Tariffs Likely to Crater Canadian Crude Exports to the US, Marathon Tells Investors

“There is no honor among thieves” is a truism that apparently also applies to oil companies. In an Q4 earnings call to shareholders, U.S. refinery giant Marathon Petroleum Company unequivocally told investors they plan to abandon their long-time Alberta oil patch suppliers now that President Donald Trump has implemented 10 percent tariffs on Canadian energy […]

The US Has Never Been More Divided on Climate. Here’s How to Build Bridges (and It May Surprise You)

In the autumn of 2014, I was sitting in a tiny shed at a writing residency in Point Reyes, Northern California. I was there to write my book about the psychology of facing planetary crises. One particularly warm afternoon, I was looking out at Tomales Bay, teeming with bird life, when my phone rang with […]

Just 36 Companies Drove Half the World’s Climate-Altering Emissions in 2023: New Report

Half of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions in 2023 came from just three dozen companies, according to a new report released today by the Carbon Majors project, with the list dominated by coal, cement, and oil producers. Saudi Arabia’s Saudi Aramco, the year’s worst offender, drove 4.4 percent of the world’s carbon dioxide pollution alone […]

Trump at CPAC 2025: Attack Climate Policy and Double Down on Denial

Just a month into President Donald Trump’s chaotic administration, American and international conservatives swooped into the 2025 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) outside Washington, D.C., in mid-February, and took a knee to the president, non-elected billionaire Elon Musk, and their fossil fuel deregulation agenda.  After numerous speeches heralding the MAGA movement by major figures on […]

Tory Peer to Lead Climate Science Denial Group

A Conservative peer has been appointed as the director of the UK’s leading climate science denial think tank, with the group pledging to spread its ideas in Parliament. Lord Craig Mackinlay announced in The Telegraph today that he is now in charge of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), an “educational charity” set up in […]

Atlas Network-Affiliated Think Tank Wants Canada’s Greenwashing Law Repealed

The Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) is calling to repeal Bill C-59 — commonly referred to as Canada’s anti-greenwashing law.  Calling the bill a “failure of process and policy,” an MLI paper advocating for abolishment states that it has had a “dramatic silencing effect” on many nationwide businesses and associations that want to communicate their environmental goals. […]

Kemi Badenoch Claims There Was ‘No Plan’ for Net Zero. So Why Did She Champion it in Government?

Since the U.S. election in November, Kemi Badenoch has been working hard to align herself with president Donald Trump and the anti-climate right-wing populist movement abroad.  This has seen the Conservative Party leader meeting with U.S. vice president JD Vance, backing Elon Musk’s campaign for a public enquiry into grooming gangs, speaking at the Alliance […]

Pathways Carbon Capture Project Is Not Viable, Expert Warns

Pathways Alliance’s flagship carbon capture and storage project is not financially feasible without massive and consistent subsidies. This is according to the most recent analysis of the venture, conducted by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA), which identified multiple financial challenges. The Pathways Alliance, a lobby group representing Canada’s six largest tar […]

The Fossil Fuel Industry Wants to Keep New Buildings Dependent on Gas

A new report from InfluenceMap reveals the fossil fuel industry has been waging an international lobbying war to prevent cities and towns from requiring newly built homes and businesses to install climate-friendly heating and other appliances. So far, 26 U.S. states have passed laws designed to prevent towns, cities, and other local governments from crafting […]

How a New York PR Agency Helped the U.S. Oil Industry Conquer Australia

It was a Friday when the phone rang in the office of a New Zealand-born accountant named William Gaston Walkley. On the other end of the line was Terry Southwell-Keely, deputy chief of staff at the Sydney Morning Herald, who had just received a cable from Standard Oil of California announcing that oil had been […]