Climate Science Denier Lawson Bader Named CEO At Conservative Funding Arm Donors Trust
An organisation that has funneled millions of dollars into groups promoting climate science denial has appointed a new CEO who signed a declaration dismissing the overwhelming evidence that human activities are causing climateย change. Lawson Bader, currently the CEO at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, will join Donors Trust in November. Donors Trust (DT), together with its […]
Would A Climate Denier Apologise?
Imagine for the sake of a brief thought experiment that the year is 2200. Climate change has unravelled with 10 degrees of warming around theย globe. The seas have risen many metres, subsuming the great cities of today: London, New York, Shanghai, Cape Town. Severe drought and desertification have resulted in famine, international war over increasingly […]
Tackle Climate Change Now or Risk 720 Million People Sliding Back Into Extreme Poverty Report Warns
An astonishing 720 million people around the world face falling back into extreme poverty unless we tackle climate change immediately, warns a new report by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI). The report was published as world leaders gathered this week at the United Nations General Assembly and agreed the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), among which […]
Texans Warn EPA Its New Rule to Reduce Methane Pollution Isnโt Tough Enough
On September 23, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) held public hearings in Dallas and Denver on its proposed rule to lower methane and associated pollution from oil and gas industry facilities. A third hearing will take place in Pittsburgh on Septemberย 29th. Once finalized, the standards mandated by the EPA to control methane pollution will […]
Climate Experts Urge Dutch Government Not to Appeal Historic Court Ruling to Cut Carbon Emissions
Leading climate scientists, lawyers, doctors and scholars from around the world are calling on the Dutch Government to reconsider its plans to appeal the historic Urgenda judgement by a Dutch Court ordering the government to dramatically reduce carbon emissions byย 2020. In a letter submitted yesterday to the Dutch Prime Minister Rutte and Vice Prime Minister […]
Time for Government to Practice What it Preaches on Coal
This is a guest post by Joe Ware, Church & Campaigns Journalist at Christianย Aid ‘Export Credit Guarantees’ have to be the most boring opening three words of any DeSmog Blog post.ย But so often the important stuff is buried in amongst the detail or hidden behind opaque bureaucracy which often induces stupor andย indifference. Like Yes […]
The Divestment Movement Has Unexpectedly Exploded into the Trillions of Dollars and Hereโs Why
At this time last year, building on the momentum generated by Climate Week and the New York Peopleโs Climate March, divestment advocates made an ambitious announcement: a plan to triple the $50 billion in assets individuals and organizations had pledged to divest from fossil fuels by the time of the 2015 Paris UN climateย negotiations. That […]
Extremist Heartland Institute Attacks Pope Francis On Climate, Claims Paganism Has Entered Catholic Church
A string of mystical and dire warnings about the Catholic Church were issued by Heartland Institute officials and supporters at a press conference last week in Philadelphia, where Pope Francis is scheduled to arrive thisย weekend. Claims of pagan influence over the Pope and conspiracies by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to suppress […]
Republican Presidential Candidatesโ Climate Views Spoofed In โThe Catholic Apprenticeโ Video
In the Bible, Jesus famously told his disciples that โit is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter the kingdom ofย God.โ Can you even imagine what Jesus would say about rich men who want to hold the highest office in the land while […]
Low-Carbon 'Policy Gap' Risks UK Missing Emission Reduction Targets Warns Lord Deben
The government must end the uncertainty clouding the direction of Britainโs low-carbon policies writes Lord Deben, chairman of the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), in a letter sent today to Energy Secretary Amberย Rudd. Recent policy changes โ including cuts to renewable subsidies and abolishing the Green Deal as well as the Zero Carbon Standard for […]