Calls For Media To Accurately Label Climate Deniers Growing Louder
The public debate over how to address climate change has been hindered in no small part by the media’s refusal to properly identify climate deniers, according to an open letter penned by fellows of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry titled “Deniers are not Skeptics.” Now, campaign group Forecast the Facts is making an open appeal […]
Obama Administration Sued Over Gulf Of Mexico Fracking
At a time when the rest of the world (for a host of reasons) is shying away from the hydraulic fracturing “boom,” the United States appears to be hell-bent on allowing fracking in every available space. The latest target for the industry has been the already imperiled Gulf of Mexico, the same waters that are […]
DeSmogCAST 7: Obama's Keystone Veto, U.S. Oil Exports and the World's Unburnable Carbon
In this episode of DeSmogCAST our team discusses Obama’s recent promise to veto legislation put forward by a Republican-led Congress to expedite construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. While the fate of Keystone remains uncertain, the Obama Administration made changes in the final days of 2014 that now allows for the export of U.S. crude […]
Subsidy Spotlight: Utah Land Defenders Stand Up To Dirty Politics
This is a guest post by Anna Simonton, on assignment with Oil Change International | Part 2 of 2 Lauren Wood grew up in a family of river guides in the Uinta Basin region of Utah. She navigates tributaries of the Colorado River like her urban counterparts navigate subway systems. She learned to ride a horse, and then […]
Subsidy Spotlight: Publicly Funding a Utah Disaster in the Making
This is a guest post by Anna Simonton, on assignment with Oil Change International | Part 1 of 2 A green stegosaurus graces the logo of Uintah County, Utah, a gateway to the famed Dinosaur National Monument, where breathtaking landscapes and fossils preserved in sandstone attract thousands of visitors every year. That logo has taken on new meaning […]
Fred Singer's Attack on the Rio Earth Summit
With the dawn on the Rio Earth Summit in 1992, fossil-fuel funded scientists would launch a full-scale attack against the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, finds the latest installment of DeSmog UK’s epic history series. The impending Earth Summit in Rio could spell doom for coal and oil interests. So the industry’s hired scientists started […]
Keystone XL Vote Analysis: House Proves Who They Serve
This is a guest post by Matt Maiorana, cross-posted with permission from Oil Change International. 2015 is already bringing new challenges — including a congress that’s set on ignoring climate science and fighting for the fossil fuel industry instead of the American people. One of their first acts of business has been an attempt to force approval […]
New Senate Majority Puts Keystone XL At The Top Of To-Do List
The Republican Party now controls the legislative branch of the U.S. government, but even before they were sworn in, they had made their priorities for the country clear. They want the Keystone XL Pipeline to become a reality. Republican Senator John Barrasso of Wyoming appeared on Meet The Press to push the pipeline by quoting misleading […]
Obama Admin's Year-End Gift to the Oil Industry Quietly Allows Light Oil Exports
In a quiet move in the last days of 2014 that involved zero public debate, the Obama administration gave a big gift to the oil industry by allowing the export of light crude oil. This change by the administration stands to make the industry a few extra billion dollars per year by allowing them to […]
Does Climate Denier Lord Ridley Boast Britain’s Biggest Carbon Footprint?
Lord Matt Ridley, a card carrying member of Britain’s one percent, is responsible for one per cent of the entire country’s CO2. Lord Ridley is a powerhouse of climate denial in Britain – and a leading contender for the title of Britain’s biggest individual carbon polluter. The self-styled Rational Optimist is an advisor to Lord Lawson’s […]