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Science Museum Feeling the Heat Over Fossil Fuel Sponsorship, Emails Show
By Rich Collett-White
on
The UK’s Science Museum and oil giant BP are increasingly concerned about criticism of their ongoing partnership, email correspondence seen by DeSmog suggests. The news comes as the Royal Shakespe...
us/Will Rail Be Key to Exporting Canada's Tar Sands Oil to the World?
By Justin Mikulka
on
While Canadians turned out en masse for large climate protests last week, the country's oil and gas industry continued its plans to ramp up and export its massive and polluting reserves of tar sand...
uk/What Am I Breathing? A Day Out With An Air Pollution Monitor
By Sophie Yeo
on
Most activities I do these days are monitored, thanks to the small army of devices I carry about my person. On any given day, I’ll know how many steps I took, my resting heart rate, how deeply I sl...
us/Whistleblower Reveals Flawed Construction at North Dakota Gas Plants Where Massive Spill Was Downplayed
By Justin Nobel
on
Two North Dakota gas processing plants in the heart of the Bakken oil fields have shown signs of an eroded safety culture and startling construction problems, according to Paul Lehto, a 54-year-old...
Oil Industry Set Agenda During Climate Summit Meeting with Big Greens
By Sharon Kelly
on
Last week, as climate activist Greta Thunberg addressed the United Nations Climate Action Summit, invited leaders from major environmental groups spent their day listening to the leaders of fossil ...
us/California Polluters May Soon Buy Carbon 'Offsets' From the Amazon — Is That Ethical?
By Guest
on
By Maron Greenleaf, Dartmouth College Fires in the Brazilian Amazon have outraged the world. But what can people living far from the world’s largest rainforest do to save it? California thinks ...
us/Is Natural Gas the New Coal?
By Justin Mikulka
on
At a recent natural gas industry conference in Houston, Woodside Petroleum CEO Peter Coleman warned his colleagues to avoid the fate of another fossil fuel, according to trade publication Natural G...
us/Another Virtual Pipeline Truck Carrying Fracked Gas Crashes in New York. Local Climate Advocates Demand Urgent Action
By Justin Nobel
on
On Monday around 1:00 a.m., a “Virtual Pipeline” truck carrying compressed natural gas mined from the Marcellus Shale crashed on Interstate 88 near Binghamton, New York, after the vehicle swerved t...
us/The US Is Exporting a Fracked Climate Catastrophe
By Justin Mikulka
on
This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story.   According to climate scientists, limiting the worst ...
us/Fossil Fuel Companies Roll out a New Era of Spin
By Guest
on
By Kate Yoder, Grist. This story originally appeared in Grist. It is republished here as part of DeSmog's partnership with Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets...

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Science Museum Feeling the Heat Over Fossil Fuel Sponsorship, Emails Show
ByRich Collett-White
on

The UK’s Science Museum and oil giant BP are increasingly concerned about criticism of their ongoing partnership, email correspondence seen by DeSmog suggests. The news comes as the Royal Shakespe...
us/Will Rail Be Key to Exporting Canada's Tar Sands Oil to the World?
ByJustin Mikulka
on

While Canadians turned out en masse for large climate protests last week, the country's oil and gas industry continued its plans to ramp up and export its massive and polluting reserves of tar sand...
uk/What Am I Breathing? A Day Out With An Air Pollution Monitor
BySophie Yeo
on

Most activities I do these days are monitored, thanks to the small army of devices I carry about my person. On any given day, I’ll know how many steps I took, my resting heart rate, how deeply I sl...
us/Whistleblower Reveals Flawed Construction at North Dakota Gas Plants Where Massive Spill Was Downplayed
ByJustin Nobel
on

Two North Dakota gas processing plants in the heart of the Bakken oil fields have shown signs of an eroded safety culture and startling construction problems, according to Paul Lehto, a 54-year-old...
Oil Industry Set Agenda During Climate Summit Meeting with Big Greens
BySharon Kelly
on

Last week, as climate activist Greta Thunberg addressed the United Nations Climate Action Summit, invited leaders from major environmental groups spent their day listening to the leaders of fossil ...
us/California Polluters May Soon Buy Carbon 'Offsets' From the Amazon — Is That Ethical?
ByGuest
on

By Maron Greenleaf, Dartmouth College Fires in the Brazilian Amazon have outraged the world. But what can people living far from the world’s largest rainforest do to save it? California thinks ...
Analysis
us/Is Natural Gas the New Coal?
ByJustin Mikulka
on

At a recent natural gas industry conference in Houston, Woodside Petroleum CEO Peter Coleman warned his colleagues to avoid the fate of another fossil fuel, according to trade publication Natural G...
Series: Finances of Fracking: Shale Industry Drills More Debt Than Profit
Series: Fracking Finances
us/Another Virtual Pipeline Truck Carrying Fracked Gas Crashes in New York. Local Climate Advocates Demand Urgent Action
ByJustin Nobel
on

On Monday around 1:00 a.m., a “Virtual Pipeline” truck carrying compressed natural gas mined from the Marcellus Shale crashed on Interstate 88 near Binghamton, New York, after the vehicle swerved t...
Analysis
us/The US Is Exporting a Fracked Climate Catastrophe
ByJustin Mikulka
on

This story is part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story.   According to climate scientists, limiting the worst ...
Series: Crude Oil Export Ban
Series: Crude Oil Export Ban
us/Fossil Fuel Companies Roll out a New Era of Spin
ByGuest
on

By Kate Yoder, Grist. This story originally appeared in Grist. It is republished here as part of DeSmog's partnership with Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 250 news outlets...