New Shell Files Could Aid Climate Cases, Attorneys Say 

Newly-discovered Shell documents dating back decades could help strengthen lawsuits aiming to hold the oil major to account for climate damages, climate attorneys say. Among the files, reported for the first time today by DeSmog and Follow The Money, and published on Climate Files, there is a 1970 industry journal article where Shell appears to […]

What Alberta Premier Danielle Smith Gets Wrong About Heat Pumps

A major cold snap led to record electricity usage in the Canadian province of Alberta over the weekend, culminating in demands from provincial utilities to limit consumption. The extreme cold and record-setting electrical consumption has reignited local debates about whether heat pumps are a viable option in the province. While Canada’s federal government is interested […]

UK Energy Secretary Meets And Praises Climate Science Denier Reform Candidate

The UK government’s most senior climate minister has publicly celebrated a petrol campaigner who wants to “scrap net zero” and claims “man is not responsible for global warming”.  In a post from her official X account on Tuesday, Claire Coutinho, Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), endorsed the “persistence” of Howard […]

Net Zero Secretary Claire Coutinho Took Donation From Climate Science Denial Funder

Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Claire Coutinho accepted a £2,000 donation in January from Lord Michael Hintze, a funder of the UK’s leading climate science denial pressure group, DeSmog can reveal. The donation, which was registered on 4 January and declared on the MPs’ register of interests this week, was to aid Coutinho’s local […]

See How Louisiana’s Growing Fossil Fuel Industry Threatens Climate and Justice Promises

Photos I shot last year in South Louisiana illustrate the Gulf Coast’s rapidly expanding fossil fuel industry, and the groundswell of frontline community members, environmental advocates, and activists fighting to stop it.  While climate impacts intensify along the Gulf Coast, the Louisiana, Texas, and federal governments are poised to permit a growing number of proposed hydrogen […]

North Sea Bill’s Carbon Emissions Test is a ‘Smokescreen’ And ‘Makes No Sense’ — Experts

A climate test in the new North Sea oil and gas bill is “misleading” and greatly overplays the UK’s climate leadership, scientists and campaigners have warned.  MPs are today (Monday) set to debate the second reading of the controversial Offshore Petroleum Licensing Bill, which would allow oil and gas companies to bid for North Sea […]

The Law Firm Helping Big Oil Weaponize the First Amendment

For years, the fossil fuel industry has maintained that the First Amendment protects its right to mislead the public about the climate crisis, but that criticism and protest of its operations violates the law. Now, one of the industry’s preferred law firms — which has long been recognized for its defense of the First Amendment […]

Revealed: Three-quarters of Prestigious Green Advertising Awards Go To Agencies Working for Fossil Fuel Industry

Three-quarters of prizes at the UK’s top sustainable advertising awards went to agencies who work for the fossil fuel industry, a DeSmog analysis has revealed. The second annual Ad Net Zero awards were held in partnership with industry magazine Campaign in London in November to recognise internal agency sustainability practices and green campaigns on behalf […]

Dark Money, CCS Bonanza, Corporate Comms Offensives: What to Watch in 2024

If you care about maintaining a livable climate, stay tuned for a big 2024. Major elections are coming in both the UK and U.S., and expect corporate money, and talking points, to be flowing. Global climate leadership is on the line, and we’ll be reporting whether it’s also for sale.  On the heels of COP28, […]

Burgeoning hydrogen industry draws $41 million in federal lobbying from fossil fuel companies

This story was produced by the Energy News Network in partnership with Open Secrets, and is reprinted with permission. The number of companies and organizations lobbying the federal government on issues related to hydrogen increased nearly tenfold since President Joe Biden took office — from about two dozen at the end of 2020 to more than 200 […]