EPA Moves to Require Gas Processing Plants, for First Time, to Make Hazardous Emissions Public
This week, the Environmental Protection Agency announced plans to require natural gas processing plants to start complying with federal toxic chemical disclosure laws, in response to a lawsuit and petition filed by a collection of environmental and transparencyย advocates. A record-setting 19 trillion cubic feet of gas was processed by these plants โ over 550 of […]
Why Wasn't Climate a Defining Canadian Election Issue?
This article originally appeared on Climate Access. Those who work on climate change were both chuffed and chagrined by its role in Canadaโs federal election campaign, which peaked last week with the victory of Liberal leader Justin Trudeau and defeat of Conservative incumbent Stephenย Harper. โThe environmentโ โ a catch-all concept that often encompasses concern about […]
It's Not Over Yet. The Fight Against Fracking in Lancashire Continues
It is now four months since Lancashire County Council announced its shock decision to block two planning applications from Cuadrilla to carry out fracking in Lancashire. But the end is still not in sight. Appeals, judicial reviews and theย governments current policy changesย mean anti-fracking activists are having to continue their campaigningย efforts. And their latest efforts have […]
DeSmog UKโs Best October Stories and Those You May Have Missed
This month was not short of news. From the Conservative Party Conference to protests at climate denier Matt Ridleyโs coal mine, we were there for itย all. October ended with a group of protesters gathering in Northumberland to send a message to Britain: itโs time for the end ofย coal. The group, calling itself โMatt Ridleyโs Conscienceโ, […]
Iowa County Attorney Blames Victim, Won't Press Charges in Dakota Access Pipeline-for-Prostitute Scandal
An attorney in Lee County, Iowa has decided not to press charges against a right-of-way contracting company working on behalf of Energy Transfer Partners, owner of the controversial proposed Dakota Access pipeline. The company, Contract Land Staff, had an employee who offered Lee County landowner Hughie Tweedy a couple of 19-year-old prostitutes in exchange for […]
Meet the Climate Change Activists Inside Matt Ridleyโs Conscience
They slipped into place under the cover of darkness. With bicycle D-locks around their necks chained to diggers in the middle of the UKโs largest open-cast coal mine, and arms sealed inside concrete-laden, red-sequined tubes at the siteโs entrance, this was Matt Ridleyโs Conscience calling for the end of coal โ the dirtiest fossil fuel […]
Is it the Beginning of the End for the Alberta Oilsands?
A new report from Oil Change International challenges industryโs common assumption that the continued production of oilsands crude isย inevitable. The report, Lockdown: The End of Growth in the Tar Sands, argues industry projections โ to expand oilsands production from a current 2.1 million barrels per day to as much as 5.8 million barrels per day […]
Sunshine State Solar Industry Fighting Onslaught From Koch Brothers in Florida
With its nickname โThe Sunshine State,โ it would make sense for Florida to lead in solar energy in the United States. But industry opposition and a climate change-denying governor have allowed the state to fall dangerously behind when it comes to harnessing the power of theย sun. Today, solar energy only accounts for 2% of the […]
Worries Build Among Investors Over Oil and Gas Industryโs Exposure to Water and Climate Risks
When it comes to financial risks surrounding water, there is one industry that, according to a new report, is both among the most exposed to these risks and the least transparent to investors about them: the oil and gasย industry. This year, 1,073 of the worldโs largest publicly listed companies faced requests from institutional investors concerned […]
Climate Denier Matt Ridley Hit By Miner Disruption
EXCLUSIVE Protesters locked themselves to a 500-tonne excavator and chained themselves together to blockade an open cast mine today on the family estate of Viscount Matt Ridley,ย a climate denierย and prominent Toryย peer. More than a dozen climate change activistsย arrived before dawnย at theย Shotton coal mine, north of Newcastle upon Tyne, as part of what they called Operation […]