Ed Wegman, Yasmin Said, Milt Johns Sue John Mashey For $2 Million
In May 2013,ย DeSmog published the FOIA Factsย (1, 2, 3, 4) series on the misdeeds of George Mason University (GMU)ย Professor Edward Wegman and his long-time helper Yasmin Said, authors of the long-discredited 2006 Wegman Report (WR).ย Behind those blog posts was a much more detailed report, published only today.ย In May 2013, I sent […]
Who Was Responsible For Thatcher's Climate Change U-Turn?
This DeSmog UK epic history series post investigates the dramatic U-turn taken by the late Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher from environmental advocate to climate changeย sceptic. The climate denier’s greatest success during the early 2000s was the apparent conversion of Margaret Thatcher, from the climate cause she so forcefully and eloquently championed as the British prime […]
Environmentalists Win Federal Lawsuit Over Colorado Coal Mines
Environmentalists won big May 8 in a lawsuit brought against the federal government over two coal mines near the northern Colorado town ofย Craig.ย The nonprofit environmental group WildEarth Guardians sued the U.S. Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), a bureau within the U.S. Department of the Interior, over permits granted in 2007 to […]
Amber Rudd Confirms Government Will โKick-Startโ Fracking
Fracking rules will be loosened under Amber Ruddโs leadership at the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) in an effort to speed up shale gasย extraction. In an interview with The Sunday Times Rudd said: โWith a Conservative majority I believe we’ll be able to deliver shale, as we’ve always wanted to do, in a […]
Are We Witnessing The Beginning Of The End For Fossil Fuels?
Bloomberg recently declared the era of fossil fuels irrevocably in decline: โThe world is now adding more capacity for renewable power each year than coal, natural gas, and oil combined. And there’s no going back.โ The sea change in how we power our economies officially occurred in 2013, Bloombergโs Tom Randall writes inย โFossil Fuels Just […]
By Fighting EPA Rules, Congress Valuing American Lives At Less Than $3,800
Since they were first proposed nearly a year ago, Republican lawmakers have relentlessly attacked the EPAโs new power plant emissions standards. Even this week, Senate Republicans introduced legislation that would not only roll back the new standards but, according to The Hill, would make it nearly impossible for the EPA to rewrite the rules for […]
Environmental Groups File Lawsuit Objecting to Shortcomings, Loopholes in New Federal Oil Train Safety Standards
The battle over oil train regulation is heating up, as both the oil and gas industry and a coalition of environmental groups have now filed lawsuits challenging new Department of Transportation regulations thisย week. The move to the courtroom comes following a string of oil train explosions in the U.S. and Canada so far this year […]
Fracking Industry Celebrates Amber Rudd Promotion to Energy Secretary
Fracking wells will be popping like champagne corks across Britain during the next five years following the promotion of shale gas supporter Amber Rudd to secretary of state for the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC). While green groups have welcomed her position on renewables, oil and gas industry lobbyists have told DeSmog UK […]
Environmentalists Are Taking California To Court Over Illegal Oil Industry Wastewater Injection
Environmentalists filed a motion requesting a preliminary injunction today in a California court to immediately stop the daily illegal injection of millions of gallons of oil field wastewater into protected groundwater aquifers in the state. Last week, Earthjustice filed a lawsuit on behalf of the Sierra Club and the Center for Biological Diversity in Alameda […]
Australian Tax Breaks Help Fund Climate Science Denier Mark Steyn’s Libel Defense in the US
WHEN the facts on climate change become inconvenient or they start to rub your ideology or vested interest up the wrong way, then there are really only two optionsย available.ย Option one is to change your mind.ย Option two is to try and change, distort, misrepresent or just outright ignore the flood of scientific studies over decades […]