Congressional Investigation Reveals New Evidence of Big Oil’s Decades-Long Campaign to Deny Climate Science
Oil and gas companies and their top trade groups were aware for decades that carbon emissions contribute to climate change, according to a scathing new Senate report. And industry giants knew that many of the technologies they presented publicly as solutions to the climate crisis were neither as green nor as feasible as they promised.
Top Human Rights Court Urged to Tackle Corporate Climate Crimes
In a landmark hearing at the Inter-American Court of Human Rights, legal experts and campaigners argued that businesses, such as the fossil fuel and agriculture industries, have legal duties to stop climate-related human-rights breaches. A panel of six judges met starting April 23 in Barbados at the University of West Indies for the hearing, which […]
London Luton Airport Hit With Greenwashing Complaint Over Pro-expansion Ads
Eight climate groups have asked the UK advertising watchdog to assess whether environmental claims in recent Luton Airport ads are misleading the public. In the complaint, filed with the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in April, Ad Free Cities, Badvertising, Stay Grounded and other organizations contend that the adverts omit key information regarding the airport’s significant […]
The Allure of Flight
Ten years ago, when DeSmog journalist Joe Fassler began writing a novel, he never imagined it would have anything to do with climate or the environment. But as time passed and his novel evolved, he found that themes from his work as an environmental journalist began to permeate the narrative. The result is “The Sky Was […]
Big Oil’s Dangerous Radioactive Secret
DeSmog writer Justin Nobel’s new book explores how workers bear the brunt of the oil and gas industry’s hidden radioactive waste.
UK Accused of ‘Helping Russia’ as Refined Oil Imports From ‘Laundering’ Countries Remain at Record High
The UK has been accused of “helping Russia pay for its war on Ukraine” by continuing to import record amounts of refined oil from countries processing Kremlin fossil fuels. Government data shows that imports of refined oil from India, China and Turkey amounted to £2.2 billion in 2023, the same record value as the previous […]
Financial Times, Reuters Pull Saudi Aramco-sponsored Climate Content
The Financial Times and Reuters have taken down advertorials paid for by Saudi Aramco that showcased the oil giant’s preferred climate solutions. The content, which was produced by FT and Reuters’ in-house ad agencies, disappeared following a February 20 complaint to UK regulators that the FT ads mislead readers by depicting the world’s biggest oil […]
Revealed: How Development Banks Underwrote Fast Food’s Global Takeover
With its unparalleled purchasing power and exacting demands, fast food has long shaped agricultural systems in the United States, Europe, and China. But as major American fast food brands, like KFC, expand into so-called “frontier markets,” taxpayer-funded development banks have made their global expansion possible by underwriting the factory farms that supply them with chicken, […]
Pathways Alliance Paid Google to Advertise on ‘Greenwashing’ Searches
A major Canadian oil sands group has been running advertisements on Google that target people seeking information about oil industry “greenwashing,” the practice by which companies make false and misleading environmental promises. The Pathways Alliance is a marketing and lobbying organization representing the country’s six largest oil sands producers: Imperial Oil, Suncor, ConocoPhillips, Cenovus, CNRL […]
Liz Truss Book Calls for Climate Laws to be Abolished and Boasts of Effort to Cancel UK COP Summit
The new book by former Prime Minister Liz Truss urges the UK, U.S. and EU to drop their landmark climate change laws, spreads falsehoods about green policies, and fondly recalls an attempt to cancel a major climate conference. Truss, who is the Conservative MP for South West Norfolk, resigned as prime minister in October 2022 […]