Tufton Street Descends on Reform UK Conference
Radical right-wing think tanks previously associated with the Conservative Party are flocking to this year’s Reform UK conference, DeSmog can reveal. The Adam Smith Institute (ASI) is set to host an event at Reform’s conference alongside the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), and the TaxPayers’ Alliance (TPA). All three of these groups are part of […]
Canada’s Oil Patch Blames Anti-Greenwashing Law for Delayed Sustainability Reports
“The truth will set you free, but first it will piss you off.” These words were coined to help individuals overcome alcoholism and other addictions, but they may be just as apt to describe the hyperbolic reaction to new truth-in-advertising requirements recently passed into law by the Canadian government from the oil patch and their […]
Oil and Gas Sponsorship of Global Sports Hits $5.6 Billion, Report Finds
Oil and gas companies are spending an estimated $5.6 billion on sports sponsorships, seeking to extend their social licence to boost production of fossil fuels even as the climate crisis intensifies, according to a new report. Top sports sponsors include Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil company ($1.3 billion); British oil major Shell ($469 million); […]
How Italy’s Largest Fossil Fuel Company Uses ‘Green’ Bonds as a Loophole to Keep Financing Hydrocarbons
Both private and institutional investors have poured billions into Eni’s “green-labelled” bonds, under terms and conditions that enable the company to continue to fund carbon-emitting activities.
Nigel Farage Goes on Pro-Fossil Fuel Rant at Fundraiser for Climate Denial Group
Reform UK leader Nigel Farage last night called on the U.S. to “drill baby drill” for more fossil fuels as he headlined an event at a climate science denial group in Chicago, Illinois. Farage was the keynote speaker at a 40th anniversary fundraising event for the Heartland Institute, a group that has been at the […]
Violations Discovered at Nation’s First Carbon Capture and Storage Project
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found multiple Safe Drinking Water Act violations at the nation’s first carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) storage project, PoliticoPro’s E&E News reported today. The Decatur, IL, project, run by Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM), violated rules meant to protect against leaks of captured carbon, the EPA wrote in a notice of violation issued […]
Danielle Smith Boosts Carbon Capture Over Renewables at CCUS Event
Despite a growing global consensus that carbon capture, utilization, and sequestration (CCUS) technology is too expensive and too inefficient to be a viable climate change mitigation strategy, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith promoted CCUS over renewables during a public address Tuesday. Speaking to a crowd at the third annual Carbon Capture Canada conference in Edmonton, Smith […]
Conservatives Accepted £5,000 From Laurence Fox’s Media Company
The Conservative Party accepted a donation from climate science denier Laurence Fox’s media outlet less than two weeks before the general election, DeSmog can reveal. The £5,000 donation was made to Bassetlaw Conservatives, contributing towards the election campaign of Brendan Clarke-Smith. The donation was given by Reclaim the Media Limited, a media venture fronted by […]
Trudeau’s Trans Mountain Expansion Hasn’t Delivered Tidewater Benefits
It has been four months since the $34 billion expansion of Trans Mountain pipeline finally became operational, realizing the longstanding dream of getting Alberta bitumen to tidewater. This much-hyped milestone was supposed to be a gamechanger for the Alberta patch, ending the reliance on U.S. buyers by accessing new Asian markets with allegedly higher prices. […]
Dems Say Big Oil Execs Failing to Come Clean on Trump’s $1 Billion Quid Pro Quo Offer
This article by Common Dreams is published here as part of the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now. A trio of senior congressional Democrats on Tuesday admonished fossil fuel executives to comply with a request for “information regarding quid pro quo solicitations” from former U.S. President Donald Trump, who earlier this year promised to gut climate regulations […]