Alberta Premier’s Statements on Batteries ‘Ideologically Motivated,’ Inaccurate, Experts Say
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith’s recent comments about the use of batteries for renewable energy infrastructure surprised experts, one of whom described the premier’s comments as possibly ideologically motivated misinformation.
At COP28, Family Farmers Who Feed the World Went Unheard
In the run-up to this year’s COP28 summit in Dubai, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres railed against the scourge of global hunger and climate devastation fuelled by farming. “Global food systems are broken, and billions of people are paying the price,” he said – and he was right. Our food system is responsible for a third […]
Youth Climate Lawsuit Against Canadian Climate Policy Can Go to Trial, Court Rules
A federal appeals court in Canada breathed new life into a youth-led constitutional climate lawsuit against the Canadian government, allowing it to proceed towards trial on a narrower scope and partially reversing the trial court’s ruling that the entire case should be tossed.
The Livestock Industry’s “Climate Neutral” Claims Are Too Good To Be True
Recent findings from some peer-reviewed academic papers in agricultural journals sound like fodder for optimism: The United States cattle industry has helped to cool the climate almost every year since 1986. European dairy goats and sheep have caused no additional warming since 1990. Australian sheep meat is a “climate-neutral” product. But these findings are highly […]
Instagram Influencers Paid to Boost UAE’s Climate Credentials Over COP28
Social media influencers were paid to boost the UAE’s climate credentials in and around COP28 in what appears to be a coordinated PR effort by the oil-dependent host nation, DeSmog can reveal. Instagram videos of glamorous couples lounging on sun-filled beaches or giving quirky outfit tutorials were used to spread positive messaging about the COP […]
Fossil Fuels Can Go Extinct — If We Take our Climate Anxieties Seriously
The best climate news of 2023 hasn’t just come out of closed-door diplomatic meetings. It’s been happening in communities across the world, where climate anxiety is becoming a hot topic of mainstream conversation*. Anxiety, depression and grief around climate change aren’t pathological: They are reasonable, natural reactions to a fearsome threat that has only grown […]
EPA Requirements for Monitoring Buried Carbon Emissions Are Too Weak: New Report
The nation’s top environmental regulator doesn’t have sufficient rules to monitor leaks from carbon capture projects, according to an environmental watchdog’s new report. The analysis of Environmental Protection Agency-approved monitoring, reporting, and verification plans for carbon capture projects, released today by the Environmental Integrity Project (EIP), found that the EPA’s current regulations fail to address […]
Oil Industry Battles Push for ‘Phase-out’ Deal At COP28 With Promises To Capture Carbon
As negotiations at the COP28 climate talks in the United Arab Emirates head into overtime, oil and gas interests are aiming to exclude a fossil fuel phase-out from any final deal by promoting carbon capture and storage (CCS) as a viable climate solution. But as research and advocacy group Oil Change International details in a […]
Give Climate Change the Name It Deserves: Fossil-Fueled Destruction
This article by Capital & Main is published here as part of the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now. There’s always a lag between a rupture of the status quo and settling on a word for it. The planet is heating at a life-threatening pace. And yet the two words we use to describe this rupture […]
Revealed: Oil and Gas-Backed Think Tanks Give £240k to ‘Green’ Parliamentary Groups
Parliamentary groups focused on energy and the environment received nearly £240,000 worth of support from think tanks backed by oil and gas companies in the past two years, DeSmog can report. All-Party Parliamentary Groups (APPGs) are informal cross-party groups of MPs and Lords which discuss issues and try to influence policy around a specific subject […]