Pathways Alliance Co-founder Donated to Pierre Poilievre Campaign, Records Show
For the past year and a half an industry group called the Pathways Alliance has been running national ads claiming oil sands producers are climate leaders “on the road to net zero.” But federal records newly reviewed by DeSmog reveal that the group’s co-founder has personally donated to the Conservative Party of Canada, whose leader […]
Chevron Owns This City’s News Site. Many Stories Aren’t Told.
This article, a joint reporting project of Floodlight and NPR, is published here as part of the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now. A previous version of this story misstated the ownership of a pipeline that runs alongside a public school in Richmond, CA. It is Phillips 66, not Chevron. Open flames shot upward from […]
Dozens of Ad & PR Industry Directors Have Ties to Heavily Polluting Industries
Half of the board members at the world’s six largest advertising and public relations companies have ties to polluting industries, DeSmog can reveal. Of the 64 total board members at Omnicom Group, WPP, Interpublic Group (IPG), Publicis Groupe, Dentsu and Havas, 32 have significant experience in carbon-heavy sectors such as fossil fuels, fossil fuel financing, […]
Big Oil Clouded the Science on Extreme Weather. Now It Faces a Reckoning.
This story was originally published by ExxonKnews. When Bucks County, Pennsylvania, filed a lawsuit last week against major oil and gas companies for climate damages, Commissioner Chair Diane Ellis-Marseglia pointed to “unprecedented weather events here in Bucks County that have repeatedly put residents and first responders in harm’s way, damaged public and private property and […]
Where Was Exxon Planning to Inject CO2 in Louisiana? It’s a Trade Secret.
While two dozen carbon capture projects are proposed in Louisiana, figuring out exactly where companies plan to inject carbon dioxide underground for storage is a bit of a mystery. That’s because a state law passed in 2021 regulating carbon capture includes a provision allowing companies to claim a wide range of project information — including […]
Groups Pressure Ottawa to Ban Fossil Fuel Ads in Public Facilities
Community organizations, environmental groups, and transit advocates are demanding the city of Ottawa ban fossil fuel advertising from public spaces.
Report: As Climate Crisis Expands, Canada Still Hands Billions to Fossil Fuel Industry
Last year was one of the worst on record for climate change-related disasters, yet Canada’s federal government spent $18.6 billion supporting the fossil fuel and petrochemical industry, according to a new Environmental Defence report.
Fossil Fuel Lobby Kicks off Disinformation Campaign Against EPA Auto Emissions Rule
Fossil fuel interest groups have mobilized quickly to oppose a new rule issued by the Biden administration designed to speed up America’s transition to hybrid and electric vehicles. The rule, which the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized on March 20, limits emissions from tailpipes on new cars, starting in 2027. Well before the EPA […]
A Green New Shine for a Tired Playbook
“Climate the Movie” pivots from smoothly introducing doubt about climate science to bluntly concocting a grand, conspiratorial fallacy to explain why establishment elites have created this “climate scare.”
Activists Launch Their Own Investigation of Mud Spill Near Pennsylvania Pipeline
A mud spill near the Mariner East LNG pipeline in Pennsylvania led local activists to conduct their own investigation fearing the spill may contain bentonite, which can be harmful to the environment.