George Bush Sr Cabinet Was Worried About Climate Change 27 Years Ago
The agreement that was hammered out in Paris at the recent climate talks will be a great step forward towards addressing the growing threat of climate change. But lost amongst the applause for the accord is a question that needs to be answered: Why did it take so long, and are we too late? Two weeks […]
Deep Cuts and VAT Bring Ruin to UK Solar Industry
Less than a week ago Amber Rudd was basking in the glory of the Paris Agreement. Today, she’s betraying all her high-flown rhetoric as she smashes up what’s left of the UK solar industry with a deep cuts in incentives to solar generators and the imposition of 20% VAT, writes Oliver Tickell of The Ecologist. […]
Anti-Fracking Activists Speak out Against Lifting the Ban on Crude Oil Exports
Americans Against Fracking held an emergency conference call the day after Speaker of the House Paul Ryan revealed the new spending bill would remove the 40-year-old ban on exporting U.S. crude oil, if passed. About 100 people, many of them affiliated with environmental advocacy groups, joined in on the call, and ideas were shared on what can […]
Groups Ask Columbia University To Reveal Funding Behind Exxon-Tied Center on Global Energy Policy
Final exams and winter break loom large for students at Columbia University, but at the upper echelons of the university’s administration, new calls for transparency about the funding of a university affiliated center are likely to create plenty of homework as well. A letter sent out today and shared with DeSmog from several high-profile advocacy groups addressed to Columbia President Lee […]
Matt Ridley Mining Firm Hit with £100,000 Bill for Climate Protest
The coal mining company working on climate denier Matt Ridley’s country estate tried and failed during a court case yesterday to impose £100,000 in costs on eight protesters who had successfully closed down its operations last October. This represents the total estimated loss for the day the mine was shut. The climate activists will have to pay almost £10,000 […]
Report: Eagle Ford Shale Has Peaked, Lifting of Oil Export Ban Could Drain Field More Quickly
A new report published by the Post Carbon Institute concludes that Texas’ Eagle Ford Shale basin, the most prolific shale oil basin in the U.S., has peaked and may have reached terminal decline status. The Post Carbon report dropped just as Congress is on the verge of lifting the oil export ban for U.S.-produced crude […]
UK Government Breaks Its Promise to Not Allow Fracking Under National Parks
Fracking for shale gas will now be allowed below national parks and other protected sites including groundwater protection zones as the government goes back on its pledge to not do so. MPs voted 298 to 261 on Wednesday in favour of new regulations to allow shale gas extraction 1,200m below these protected areas. This comes after […]
Meet the Lobbyists and Big Money Interests Pushing to End the Oil Exports Ban
The ongoing push to lift the ban on exports of U.S.-produced crude oil appears to be coming to a close, with Congress introducing a budget deal with a provision to end the decades-old embargo. Just as the turn from 2014 to 2015 saw the Obama Administration allow oil condensate exports, it appears that history may repeat itself […]
Top Three Myths Used to Sell the Lifting of the Crude Oil Export Ban, A Climate and Security Disaster In The Making
It can be difficult to win an argument when you have no viable position. However, when you are the oil industry, you can just buy the win. Which is what the oil industry is poised to do regarding the lifting of the crude oil export ban. The GOP is currently holding up Congressional action needed […]
A Mythbusting Guide to the Paris Climate Agreement
Climate Nexus has published a helpful mythbusting page correcting the misinformation that is already being spread about the Paris Climate Agreement. It is rewritten here with permission. Myths and Facts about COP21, the Paris Climate Agreement MYTH: “Paris is not legally binding; it won’t change anything. China and India will still emit so much CO2 as to make […]