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Pathways ad
No Environmental Review Required for Canada’s Largest Carbon Capture Proposal
By Mitch Anderson
on
Why is Pathways Alliance exempt from environmental assessment? The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation would like to know.
Historian Naomi Oreskes speaks at the 2017 World Economic Forum. Credit: World Economic Forum/Flicker (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
us/Q&A: ‘The Climate Crisis Is Directly Related to Inequality’
By Diane Bernard
on
Science historian Naomi Oreskes says climate change is not just about fossil fuel profits, but also the political ideology supporting capitalism.
A Vaccine for Climate Misinformation
By Stella Levantesi
on
Facts aren't enough to combat false and misleading messaging. Experts suggest an additional strategy.
Norway's energy minister Terje Aasland
Canada’s Bitumen Boosters Want Us to Forget About Norway
By Mitch Anderson
on
Alberta produces 70 percent more petroleum, but has only one percent of the savings. Equalization payments have nothing to do with it.
Author Joe Fassler alongside the cover of his new novel. Credit: Courtesy of Joe Fassler
The Allure of Flight
By Lindsey J. Smith
on
New novel "The Sky Was Ours" reckons with escape, the false promise of technofixes, and the desire for a better world.
"Climate the Movie" represents a new interpretation of an old climate denial playbook to do whatever it takes to preserve the world’s dependence on fossil fuels. Credit: Pixabay
us/A Green New Shine for a Tired Playbook
By Adam M. Lowenstein
on
"Climate the Movie" portrays today’s climate denier agenda by rehashing the same old fossil fuel talking points and trolling the left.
A selection of oil company social media posts from various International Women's Day campaigns. Credit: Ellen Ormesher.
Oil and Gas Companies Want You to Think They Care About Women — but It’s Just PR
By Ellen Ormesher, Emily J Gertz, Kathryn Clare and Cartie Werthman
on
Their ad campaigns for International Women’s Day champion empowerment even as climate change makes women’s lives harder and more dangerous.
illustration showing cut outs of beakers filled with black plastic and with gray bubbles emerging and flowing right to a large recycling symbol.
us/Why the Oil and Chemical Lobby Is Taking Aim at New York’s Plastic Waste Bill
By Emily Sanders, ExxonKnews
on
The bill’s passage could be pivotal in the fight to rein in plastics, and the industry knows it.
Fomer Labour MPs Simon Danczuk and George Galloway are standing in the Rochdale by-election on February 29. Credit: PA images / Alamy stock photos
uk/In Rochdale By-Election, Climate Policy is Also on the Ballot
By Adam Barnett
on
From attacks on “eco-madness” and accusations of a “Net Zero Hoax”, here’s our climate guide to the MPs contesting Labour’s seat.
Burning piles of hay sent up dark plumes of smoke in Brussels on February 1, as farmers protests sweep through Europe. Credit: Rachel Sherrington
Are Europe’s Farmers Protesting Green Reforms? It’s Complicated
By Rachel Sherrington
on
Big agriculture and far-right parties set farmers against the environment but producers on the ground in Brussels told a different story.

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Analysis
No Environmental Review Required for Canada’s Largest Carbon Capture Proposal
ByMitch Anderson
on
Why is Pathways Alliance exempt from environmental assessment? The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation would like to know.
Pathways ad
Analysis
us/Q&A: ‘The Climate Crisis Is Directly Related to Inequality’
ByDiane Bernard
on
Science historian Naomi Oreskes says climate change is not just about fossil fuel profits, but also the political ideology supporting capitalism.
Historian Naomi Oreskes speaks at the 2017 World Economic Forum. Credit: World Economic Forum/Flicker (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Analysis
A Vaccine for Climate Misinformation
ByStella Levantesi
on
Facts aren't enough to combat false and misleading messaging. Experts suggest an additional strategy.
Series: Gaslit
Analysis
Canada’s Bitumen Boosters Want Us to Forget About Norway
ByMitch Anderson
on
Alberta produces 70 percent more petroleum, but has only one percent of the savings. Equalization payments have nothing to do with it.
Norway's energy minister Terje Aasland
Analysis
The Allure of Flight
ByLindsey J. Smith
on
New novel "The Sky Was Ours" reckons with escape, the false promise of technofixes, and the desire for a better world.
Author Joe Fassler alongside the cover of his new novel. Credit: Courtesy of Joe Fassler
Analysis
us/A Green New Shine for a Tired Playbook
ByAdam M. Lowenstein
on
"Climate the Movie" portrays today’s climate denier agenda by rehashing the same old fossil fuel talking points and trolling the left.
"Climate the Movie" represents a new interpretation of an old climate denial playbook to do whatever it takes to preserve the world’s dependence on fossil fuels. Credit: Pixabay
Analysis
Oil and Gas Companies Want You to Think They Care About Women — but It’s Just PR
ByEllen Ormesher, Emily J Gertz, Kathryn Clare and Cartie Werthman
on
Their ad campaigns for International Women’s Day champion empowerment even as climate change makes women’s lives harder and more dangerous.
Series: Advertising & PR Industry
A selection of oil company social media posts from various International Women's Day campaigns. Credit: Ellen Ormesher.
Analysis
us/Why the Oil and Chemical Lobby Is Taking Aim at New York’s Plastic Waste Bill
ByEmily Sanders, ExxonKnews
on
The bill’s passage could be pivotal in the fight to rein in plastics, and the industry knows it.
illustration showing cut outs of beakers filled with black plastic and with gray bubbles emerging and flowing right to a large recycling symbol.
Analysis
uk/In Rochdale By-Election, Climate Policy is Also on the Ballot
ByAdam Barnett
on
From attacks on “eco-madness” and accusations of a “Net Zero Hoax”, here’s our climate guide to the MPs contesting Labour’s seat.
Fomer Labour MPs Simon Danczuk and George Galloway are standing in the Rochdale by-election on February 29. Credit: PA images / Alamy stock photos
Analysis
Are Europe’s Farmers Protesting Green Reforms? It’s Complicated
ByRachel Sherrington
on
Big agriculture and far-right parties set farmers against the environment but producers on the ground in Brussels told a different story.
Series: Big Ag's Climate Push
Burning piles of hay sent up dark plumes of smoke in Brussels on February 1, as farmers protests sweep through Europe. Credit: Rachel Sherrington