Japan, Oil Majors Tout CCS Tomakomai Project as Flagship of Asia’s Energy Future

Tomakomai, Japan’s government-funded carbon capture and storage (CCS) project, is considered the cornerstone of the nation’s push to make CCS part of Asia’s energy future. But behind the plant’s shiny facade is a worrying reality.

Tory Donors Have Pumped Almost £7 Million into Tufton Street Since 2019

Conservative donors have gifted over £6.8 million to think tanks in the Tufton Street network since 2019, Democracy for Sale and DeSmog can reveal.  Most of these think tanks hide their funders’ identities, but several wealthy Tory supporters disclose their donations to Tufton Street in the accounts of their charitable trusts.  Tufton Street groups have […]

Mapped: The Tory Network of Climate Denial and Fossil Fuel Funding

Speaking outside Downing Street on 23 May, announcing a general election for 4 July, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak took a swipe at what he dubbed “environmental dogma”. It was a sign of how much has changed since 2021, when the UK hosted the flagship COP26 UN climate summit with a promise “irrefutably to turn the […]

Climate Pledges Haven’t Stopped These European Banks From Financing LNG

A liquified natural gas import terminal that could become one of Europe’s largest such facilities has received financing from a dozen European and Asian banks, many of which have existing climate pledges.  A list of the 12 banks financing the proposed Stade LNG Terminal in Germany was created by Reclaim Finance, a Paris-based research organization […]

Big Banks Have Funded Climate Crisis With Nearly $7 Trillion Since Paris Agreement

This article by Common Dreams is published here as part of the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now. The world’s 60 biggest banks funded fossil fuels to the tune of $6.9 trillion in the eight years following the Paris agreement. That’s the conclusion of the 15th annual “Banking on Climate Chaos” report, which was published on May 13, and […]

Carbon Capture Will Extend Oil Production by 84 Years, Industry Study Finds

A major Canadian oil field in the province of Saskatchewan would likely have reached the end of its life eight years ago. But thanks to carbon capture and storage, a technology widely touted by the oil and gas industry and some political leaders as a key solution for climate change, the field could still be […]

Climate Obstructionism Runs Deep in the UK — Watch Out for It at the Election

The UK is heading to the polls on July 4. Although it doesn’t get enough attention, the two major parties — the Conservatives and Labour — have chosen climate change and, in particular, fossil fuel production in the North Sea as a clear political dividing line for the electorate.  As polling day draws closer, and […]

More Than 160 Groups Call on UN to Stop Promoting Carnivorous Fish Farming as ‘Sustainable’

Over 160 experts and civil society groups are calling on the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) to remove carnivorous fish farming from its definition of “sustainable aquaculture” ahead of World Ocean Day on 8 June. As industrial aquaculture expands globally, concerns are mounting among academics, fishing communities, and campaign groups about the environmental and […]

The False Claims on Food and Farming That May Sway EU Elections

As EU citizens continue to head out in their millions to cast their votes, DeSmog has identified seven prominent falsehoods about green reforms to food and agriculture that have dominated election campaigning across the continent.  The misinformation about food and farming – which has cropped up on social media, in speeches, and at protest rallies […]

Fossil Fuel Interests Spent Millions to Tank Clean Air Bills in Colorado

Fossil fuel interests spent millions of dollars in an effort to influence Colorado’s recent legislative session, a DeSmog analysis shows — and environmental advocates say the campaign helped to scuttle a raft of clean air bills. Protect Colorado, a group that received more than $4 million from Chevron, Occidental, and other oil and gas interests, spent […]