Revealed: Oil and Gas Industry Links of Telegraph Energy and Climate Commentator
The Daily Telegraph has published weekly articles since 11 August by David Blackmon, a veteran of the oil and gas industry. The articles have all been critical of current policies to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions and ensure the transition to renewable energy. The idea of “an energy transition that will dramatically reduce the […]
Toxins from Marathon Refinery Fire Leaked 15 Hours Before Evacuation Called
Fire at the Marathon Refinery between Reserve and Garyville, Louisiana, seen from across the Mississippi River in Edgar, Louisiana, on Friday, August 25, 2023. Credit: Julie Dermansky
Jordan Peterson Generates Millions of YouTube Hits for Climate Crisis Deniers
The conservative influencer has ‘become a central cog in the denial machine,’ says climate scientist Michael Mann.
Climate Science Denial Looms Large in GB News Linked ‘ARC’ Venture
“The arc of the moral universe is long but it bends towards justice”. This Martin Luther King quote was used by Conservative peer Baroness Stroud to introduce the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC), which launched in March. Set up by the owners of GB News and involving “senior leaders from politics, media, culture, business, and […]
Anti-ULEZ Protest Group Promotes Conspiracy Theories and Climate Science Denial
Tuesday’s protest against the expansion of London’s ultra low emission zone (ULEZ), which featured on the front page of two national newspapers, was led by a group with ties to conspiracy theories and climate science denial, DeSmog can reveal. A reported 200 people attended the protest outside parliament on Tuesday as the ULEZ scheme to […]
Who Is Going to Clean Up the Scrap Heap in the North Sea?
The Netherlands has committed to clearing about 75 old oil and gas platforms from the North Sea by 2035, but whether it will succeed is an open-ended question. The Dutch are competing with other North Sea nations, like Norway and the UK, for the same handful of floating cranes and shipyards capable of handling the demolition of these massive marine structures. This lack of capacity could set back North Sea cleanup goals by years — and the longer it takes, the more unpredictable the risks will become.
Marathon Refinery Fire Illustrates How Industry Goes Quiet During a Crisis
Thick black smoke billowed and flames rose from two chemical storage tanks at the Marathon Petroleum refinery between Reserve and Garyville, Louisiana, on Friday. Geraldine Watkins saw the towers of smoke through the passenger seat window of a car that morning, while she was on her way to a court hearing about whether another tract […]
Montreal Bike Share Pulls Pathways Alliance Ads Amid Greenwashing Controversy
An oil and gas industry lobby group under investigation for allegations of greenwashing has been marketing its members as leaders on the road to net zero on public transit agencies in Canada.
In Brazil, Right-Wing Think Tanks Align with Agribusiness to Seek a Path Back to Power
“I even took off my farm boots and wore high heels to come here today,” Camila Telles told the audience of political activists, business executives, and students at April’s Liberty Forum, an annual conservative gathering in Brazil sponsored by the Atlas Network. Telles is an agribusiness influencer – her clients include the major Brazilian meat […]
As Canada Burns, Danielle Smith Does Event with Activist Who Says Climate ‘Not a Crisis’
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is headlining an oil and gas industry event this week alongside a U.S. “fossil fuels advocate” named Alex Epstein who says that human-caused climate change is “not a crisis” and that rising global temperatures are only “a minor variable” in out-of-control wildfires. Epstein and Smith are both speaking at the Energy […]