Ads Claiming LNG Exports Reduce Emissions Are Misleading, Says Regulator
Canada’s advertising regulator has determined that ads claiming liquified natural gas (LNG) will lower emissions are inaccurate, misleading, and distort scientific data. The Ad Standards ruling was shared anonymously with the Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (CAPE), which described the pro-LNG ads as “greenwashing.” “These misleading ads are deeply offensive to every healthcare worker […]
EU Farmers Shun Anti-Green Deal Protest in Brussels
Europe’s largest farming unions representing millions of agricultural workers have rejected calls to join next week’s protest against EU green reforms, DeSmog can reveal. Smaller groups have also shunned the demo – some wanting to avoid the prospect of violence, others claiming they didn’t know it was happening. Preparations for the June 4 demo have […]
GB News Gives Dozens of Appearances to UK’s Main Climate Denial Group
The UK’s leading climate science denial organisation has appeared on GB News more than 35 times over the past seven months, DeSmog can reveal. The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), founded in 2009 by former Conservative chancellor Nigel Lawson, produces reports that contradict established climate science, and advocates against policies to limit greenhouse gas emissions. […]
Occidental Petroleum’s Net-Zero Strategy is a ‘License to Pollute,’ Critics Say
This article by Grist is published here as part of the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now. More so than any other fossil fuel company, Occidental Petroleum — known as Oxy — has built its climate strategy around innovations that capture carbon before it can be emitted or pull it directly out of the air. […]
Meat and Dairy Industry ‘Weakening’ Climate Policy in the EU: Report
Intense lobbying from the meat and dairy industry since 2020 has helped weaken and stall crucial climate policies in the European Union, according to a new report from InfluenceMap. For the past three years, agricultural industry associations such as farmers’ union COPA-COGECA, European Livestock Voice, and the European Livestock and Meat Trades Union (UECBV) have […]
Oil Funded Think Tank Gathers Climate Deniers Ahead of Crucial EU Elections
A fossil fuel funded think tank with close ties to the Hungarian government hosted a meeting of climate science critics in Brussels last Thursday (23 May), to challenge the EU “consensus” on the environment. Speakers from a range of anti-regulation groups shared their ideas two weeks before citizens across the bloc prepare to vote in […]
Revealed: Far-Right Links of Polish Farmer Hunger Strikers
An obscure far-right linked farmers group has risen to prominence in Poland after it was championed by populist politicians ahead of the EU elections, DeSmog can reveal. Orka, a new farmers’ movement that materialised earlier this month, entered Warsaw’s parliament building on May 9 to protest against EU climate plans and Ukrainian food imports. Protesters […]
Q&A: ‘The Climate Crisis Is Directly Related to Inequality’
In an interview with Rachel Donald of the podcast Planet: Critical, Naomi Oreskes speaks about why our climate is in crisis, detailing how climate change is not just a scientific problem, but a political, economic, and social issue.
Climate Campaigners Must Understand the Implications of June’s Critical European Parliamentary Elections
Climate campaigners should be thinking about the likely headlines coming out of the important European Parliament elections taking place from June 6-9. The Parliament passes EU legislation alongside the Council of Ministers (representing EU Member State governments) following formulation by the European Commission in the EU’s tripartite rule-making system. The latest poll of polls by […]
Op-ed: We Need to Reclaim the Muddy Waters of the Louisiana Gulf Coast From the Climate Crisis
A call for recognizing the history and reclaiming the Mississippi Delta region from the climate disaster.