Climate Deniers Waiting in the Wings as Trump Reclaims Presidency
In the wake of Donald Trump’s electoral victory early Wednesday morning, climate policy in the U.S. enters an uncertain new era. Some themes are already apparent: Trump has pledged to scale up domestic fossil fuel production while making a broader push to deregulate industry. He also seems intent on scaling back the Inflation Reduction Act, […]
Meet Teneo: The Global PR Firm Promoting COP29 Host Azerbaijan as a Climate Champion
A secret recording. Damaging headlines. Allegations of “treason.” For Azerbaijan, host of the COP29 climate talks opening in the capital Baku on Monday, reports that a senior official had apparently used his position on the organising team to pursue oil and gas deals might seem like a public relations disaster. But President Ilham Aliyev, who […]
UK COP29 ‘Partners’ Include Firm With Hundreds of Fossil Fuel Clients
The UK’s pavilion at this year’s flagship climate conference is being co-sponsored by an industrial software firm that has worked for some of the world’s biggest polluters, DeSmog can reveal. This year’s conference will begin next week (11 November) in Baku, Azerbaijan, and the new UK government has vowed to be an international climate leader, […]
Shadow Foreign Secretary Priti Patel Has Ties to Group Behind ‘Extreme’ Trump Agenda
New Shadow Foreign Secretary Priti Patel earlier this year welcomed into Parliament a radical U.S. organisation behind Donald Trump’s hard-right plan for a second term as president. As reported by DeSmog, Conservative MP Patel met with Kevin Roberts and Nile Gardiner of the Heritage Foundation in March, praising the pair on her Facebook page as […]
Q&A: How a Former ExxonMobil Employee Confronted the Climate Disinformation Machine
This story was published in partnership with Gen Dread and a video version will be available online on November 16 as part of the Climate Consciousness Summit 2024, staged by the Pocket Project in partnership with DeSmog. Lindsey Gulden, a climate scientist, spent more than a decade working as a data scientist for ExxonMobil until […]
EU Accused of Inviting Fossil Fuel Executives to COP28 Under False Pretences
The European Commission is facing criticism from politicians and campaigners for giving a free pass for senior oil and gas executives to attend last year’s COP28 summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The EU invited five representatives of fossil fuel giants, including executives from BP, ExxonMobil, and Eni, to the flagship climate talks in […]
Tory Leader Kemi Badenoch’s Views on Climate Change
The Conservative Party has elected Kemi Badenoch as its new leader, who describes herself as a “net zero sceptic” and has received funding from the head of a climate science denial campaign. Badenoch was announced as the winner of the Tory leadership contest on Saturday, beating her rival Robert Jenrick by 56 percent to 44 […]
Q&A: ‘Don’t Be Afraid of Your Voice. Because It Will Make a Difference.’
In an interview for the Climate Consciousness Summit 2024, staged by the Pocket Project in partnership with DeSmog, I spoke with Lucy von Sturmer, founder of Creatives for Climate, and Duncan Meisel, executive director of Clean Creatives, about their work to transform the communications industry from a frequent mouthpiece of the fossil fuel industry into […]
Beyond Action for Action’s Sake: Why the Climate Crisis Demands More Than Relentless Positivity
Steffi Bednarek will appear at the Climate Consciousness Summit 2024 staged online from November 15 to 21 by the Pocket Project in partnership with DeSmog. Free registration here. When the COP29 climate talks open in Azerbaijan next week, we’ll no doubt be told that we’re in an unprecedented and dangerous situation, that there’s little time […]
Alberta Conservatives Pass Climate Denial Resolution 12 to Celebrate CO2 Pollution
UCP pledges to abandon the province’s net zero targets, and remove the designation of CO2 as a pollutant.