New Report Shows Cancer Organization Shares Lobbyists with Fossil Fuel Companies
A new report from F Minus shows the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Action Network shares lobbyists with 21 fossil fuel companies across 10 states, undermining the health organization’s work.
Will The UK’s Flagship Climate ‘Solution’ Be Used to Pump More North Sea Oil?
Documents unearthed by DeSmog show the oil industry has spent decades studying how a carbon capture and storage technology called “enhanced oil recovery” could be harnessed to recover billions of additional barrels of North Sea Oil, not just for storing carbon dioxide as planned by British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
Renewables Not a Threat to Agriculture, Alberta Utilities Commission Finds
A new report issued by the Alberta Utilities Commission has confirmed what environmentalists have been saying all along: renewable energy systems are not a threat to the environment or agriculture. The report was issued two weeks after Alberta Premier Danielle Smith lifted a moratorium on new renewable energy development in the province. Smith, a well-known […]
Court of Appeal Rules Climate Crisis a Matter of ‘Opinion’
The Court of Appeal this week delivered another blow to the rights of climate activists to defend themselves in court. The case centred on a jury’s decision to acquit a group of activists last year after hearing evidence of the consequences of climate breakdown as part of the defence. It was one of a number […]
As CRC Prepares to Buy Aera, New Law to Stem Orphan Wells Faces its First Test
Last month, the California Resources Corporation (CRC), already the largest gas producer in the Golden State, announced a plan to get even bigger: It would acquire competitor Aera Energy, California’s second-largest oil producer behind Chevron. Both companies already operate thousands of extraction sites in California, and their successful merger would make CRC the state’s largest […]
Polluters Are Melting the Winter Sports They Sponsor
Would a chicken run be sponsored by foxes, or a mouse party by cats? Not only would that be extremely provocative, it would join actors whose survival interests are in fundamental conflict. So, why is sponsorship from major climate polluters pouring into winter sports like an oil slick, just as snow sports’ very existence is […]
Climate-Science Deniers, Right-Wing Think Tanks, and Fossil Fuel Shills Are Plotting Against the Clean Energy Transition
This article by Sierra is published here as part of the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now. LAST JULY, a small group of rabble-rousers boarded a trio of powerboats, banners and bullhorns in hand. They were headed for the massive floating construction site of an offshore wind farm 35 miles from the eastern tip of Long […]
How $9 Billion From Taxpayers Fueled Plastics Production – and Illegal Pollution
Through billions in tax breaks and subsidies, taxpayers in Louisiana, Texas, and other states have supported the construction or expansion of dozens of facilities manufacturing plastics in the United States since 2012. However, many of these plants have also repeatedly exceeded legal limits on the air pollution they release into surrounding communities, disproportionately affecting people […]
Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey Gifted £2,500 Gala Ticket by Fossil Fuel Firm
Ed Davey, the leader of the Liberal Democrats, accepted a donation worth £2,500 from Viaro Energy, which drills for oil and gas in the North Sea, parliamentary records reveal. The donation took the form of a seat at Viaro’s table at the exclusive London’s Air Ambulance Charity gala on February 7th. Viaro Energy operates over […]
Top Fossil Fuel Ad Ban Critic Runs Group That Got $450K from Oil Company
After NDP member of Parliament Charlie Angus introduced a bill in February proposing to ban misleading fossil fuel advertising in Canada, the oil and gas advocate Stephen Buffalo wrote an incendiary National Post column attacking the legislation. Buffalo, a member of the Samson Cree Nation, called Bill C-372 the “most egregious attack on civil liberties […]