Montana Youth Activists Win Historic Climate Change Lawsuit
A Montana court ruled in favor of 16 young people who put their state government on trial in June in the first constitutional climate trial in U.S. history. In an order issued Monday, Judge Kathy Seeley in the First Judicial District Court of Montana found that the state had violated youth plaintiffs’ constitutional rights, including […]
Revealed: Petrochemical Exec and Major Conservative Donor Has Russian Business Link
The Conservative Party received a £2 million donation in March from a petrochemicals executive whose business interests include a Russian textiles plant, DeSmog can reveal. Amit Lohia, dubbed the “Prince of Polyester” by Forbes, made the donation on 29 March – the second largest amount handed to the party so far this year. The Indian-born […]
Energy Dept. Announces $1.2 Billion to Advance Controversial Climate Technology
The U.S. Department of Energy has announced that a subsidiary of U.S.-based oil company Occidental Petroleum will receive a grant to develop a commercial-scale direct air capture (DAC) facility in southern Texas. It is one of two DAC projects selected under a $1.2 billion federal program to scale up DAC, which the Energy Department has called the […]
MPs Gifted £4,200 Tennis Tickets by Oil Giant BP
BP donated tennis tickets worth a total of more than £4,200 to a government minister and two MPs, parliamentary records reveal. The oil and gas supermajor, which recorded bumper profits of £22 billion last year, gifted Wimbledon tickets to Scottish Nationalist Party (SNP) Westminster leader Stephen Flynn, and Minister for Tech and the Digital Economy […]
Group That Calls CO2 ‘Gas of Life’ Praises Alberta’s Renewables Moratorium
When the Alberta government announced in early August a six-month pause on new renewable energy projects, it caused immediate chaos within the sector, plunging into uncertainty 100 developments awaiting approval and investments worth $25 billion. Industry leaders say they weren’t warned or consulted. “It was a done deal before we had a chance to convince […]
Office for Students Chair Condemned for Role With Oilfield Firm
The chair of the Office for Students (OfS), Conservative peer Lord Wharton, has been urged to “immediately” cut ties with a major oilfield inspection company. Lord Wharton is a consultant for OES Oilfield Services, which describes itself as “one of the world’s leading oilfield inspection companies”. He was also formerly an adviser to Consumer Choice […]
Leading Think Tank Met With Minister Over North Sea Energy While Funded by Fossil Fuel Interests
Policy Exchange, one of Westminster’s most prominent think tanks, engaged in a high-level influencing campaign over the UK’s North Sea oil and gas policies while being funded by fossil fuel interests, DeSmog can reveal. The North Sea Transition Deal announced by the government in March 2021 set a net zero target for the basin but […]
Oil and Gas Leaders to Make ‘Net Zero’ Pitch at World Petroleum Congress
The 24th World Petroleum Congress is taking place this year in Calgary, Alberta, from Sept. 17 to 21. In response to looming questions about decarbonization, this year’s event is titled “Energy Transition: The Path to Net Zero.” Major sponsors of the congress include the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, and […]
Flagship UN Food Systems Summit Accused of ‘Selling the Corporate and Industrial Project’
Indigenous peoples, smallholder farmers and academics have claimed that a UN summit focused on the future of agriculture helped to entrench corporate control over the global food system. The UN’s Food Systems Summit “Stocktaking Moment” (“FSS+2”), held last week, came as countries look to slash agriculture’s climate footprint in the runup to the COP28 summit […]
‘CO2 is Life’: TalkTV Presenter Andre Walker Hosts YouTube Show That Spreads Climate Science Denial
A TalkTV presenter co-hosts a YouTube show with the leader of a climate science denial group, on which he has called climate change a “paganistic religion” and said rising CO2 emissions will make the world “more green”. Andre Walker is a regular presenter at TalkTV – the channel launched by News UK in April 2022 […]