Peabody Energy Investigation in Late Stages: New York Attorney General Probe

This is a guest post by Dan Zegart, crossposted from Climate Investigations Center. Update: Peabody Energy announced today that it has reached a settlement with the New York Attorney General’s office regarding its climate change disclosures to investors on the financial risks of its business. A probe by the New York state attorney general of Peabody […]

From Herro to Zero – Meet the GWPF Funder Who Just Donated to the Heartland Institute's Paris Campaign

Lord Lawson is facing fresh embarrassment about the funding of his British climate denial charity as it emerged that he shares a donor with extremist US think tank the Heartland Institute. David Herro, a US stockbroker, told the Financial Times he was a financial supporter of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF). Last week week, he […]

Ford Motor Company Revealed As Funder of Climate Denial Group ALEC

This is a guest post by Nick Surgey of the Center for Media and Democracy. Ford Motor Company, despite its much-hyped commitment to the environment, has been quietly funding the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), a group widely criticized for its promotion of climate change denial and for its opposition to the development of renewable alternatives […]

Climate Science Denying GWPF Has Just Recognised Matt Ridley’s Coal Interests

Lord Lawson’s climate science denying Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) has been forced to declared Matt Ridley’s financial interest in coal mining. Self-style climate ‘lukewarmist’ Matt Ridley has written an essay for the GWPF lamenting the current state of science. “I genuinely worry that science itself is being damaged by this episode” he writes of leading scientists […]

EPA Scientists Consider Dropping "Widespread, Systemic" Language from National Study Findings

A phrase in the Executive Summary of EPA‘s national study on the threat that hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, poses to American drinking water supplies has come under increasing fire from environmentalists and scientists. The EPA‘s draft executive summary, released this fall, included a line that has been widely quoted by supporters of the shale gas rush: […]

VICTORY! Obama Rejects Scandal-Ridden Keystone XL Tar Sands Pipeline

At long last, President Obama today rejected the heavily-protested, scandal-ridden Keystone XL tar sands pipeline proposed by TransCanada (NYSE: TRP). Congratulations to everyone who raised their voice, got arrested, spent hours researching the many lobbying scandals (like we did here on DeSmog), and otherwise helped to usher in the first time that a fossil fuel […]

Monckton Teams up with Climate Denier Philip Foster for Paris COP21 Disruption

Viscount Monckton’s flying climate circus will touch down in Paris in December, boasting his B-team of clowns and science magicians, much to the merriment and hilarity of the press and public. The Paris Climate Challenge will take place on Rue de la Rochefoucauld, and includes a ragtag of deniers long discredited and broadly ignored. Roger Helmer, the […]

Cuadrilla ‘Very’ Confident It Will Win Lancashire Fracking Appeal

Fracking firm Cuadrilla believes it has a “very strong chance” of winning the appeals process against Lancashire County Council’s decision to reject its fracking applications in the area. At the end of July Cuadrilla lodged a series of appeals against the council’s June decision to reject all planning applications for the Roseacre Wood and Preston New […]

New York AG Subpoenas ExxonMobil, Investigating Peabody Coal for Climate Denial

In a blockbuster story, The New York Times reported that New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has subpoenaed oil and gas industry giant ExxonMobil to “determine whether the company lied to the public about the risks of climate change or to investors about how those risks might hurt the oil business.” ExxonMobil, now also the subject of U.S. […]

Breaking: Trans-Pacific Partnership Ignores Climate, Asks Countries to Volunteer to Protect the Environment

In March, the White House was touting the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) on its blog stating: “Through TPP, the Obama administration is doubling down on its commitment to use every tool possible to address the most pressing environmental challenges.” Reviewing the environment section of the just-released TPP, one thing becomes quite clear. Climate change is not considered […]