Panellists criticised net zero as “stupid propaganda” and suggested that climate action would “take us back to the dark ages”.

Advocates had hoped Susan Avery’s nomination would be a turning-point moment for the company’s climate approach. It wasn’t.

“Outrageous” findings show that the Conservative Party “is clearly in bed with the fossil fuel lobby”, say MPs and campaigners.

Green targets are hindering roll-out of projects based on fossil fuels, executives warn conference in Rotterdam.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Rep. Jamie Raskin have formally referred their investigation into the fossil fuel industry’s climate deception to the Justice Department — a major development.

Internal documents unearthed by a U.S. Senate panel show the oil giant modeled up to 500 CCS sites operating globally by 2050, far fewer than rival Shell. 

But demand for hydrogen-powered vehicles remains low, and claims the gas is a net-zero technology are still unproven.

Campaigners likened the fossil fuel company’s patronage of climate events to letting an “arsonist sponsor a fire safety conference”.