. And he’s even willing to walk the talk. Shultz, a former University of Chicago economics professor and president […]

New Report Highlights Fracking's Global Hazards

A new report, issued the same day the latest round of global climate negotiations opened in Peru, highlights the fracking industry’s slow expansion into nearly every continent, drawing attention not only to the potential harm from toxic pollution, dried-up water supplies and earthquakes, but also to the threat the shale industry poses to the world’s […]

Owen Paterson Meeting With Fracking Bosses Remains State Secret

A vital meeting between fracking bosses and the then-Conservative environment secretary remains shrouded in secrecy as the government refuses to disclose a key document. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) argues there is a “strong public interest” in withholding an internal briefing document provided to Owen Paterson by officials ahead of meeting with […]

Environmental Groups File Motion to Intervene in Defense of Denton Fracking Ban

Just days after attorneys representing Denton, Texas submitted their initial responses to two legal complaints filed against Denton — the first Texas city ever to ban hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) — environmental groups have filed an intervention petition. That is, a formal request to enter the two lawsuits filed against the city after its citizens voted to ban fracking on […]

BLM Hasn't Performed An Environmental Review of Coal Leasing Program Since 1979

It has been 35 years since the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) last performed an environmental review of its coal leasing program. Two environmental groups are suing the BLM to force a review of the program. Given advances in scientific knowledge of the risks posed by mining and burning coal to human health and Earth’s […]

Crisis Consultant Says Environmental Activists In It For The Money

In a newsletter to clients titled “Defending Your Company Against an Activist Attack,” Randal Simonetti from the consulting firm EFP Rotenberg, opines that in order to successfully combat an attack by an environmental group you must, “first consider the driving motive that supports the attacker’s existence.”  According to Simonetti that driving motivation is money. “Funding is a […]

First Texas City to Ban Fracking Cites "Public Nuisance" in Lawsuit Response

Attorneys representing Denton, Texas, the first city to ban hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) in state history, have issued rebuttals to the two lawsuits filed against Denton the day after the fracking ban was endorsed by voters on election day.  Responding to lawsuits brought by attorneys with intimate Bush family connections — with complaints coming from both the Texas General […]

Wall Street Journal Tries to Pour Cold Water On Growing International Climate Action

This is a guest post by Climate Nexus. A recent opinion piece in The Wall Street Journal by Rupert Darwall paints efforts to address climate change through international policy as doomed from the start, ignores recent progress and dismisses mounting public support for action.  As countries negotiate in Lima, Peru, this week, long-time climate change skeptic […]