Climate Crisis Denier Lee Anderson Finds Common Cause With Reform UK
The UK’s main climate science denial party has gained its first member of parliament with the defection of suspended Conservative MP Lee Anderson. Anderson announced today that he was joining Reform UK, a right-wing, anti-green and anti-immigration party which is currently polling at 12 percent. Reform campaigns to “scrap all of net zero” and last […]
The Uncertain Future of Gas Exports on Louisiana’s Vanishing Coastline
This story originally was published on Gas Outlook and is the second of a two-part long read on LNG expansion in Louisiana and its impacts on the local community. Read the first part here. (Cameron, Louisiana) — John Allaire spreads an old map across his table, which shows what his property in Cameron, Louisiana looked like in […]
The U.S. Livestock Industry Has Side-Stepped Scrutiny – Again
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) made headlines around the world this week by voting to move forward with rules that will require public companies to disclose climate-related business risks to investors. Some lawmakers have welcomed the mandate from the U.S.’s most powerful financial regulator, which will now force firms to share at least […]
How Money Laundering Rules Could Be Used to Tackle Deforestation
A French complaint against major national banks that back major beef companies is calling for a criminal investigation into money laundering and concealment related to deforestation. It represents one of a growing number of claims to take aim at the funders or enablers of the climate crisis.
Oil and Gas Companies Want You to Think They Care About Women — but It’s Just PR
In a March 7 video posted to Shell’s LinkedIn page, a woman named Kimberly says to the camera,“Unconscious bias shows up everywhere, in all forms, and it is more prevalent than any of us would like to admit.” In the supercut of Shell employee testimonials that follow, a woman named Jane declares that “still too […]
First Nation Sues Alberta Energy Regulator Over Kearl Tailings Pond Spill
A northern Alberta Indigenous community is suing the Alberta Energy Regulator for the effects of an ongoing environmental disaster at an Imperial Oil tar sands mine.
UK Government Holds its Nerve on Heat Pumps as Clean Heat Policy Confirmed
A cornerstone of the UK’s plans to slash the use of gas in home heating has survived a bitter backlash from the gas boiler sector. Speaking in the House of Lords yesterday, energy efficiency minister Martin Callanan brought an end to months of speculation when he announced that a plan to ramp up heat pump […]
Why the Oil and Chemical Lobby Is Taking Aim at New York’s Plastic Waste Bill
A version of this piece was originally published by ExxonKnews. Last week at the New York State Capitol, more than 300 advocates joined lawmakers for a rally to urge the passage of a landmark waste reduction bill that proponents say is the best piece of legislation in the country aimed at lessening plastic trash. The […]
Utilities Are Buying Pricier ‘Responsible Gas.’ But for What Climate Benefit?
Virginia Natural Gas’s aim, as it wrote in its request to the state regulator, was to “further support the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.” As part of its “Sustainable Gas Program,” the Virginia-based private utility wanted to purchase what it calls “Next Generation Natural Gas.” But it needed the state’s blessing in order to pass […]
Wood Pellet Giant Drax Targets California Forests
Plans by biomass giant Drax to manufacture wood pellets sourced from Californian forests will endanger natural habitats and increase toxic air pollution for rural communities, campaigners warn. The British energy company has partnered with Golden State Natural Resources, a government-linked nonprofit which plans to build two industrial plants in rural California counties that would produce one […]