DeSmog

Facebook-f X-twitter
Subscribe

DeSmog

Donate
Search
Search
More

Politics and Policy

uk/Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey Gifted £2,500 Gala Ticket by Fossil Fuel Firm
By Joey Grostern
on
North Sea oil and gas firm Viaro Energy hosted the politician at an exclusive charity fundraiser in February.
Lee Anderson MP has defected to Reform UK. Credit: Official House of Commons portrait
uk/Climate Crisis Denier Lee Anderson Finds Common Cause With Reform UK
By Adam Barnett and Joey Grostern
on
The Ashfield MP, who left the Conservatives today for Reform, shares his new party’s trenchant opposition to net zero.
Energy Minister Martin Callanan, pictured in Westminster in December 2023. Credit: ZUMA Press, Inc. / Alamy Stock Photo
uk/UK Government Holds its Nerve on Heat Pumps as Clean Heat Policy Confirmed
By Phoebe Cooke
on
Energy efficiency minister Martin Callanan praises DeSmog’s investigation uncovering “false and misleading stories” planted by the gas boiler industry as he reaffirmed the policy in parliament.
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.
Smith announced new rules for wind and solar projects Wednesday.
Alberta’s Wind and Solar Regulations Put More Than 6,000 Jobs at Risk, Critics Say
By Taylor Noakes
on
One industry advocate called Premier Danielle Smith’s new rules for renewable projects a ‘soft moratorium.’
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is set to lift a pause on renewable projects Thursday. Credit: Chris Schwarz/Government of Alberta (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEEDCC)
Anti-Renewable Group Says It Met Privately with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith
By Geoff Dembicki
on
Wind Concerns founder has called CO2 the ‘gas of life’ and praised the province’s ban on new wind and solar projects.
The Melitaea trivia butterfly, one of many endangered species in the EU. The nature restoration law offers a lifeline for natural habitats in the bloc where one in three bees, butterflies and hoverflies are disappearing.
Scientists Condemn Last Minute Push to Overturn EU Nature Law
By Clare Carlile
on
Defeat of law by right-wing MEPs would be “final nail in the coffin” for Green Deal, say campaigners.
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.
A view looking up at a Barclays bank building
Critics Say Barclays’ New Restrictions on Financing Oil and Gas Projects Are Too Limited and Too Late
By Joe Fassler
on
Despite progress pivoting away from fossil-fuel funding, the lion’s share of the bank’s oil and gas lending isn’t covered under the new rules.
For half a century, the plastics industry has publicly advocated recycling as a strategy for managing plastic waste while knowing recycling was not feasible. Credit: RawPixel on Flickr
us/Report: Plastics, Oil Industry Deceived Public on Recycling Use for More Than 50 Years
By Adam M. Lowenstein
on
Industries knew plastics could not be recycled, yet they promoted it to boost disposability profits, echoing Big Tobacco’s campaigns of deception.

All Articles

uk/Lib Dem Leader Ed Davey Gifted £2,500 Gala Ticket by Fossil Fuel Firm
ByJoey Grostern
on
North Sea oil and gas firm Viaro Energy hosted the politician at an exclusive charity fundraiser in February.
uk/Climate Crisis Denier Lee Anderson Finds Common Cause With Reform UK
ByAdam Barnett and Joey Grostern
on
The Ashfield MP, who left the Conservatives today for Reform, shares his new party’s trenchant opposition to net zero.
Lee Anderson MP has defected to Reform UK. Credit: Official House of Commons portrait
uk/UK Government Holds its Nerve on Heat Pumps as Clean Heat Policy Confirmed
ByPhoebe Cooke
on
Energy efficiency minister Martin Callanan praises DeSmog’s investigation uncovering “false and misleading stories” planted by the gas boiler industry as he reaffirmed the policy in parliament.
Energy Minister Martin Callanan, pictured in Westminster in December 2023. Credit: ZUMA Press, Inc. / Alamy Stock Photo
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.
Alberta’s Wind and Solar Regulations Put More Than 6,000 Jobs at Risk, Critics Say
ByTaylor Noakes
on
One industry advocate called Premier Danielle Smith’s new rules for renewable projects a ‘soft moratorium.’
Smith announced new rules for wind and solar projects Wednesday.
Anti-Renewable Group Says It Met Privately with Alberta Premier Danielle Smith
ByGeoff Dembicki
on
Wind Concerns founder has called CO2 the ‘gas of life’ and praised the province’s ban on new wind and solar projects.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is set to lift a pause on renewable projects Thursday. Credit: Chris Schwarz/Government of Alberta (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 DEEDCC)
Scientists Condemn Last Minute Push to Overturn EU Nature Law
ByClare Carlile
on
Defeat of law by right-wing MEPs would be “final nail in the coffin” for Green Deal, say campaigners.
The Melitaea trivia butterfly, one of many endangered species in the EU. The nature restoration law offers a lifeline for natural habitats in the bloc where one in three bees, butterflies and hoverflies are disappearing.
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
Critics Say Barclays’ New Restrictions on Financing Oil and Gas Projects Are Too Limited and Too Late
ByJoe Fassler
on
Despite progress pivoting away from fossil-fuel funding, the lion’s share of the bank’s oil and gas lending isn’t covered under the new rules.
A view looking up at a Barclays bank building
us/Report: Plastics, Oil Industry Deceived Public on Recycling Use for More Than 50 Years
ByAdam M. Lowenstein
on
Industries knew plastics could not be recycled, yet they promoted it to boost disposability profits, echoing Big Tobacco’s campaigns of deception.
For half a century, the plastics industry has publicly advocated recycling as a strategy for managing plastic waste while knowing recycling was not feasible. Credit: RawPixel on Flickr