Dutch and U.S. Climate Deniers Join Forces as Europe Shifts to the Right

“I embrace that high carbon lifestyle […] CO2 is showing huge, huge benefits, and so we should celebrate it,” U.S. climate science denier Gregory Wrightstone tells the audience. Welcome to Clintel’s fifth anniversary celebration. Here, windmills are referred to as “bird choppers,” and carbon dioxide is not something to fear, but rather a “miracle molecule” […]

Labour Urged to Release Cumbria Coal Mine Documents by Ex-Net Zero Tsar

Former government net zero tsar Chris Skidmore has called on the new Labour administration to immediately publish the evidence and rationale provided to ministers before they approved a new “net zero” coal mine in Whitehaven, Cumbria. Former Conservative MP Skidmore, who authored a landmark report on net zero in 2023, is acting as a witness […]

Enquête : Les initiatives de l’industrie de l’aquaculture visant à promouvoir des pêcheries durables en Afrique de l’Ouest sont entachées de « conflits d’intérêts massifs »

The original version of this article appeared in English on DeSmog on 4 July 2024 Les initiatives phares visant à garantir un « approvisionnement responsable » pour le secteur mondial de l’aquaculture en Afrique de l’Ouest se trouvent compromises par des conflits d’intérêts systémiques, menaçant ainsi les efforts déployés en vue de préserver des stocks de poissons […]

World’s Biggest Meat and Dairy Companies Spend More on Ads than Cutting Emissions — New Report

Global meat and dairy giants are investing just a fraction of their revenues into cutting emissions despite being among the world’s largest polluters, according to new estimates.  Company spending on advertising outstripped that on low-carbon solutions, the report by campaign group Changing Markets Foundation found, as corporations ramped up attempts to win consumers over with […]

Big Oil Rallies to Obstruct Accountability

Fossil fuel interests are deploying unprecedented strategies to hide evidence of companies’ deception and block liability lawsuits before they reach trial.

Environmental Groups Challenge New Rules on Toxic Air Pollution from Plastic and Chemical Plants 

Federal lawsuit alleges EPA’s rules on ethylene oxide and chloroprene emissions rely on weak industry estimates rather than real-world data on risks to health.

Keystone XL Developer TC Energy Listed as RNC Host Committee Sponsor

TC Energy, a Calgary-based energy company with operations throughout North America, is a sponsor of the Republican National Convention Host Committee, according to the committee’s website. The convention, currently taking place in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, will confirm Donald Trump as the Republican Party’s candidate for the 2024 U.S. presidential election. TC Energy was the driving force […]

Havas Agencies Lose B Corp Status Over Work For Shell

Four agencies owned by French advertising group Havas have been stripped of their B Corp status — a marker of high social, environmental and corporate governance standards — due to the company’s work for Shell, the group that oversees the certifications said.  The decision underscores the growing reputational risks facing advertising and public relations firms […]

Shell Canada Drops 2050 Climate Goal from Website

Shell Canada has deleted a “net-zero” goal by 2050 from its website. The description of Shell’s Quest carbon capture and storage (CCS) project was edited in recent weeks, and no longer includes the heading “Achieving Net Zero by 2050.” That language appeared on Shell Canada’s website as recently as June 18, according to the Internet […]

Climate Movement Sounds Alarm on Trump Picking ‘Big Oil Sellout’ J. D. Vance for VP

Climate campaigners reacted to former U.S. President Donald Trump’s selection of Sen. J.D. Vance as his running mate Monday by highlighting the Ohio Republican’s climate denial and strong support for the fossil fuel industry—one of his top campaign contributors.