Pope Francis Should Answer to ExxonMobil Rather Than God, Imply Climate Deniers
By Brendan Montague and Kyla Mandel in Vatican City, Italy The clowns of the climate denial travelling circus pitched their tent in Vatican City today to demand Pope Francis ignore the dangers of global warming. The increasingly eccentric Lord Monckton played ringmaster to Dr Calvin Beisner of the Cornwall Alliance and Marc Morano from CFACT in […]
Sceptic Lilley Swamped With Letters Demanding Climate Action
Climate ‘lukewarmist’ Peter Lilley has been inundated with heartfelt pleas from his constituents – including schoolchildren – requesting action on climate change and renewable energy, a DeSmog UK investigation reveals. Documents released under the Freedom of Information Act show that the Conservative MP and senior non-executive board member of Tethys Petroleum has received at 46 […]
Bjorn Lomborg's Copenhagen Consensus Center – Real Charity Or "Foreign Conduit"?
Bjørn Lomborg is founder and president of the Copenhagen Consensus Center USA (CCC)), a tax-exempt 501(c)(3) “public charity” whose US physical presence is shown in the image: 262 Middlesex St, Lowell MA. Lomborg and the Copenhagen Consensus Center are known to DeSmog readers for efforts to downplay the importance of addressing climate change, a subset […]
How Much Water Does The California Oil Industry Actually Use?
When California Governor Jerry Brown issued mandatory water restrictions for the first time in state history, he notably excluded the agriculture and oil industries from the conservation efforts, a decision that was heavily criticized. The oil industry, for its part, insists it is a responsible user of water. The Western States Petroleum Association, an oil […]
Academics Want University To Pull Plug On Climate Contrarian Bjorn Lomborg's $4 Million Australia Consensus Center
Senior academics at an Australian university are asking their bosses to pull the plug on a $4 million taxpayer funded research centre fronted by climate science contrarian Bjorn Lomborg. The University of Western Australia (UWA) was given $4 million to establish the Australia Consensus Centre — a new arm of the Copenhagen Consensus Center, the US-registered […]
Scottish Government's Position on Fracking Remains Unclear
The Scottish Government have been accused of kicking the issue of fracking into the long grass. Alex Salmond said recently: “I think fracking has a long way to go before it convinces populations across the country. Fracking in a heavily populated area is a totally different proposition from fracking elsewhere and I think the Scottish government […]
Congresswoman Declares Pipeline and Oil-by-Rail Regulatory System "Fundamentally Broken"
“The system is fundamentally broken.” Those were the words of Rep. Jackie Speier (D-CA) during an April 14th hearing on oil-by-rail and pipeline safety. For anyone expecting the soon to be released oil-by-rail regulations to make any meaningful improvements to safety, it would be wise to review the full comments made by Rep. Speier. It has been more […]
Why Did George W Bush Pull Out of the Kyoto Protocol?
Our DeSmog UK epic history series continues with a look at how Big Oil helped push President Bush to pull out of the Kyoto Protocol. Despite the promising oil-rich foundation upon which George W. Bush was elected president in 2001, insiders were unsure that he would fight for them. During his candidacy, Bush had suggested, although […]
Anti-Environmental Archives Launched on Earth Day
If you haven’t already given your treehugger friends a big Earth Day hug today, please don’t forget! And I am of course more than happy to take all the Earth Day hugs I can get! Why the hugs? Well Earth Day is reason enough I think, but an even better reason is because those working on […]
Election 2015: What the manifestos say on climate and energy
This has been cross-posted from Carbon Brief The UK‘s closest election in a generation is now three weeks away. Carbon Brief is tracking the climate and energy content of the parties’ manifestos as they are launched. Labour went first on Monday 13 April, followed a day later by the Conservatives and Greens. The Liberal Democrats and the UK […]