Is Adaptation the Climate Key to Unlock a Paris Deal?
This week the G7 agreed toย decarboniseย the global economy by the end of the century. But asย nations meet in Bonn to craftย aย global climate agreementย to be signed in Paris later this year it is becoming increasingly clear that cuts to emissionsย is trumping supportย for vulnerable countries. ย If itโs allowed to continue this will end up badly for everyone, […]
Texas Congressman Lamar Smith Declares War on NASA and EPA Climate Science Research
Lamar Smith, a Republican member of the US House of Representatives, has declared war on the Obama administration, NASA and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to undermine attempts to prevent dangerous climate change, report Kyla Mandel and Brendan Montague from Washington DC, USA. Speaking at the Heartland Instituteโs climate denier conference in Washington DC […]
โThere Could Be Troubleโ As US Fracking Revolution Prepares to Go Global
A new report showing the U.S. overtaking Russia as the leading producer of oil and gas in the world should put to rest any doubt that the fracking revolution that has occurred in the U.S. is for real, or as BPโs chief economist put it,ย โprofound.โ And now with the recent Environmental Protection Agency report on […]
Heartland Heavies Silence Climate Reporters at Oil Supported Summit*
The principled crusaders for free speech at the Heartland Institute today took the pragmatic step of banning credentialed journalists from its event fearing negativeย publicity. Jim Lakely, the communications director for the oil and tobacco funded think tank, withdrew media credentials made and handed to Brendan Montague, editor of DeSmog UK, and asked hotel security to […]
Do You Know When Lord Lawson First Began Talking About Climate Change?
Our epic history series continues with a look at Lord Lawsonโs muddled account of when he first came to talk about climateย change. โThe first time I broached the matter [of climate change] in public was in the course of a lecture I gave at the London School of Economics [LSE] in 2004,โ the climate denier […]
Republicans Seek To Block Any Attempt By Obama To Use Trade Deals To Combat Climate Change
While many concerns have been raised on the left that the Trans-Pacific Partnership gives too much power to corporations that would like to see environmental protections removed as a barrier to their pursuit of profits, Congressional Republicans are apparently concerned that President Obama will use TPP and other trade deals to take action on climateย change. […]
Gushing Andrea Leadsom Welcomes Iraqi Oil Boom in First Public Engagement as Energy Minister
Andrea Leadsom gave a keynote speech at the Iraqi Petroleum Conference this week in her first public engagement since being appointed as energy minister in May. ย Addressing industry executives in London on June 9 she called for Britain to be โIraqโs ‘partner of choice’,โ pointing to how British oil giant BP is โrunning one […]
Willie Soon And Friends In The Early Days Before Climate Science Denial
Willie Soon is gathering with his Heartland Institute friends this week in Washington, DC for their latest Denial-a-Palooza stunt designed to mimic a science conference. As anyone who followed the story of Willie Soon‘s failures to disclose conflicts of interest knows, nobody came to his defense more rabidly than the Heartland Institute. Heartland Presidentย Joe […]
Meet Benny Peiser: The Marxist Radical Turned Climate Change Denier
Our latest DeSmog UK epic history post recalls how Dr Benny Peiser transformed from Marxist radical to director of Lord Lawsonโs climate denial charity, the Global Warming Policyย Foundation. Dr Benny Peiser, a sports anthropologist whose PhD focused on the ancient Olympic games, was chosen by Julian Morris, founder and president of the International Policy Network, […]
Mexico and American Oil Companies Want a Crude Swap to Open Loophole in the Oil Export Ban
As politicians from oil-producing states work to draw up bills to end the ban on oil exports, Mexican officials are โconfidentโ that the country will soon be importing American crude through a backdoor loophole in theย law. Back in January, Mexico applied for a crude swap that, if approved, would allow the U.S. to export 100,000 […]