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Dusk falls on the existing Southern Trails natural gas pipeline owned by the Navajo Nation as it passes through empty land west of Shiprock, New Mexico. Locals say someone showed up and put in the yellow markers a few months earlier.
us/Industry Wants New Pipeline on Navajo Land Scarred by Decades of Fossil Fuel Extraction
By Jerry Redfern, Capital & Main
on
Developers tout hydrogen as a clean energy source; Navajo opponents say it is another way outsiders will profit by harming their environment and health.
Credit: PA Images / Alamy
uk/Tory London Mayor Candidate Backed Fracking and Promoted Climate Science Denial
By Adam Barnett
on
Susan Hall’s views on climate change are “extremely concerning”, critics say.
Credit: PA Images / Alamy
uk/Major Polluter Drax Among Government-Backed Companies Donating to Northern Tory MPs
By Phoebe Cooke and Sam Bright
on
The Northern Research Group has been accused of a ‘clear conflict of interest’ in accepting sponsorship from firms that are major beneficiaries of government spending.
Protestors in front of a Chase Bank hold a sign reading "No Northwest Fossil Fuel Pipeline Expansions! Stop GTN Xpress"
us/Proposed Pipeline Expansion Could Upend Three States' Climate Plans
By Nick Cunningham
on
Utilities say growing demand justifies upgrading the GTN pipeline – but their forecasts may not hold up.
A 2023 UK story focused on a trade association that hired a PR company to help generate hundreds of headlines in national media on energy policy - including dozens opposing heat pumps. Credit: Andy Carter.
uk/Revealed: Media Blitz Against Heat Pumps Funded by Gas Lobby Group
By Phoebe Cooke
on
Gas-linked companies' attack on electric heating confuses consumers and leaves UK trailing behind Europe, say experts
Credit: Evgeny Gromov / Alamy
US Oil-Linked Pressure Group Attacks EU Green Policies, Breaks Lobbying Rules
By Clare Carlile
on
Consumer Choice Center, which is linked to the Koch fossil fuel network, has called on Europe to ‘shelve’ its climate ambitions and ‘refine more oil’.
Photograph of the exterior of the Connecticut State Capitol Building in Hartford, Conn.
us/Connecticut bans utilities from billing customers for lobbying efforts
By Akielly Hu, Grist
on
This story was originally published by Grist, and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate crisis. On June 29...
Labour leader Keir Starmer on the campaign trail with Labour's Selby & Ainsty candidate, Keir Mather. Credit: PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo
Drax Accused of ‘Desperate’ Campaign to Influence Selby By-Election Candidates
By Phoebe Cooke
on
The country’s largest CO2 emitter has ‘crossed a line’ in its local PR efforts, critics say.
Screenshot from LNG2023 website.
Organizers of Global Gas Conference ‘Refuse’ Entry to DeSmog Reporter
By Brendan DeMelle
on
Executives discussing plans to export 14 million tons of gas per year from the west coast of Canada at LNG2023 didn’t want our reporter there to cover it.
Business Council of BC president and CEO Laura Jones
Former Climate Change Denier Now Leading BC's Top Business Lobby Group
By Geoff Dembicki
on
Laura Jones once called climate change an ‘untested proposition.’ In her new role she’ll have the ear of BC’s premier.

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us/Industry Wants New Pipeline on Navajo Land Scarred by Decades of Fossil Fuel Extraction
ByJerry Redfern, Capital & Main
on
Developers tout hydrogen as a clean energy source; Navajo opponents say it is another way outsiders will profit by harming their environment and health.
Dusk falls on the existing Southern Trails natural gas pipeline owned by the Navajo Nation as it passes through empty land west of Shiprock, New Mexico. Locals say someone showed up and put in the yellow markers a few months earlier.
uk/Tory London Mayor Candidate Backed Fracking and Promoted Climate Science Denial
ByAdam Barnett
on
Susan Hall’s views on climate change are “extremely concerning”, critics say.
Credit: PA Images / Alamy
uk/Major Polluter Drax Among Government-Backed Companies Donating to Northern Tory MPs
ByPhoebe Cooke and Sam Bright
on
The Northern Research Group has been accused of a ‘clear conflict of interest’ in accepting sponsorship from firms that are major beneficiaries of government spending.
Credit: PA Images / Alamy
us/Proposed Pipeline Expansion Could Upend Three States' Climate Plans
ByNick Cunningham
on
Utilities say growing demand justifies upgrading the GTN pipeline – but their forecasts may not hold up.
Protestors in front of a Chase Bank hold a sign reading "No Northwest Fossil Fuel Pipeline Expansions! Stop GTN Xpress"
uk/Revealed: Media Blitz Against Heat Pumps Funded by Gas Lobby Group
ByPhoebe Cooke
on
Gas-linked companies' attack on electric heating confuses consumers and leaves UK trailing behind Europe, say experts
Series: Gas Lock-in
A 2023 UK story focused on a trade association that hired a PR company to help generate hundreds of headlines in national media on energy policy - including dozens opposing heat pumps. Credit: Andy Carter.
US Oil-Linked Pressure Group Attacks EU Green Policies, Breaks Lobbying Rules
ByClare Carlile
on
Consumer Choice Center, which is linked to the Koch fossil fuel network, has called on Europe to ‘shelve’ its climate ambitions and ‘refine more oil’.
Credit: Evgeny Gromov / Alamy
us/Connecticut bans utilities from billing customers for lobbying efforts
ByAkielly Hu, Grist
on
This story was originally published by Grist, and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate crisis. On June 29...
Photograph of the exterior of the Connecticut State Capitol Building in Hartford, Conn.
Drax Accused of ‘Desperate’ Campaign to Influence Selby By-Election Candidates
ByPhoebe Cooke
on
The country’s largest CO2 emitter has ‘crossed a line’ in its local PR efforts, critics say.
Series: Drax: The UK’s ‘Carbon Neutral’ Biomass Power Plant
Labour leader Keir Starmer on the campaign trail with Labour's Selby & Ainsty candidate, Keir Mather. Credit: PA Images / Alamy Stock Photo
Organizers of Global Gas Conference ‘Refuse’ Entry to DeSmog Reporter
ByBrendan DeMelle
on
Executives discussing plans to export 14 million tons of gas per year from the west coast of Canada at LNG2023 didn’t want our reporter there to cover it.
Screenshot from LNG2023 website.
Former Climate Change Denier Now Leading BC's Top Business Lobby Group
ByGeoff Dembicki
on
Laura Jones once called climate change an ‘untested proposition.’ In her new role she’ll have the ear of BC’s premier.
Business Council of BC president and CEO Laura Jones