Gas Executive ‘Lobbying to Slow Climate Action’ At Labour Party Conference
LIVERPOOL – A senior executive at the UK’s largest gas distributor has been accused of lobbying to slow down climate action after pushing for the use of hydrogen in heating at a Labour Party conference panel on net zero. Tony Ballance, Cadent’s chief strategy and regulation officer, told a packed event on Monday to ignore […]
How Efforts to Restrict Democracy in Ohio Make It Harder to Fight Climate Change
This article by Energy News Network is published here as part of the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now. Ohio’s adoption of gerrymandered voting district maps last week is the latest in a series of anti-democratic measures that thwart action to address climate change, critics say. Data from the Yale Program on Climate Change Communication show a […]
Despite Climate Promises, Insurance Companies Are Still Covering Coal
This article by Grist is published here as part of the global journalism collaboration Covering ClimateNow. The insurance industry is in a state of flux because of climate change. This year has seen a record-breaking number of costly disasters in the United States, and insurance companies are on the hook for much of that property damage. But […]
Influential Conservative Think Tank’s Funders Include BP, Shell and Equinor
Onward has had a meteoric rise. Since its inception in 2018, five of its founding advisory board members have taken roles in Conservative cabinets and its reports regularly feature in print and broadcast media. Onward, which describes itself as “a modernising think tank” with “bold and practical ideas for the centre right”, was ubiquitous at Tory conference in […]
Revealed: Meetings Blitz Between Big Ag and Anti-Green Lawmakers in Europe
Agriculture lobby groups have been in constant contact with a small group of influential European politicians, holding an average of over two meetings a week while the bloc negotiated flagship reforms to protect nature and climate, DeSmog can reveal. Between January 2020 and July 2023, over 400 meetings took place between industry and key members […]
Tory MPs Tout Carbon Capture at Chevron-Sponsored Event
MANCHESTER – Conservative MPs gave resounding backing to the fossil fuel industry this week at a conference event paid for by U.S. oil giant Chevron. The panel “Can fossil fuel companies play a role in the energy transition?” was hosted on Tuesday in Manchester by Conservative think tank Bright Blue and Chevron. Chevron is headquartered […]
Revealed: Fossil Fuel Giants Have Committed £40.4 Million to UK Universities Since 2022
Major fossil fuel firms have committed tens of millions in finance to UK universities since 2022, DeSmog can reveal. Many of these commitments have been accepted by institutions that have actively pledged to divest from oil and gas companies. According to freedom of information requests submitted by DeSmog, more than £40.4 million has been pledged […]
Is Venture Global’s Louisiana LNG Plant Profiting from Pollution?
Venture Global’s Calcasieu Pass liquid natural gas (LNG) export terminal is in the longest ever commissioning period for a plant of its kind. The 19-month duration has enabled the company to sell LNG on the spot market at a much higher price than if the plant was fully operational.
Ex-Shell Tory MP Defends Oil and Gas Funding for Hydrogen Parliamentary Group
MANCHESTER – The Conservative chair of a parliamentary group on hydrogen has defended the body’s receipt of £70,000 in funding from fossil fuel giants including Shell and Equinor. Alexander Stafford, a former Shell employee and chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Hydrogen, was speaking today on a panel about heavy goods vehicles […]
Major Polluters In ‘Ludicrous’ Push For Carbon Capture at Party Conferences
A trade group for contested carbon capture with close ties to major oil and gas companies is sponsoring over a dozen events at the Conservative and Labour conferences over the next fortnight. Fossil fuel companies are using the technology as “a fig leaf” to pursue oil and gas drilling, campaigners have warned, as industry lobbyists […]