How Jordan Peterson Became a Global Anti-Net Zero Power Broker

This special investigation between Canada’s National Observer and DeSmog was produced in collaboration with the Institute for Sustainability, Education and Action and TRACE Foundation. “No more carbon apocalypse-mongering,” Jordan Peterson told an audience of thousands in February at a global conservative conference in London known as the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC). The crowd applauded loudly. The world is […]

An Open Letter from EPA Staff to the American Public

This op-ed was written by a group of current and former employees of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), who have asked to remain anonymous due to concerns about retaliation. It was originally published by Environmental Health News and is republished with permission. The Trump administration is making accusations of fraud, waste, and abuse associated […]

Greens Pressure London Mayor to Ban Fossil Fuel Ads on Public Transport

The UK Green Party is pressing London mayor Sadiq Khan on why he is yet to ban fossil fuel advertising on the city’s transport network — despite mounting evidence of its harmful effects — six years after he pledged to make London a “zero carbon city” by 2030. London Assembly member Caroline Russell, with the […]

Revealed: Hundreds of Ad Campaigns by Oil and Gas Companies Have Appeared on London Public Transport Since Mayor’s Carbon Zero Pledge 

London’s public transport network has hosted more than 240 advertising campaigns by oil and gas companies including Shell, BP, and ExxonMobil since Mayor Sadiq Khan set his “zero carbon city” goal in 2018, DeSmog can reveal. The findings come after United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres called for a worldwide fossil fuel advertising ban, arguing that […]

A Plea to the Next Government From Young People: We Need Spaces to Learn the Difficult Truth About Climate, Together

Labour, which is likely to win the next general election, has just published its disappointing manifesto. While we should not look to the next government for an answer to climate breakdown, it is especially unfortunate that Labour is backing out of preexisting promises to provide adequate climate education. If the leaders of today cannot provide […]

ExxonMobil Urges EU to Remove ‘Policy Hurdles’ Slowing Oil Industry’s Hydrogen Plans

ExxonMobil Corp. and other fossil fuel companies are urging the European Union to relax targets to boost climate-friendly “green” hydrogen, hoping to win greater support for projects to manufacture the fuel using natural gas.   The United States-based oil major’s willingness to publicly throw down the gauntlet to policy-makers underscores the stakes for the fossil fuel […]

Pierre Poilievre Voted Against Environment and Climate 400 Times, Records Show

Federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has voted against the environment and climate nearly 400 times during his 20-year career as a Member of Parliament, according to House of Commons voting records analyzed by DeSmog.  That includes voting “nay” to bills crafted to hold mining companies accountable for environmental damage, move Canada closer towards achieving its […]

Canada’s Bitumen Boosters Want Us to Forget About Norway

Why can’t Alberta have nice things, like the $2.23 trillion Norwegian sovereign wealth fund? Alberta bills itself as an energy superpower and produces about 70 percent more petroleum in total than Norway, which has roughly the same population and enjoys some of the most generous public services in the world.  So why is Alberta billions […]

Congressman: DOJ Investigation of Big Oil Is Now “Even More Urgent” Following Shell Revelations

With more proof of Shell’s climate deception, Rep. Ted Lieu is once again urging the Department of Justice to look into whether fossil fuel companies broke the law.

What Abandoning Fossil Fuels Could Look Like in the Arab World

This story was originally co-published by Grist and The Public Source, and is published here as part of the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now. For the second year in a row, world leaders met in the Arab world to negotiate the future of the planet. As a backdrop to the United Nations climate conference […]