Kenyan Campaigner ‘Locked Out’ Of African Oil And Gas Event In London
A Kenyan human rights campaigner has voiced her anger at being removed from the list of delegates to an African oil and gas conference in London on the grounds that the event was “sold out” – even as organizers continued to advertise tickets. Salome Nduta, Africa coordinator for campaign group OilWatch Africa, said she believed […]
Breaking The Silence On Climate Change
It’s the biggest issue of our time. So why are so few of us talking about it? In the UK, 57 percent of us talk about climate with friends and family infrequently, rarely, or never. In the U.S., it’s even starker, with 67 percent ‘rarely’ or ‘never’ discussing climate change. Maybe we’re worried about ruining […]
Scientists Have Now Linked Worsening Western Wildfires to Top Polluters
New research for the first time links wildfire risks and impacts in western North America to carbon emissions traceable to the world’s largest fossil fuel and cement companies. The analysis has important implications for corporate climate accountability and may help bolster litigation aimed at holding fossil fuel producers liable for climate-related damages, the researchers say. […]
Montana Is Paying a Climate Denier to Give Expert Testimony in Upcoming Trial
Montana has hired a climate scientist turned climate contrarian to be an expert witness in an upcoming trial challenging the state’s promotion of fossil fuels. Climatologist Judith Curry has already billed the state around $30,000 for a report filed in the case Held v. State of Montana, according to the deposition she made in December […]
Cabinet Ministers Join Outspoken Climate Science Deniers at National Conservatism Conference
The National Conservatism (NatCon) conference kicks off today in Westminster, London, featuring a roster of high-profile speakers drawn from the upper reaches of the government and the conservative right. A DeSmog analysis has found climate denial and a hostility to net zero to be a common feature among many of the individuals speaking at the […]
Sempra LNG Lobbyists Ghost Wrote Louisiana Officials’ Letters Supporting Gas Storage Project
In an effort to gain federal approval for a natural gas storage project in south Louisiana, Sempra LNG lobbyists crafted letters for Louisiana elected officials to send to federal regulators in support of the project. Last fall, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) greenlit the Hackberry gas storage project, which involves converting underground domes constructed […]
Four-Fifths of Board Members at America’s Top Six Banks are Climate Conflicted
Four in five bank directors at the six largest banks in the U.S. have ties to polluting companies and organizations, including major fossil fuel companies, according to a new DeSmog analysis. The research raises fresh concerns about the extent of anti-environmental influence inside some of the nation’s most powerful boardrooms at a time when campaigners […]
Italy’s Eni Faces Lawsuit Alleging Early Knowledge Of Climate Change
Italian oil major Eni is facing the country’s first climate lawsuit, with environmental groups alleging the company used “greenwashing” to push for more fossil fuels despite knowing of the risks posed by burning its products since 1970. Greenpeace Italy and Italian advocacy group ReCommon aim to build on a similar case targeting Anglo-Dutch oil major […]
McDonald’s Leads Lobbying Offensive Against Laws to Reduce Packaging Waste in Europe
McDonald’s is at the forefront of a campaign against new laws to reduce packaging waste in the EU, in what has been described by some insiders as the largest-scale lobbying effort they have ever witnessed in the European Parliament. The fast food chain, alongside a number packaging producers and trade associations, wrote to European policymakers […]
EPA Weighs Superfund Status for Ohio Facility Handling Radioactive Oilfield Waste
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has flagged an Ohio oilfield waste processing facility with a history of radioactive contamination for possible inclusion under the agency’s Superfund program, reserved for the nation’s most contaminated hazardous waste sites. Last year, EPA toured the Martins Ferry facility, operated by Pennsylvania-based Austin Master Services, at the request of […]