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 […]
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 […]
US Republicans at Dubai Climate Summit Have Accepted $11 Million in Fossil Fuel Donations
DUBAI, LONDON — Republican lawmakers with a presence at the international climate summit in Dubai — known as COP28 — have received over $11 million in fossil fuel donations, DeSmog can reveal. DeSmog’s review of three Congressional COP28 delegations comprising dozens of senators and representatives has found that of the 36 Republican lawmakers involved, […]
California enacts far-reaching climate disclosure laws
This article by Grist is published here as part of the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now. On October 7, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a sweeping series of climate and environmental laws into effect, cementing the Golden State’s reputation as a leader in climate action. The laws establish some of the country’s most robust […]
