Politics and Policy

Ireland’s Chief Scientific Advisor believes fossil fuels still have a role in a low-carbon future – and there is money to be made ensuring it. Late last year, Professor Mark Ferguson, a medical do...
MEPs are this week calling for the EU to declare a “climate emergency”, days after a network of climate science deniers held a hearing in the European Parliament claiming the exact opposite, hosted...
The Conservative Party gets vast sums from an elite club of super wealthy donors, some of whom have made their money from polluting industries or are involved in backing climate science denial in t...
As public hearings in the Trump impeachment inquiry headed into their second week, one of the nation’s top political cable news hosts was connecting the dots between the rise of authoritarianism, c...
This election cycle has seen an unprecedented number of announcements from all parties on renewable energy, reforestation, and other items generally reserved for only the greenest on the political ...
By Jake Woodier, UK Student Climate Network campaigner The upcoming election comes at the end of an unprecedented year of mass climate action, and is a crucial chance to put pressure on politician...
Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar moved to distance himself from recent claims he made that climate change had potential “benefits” for Ireland, including reduced winter heating costs and cold-rela...
Climate science denial and opposition to climate-friendly policies are widespread among Brexit Party general election candidates, analysis by DeSmog shows. Of prospective parliamentary candidates ...
By Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope This piece is published in partnership with Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 380 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story....
By Ruth Hayhurst for Drill or Drop After seven years of promoting fracking, Conservative ministers have withdrawn their support and blocked the prospects of a shale gas industry. The UK governmen...

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onNov 27, 2019 @ 23:22 PST

Ireland’s Chief Scientific Advisor believes fossil fuels still have a role in a low-carbon future – and there is money to be made ensuring it. Late last year, Professor Mark Ferguson, a medical do...
onNov 26, 2019 @ 07:32 PST

MEPs are this week calling for the EU to declare a “climate emergency”, days after a network of climate science deniers held a hearing in the European Parliament claiming the exact opposite, hosted...
onNov 25, 2019 @ 23:30 PST

The Conservative Party gets vast sums from an elite club of super wealthy donors, some of whom have made their money from polluting industries or are involved in backing climate science denial in t...
onNov 19, 2019 @ 17:27 PST

As public hearings in the Trump impeachment inquiry headed into their second week, one of the nation’s top political cable news hosts was connecting the dots between the rise of authoritarianism, c...
onNov 19, 2019 @ 02:57 PST

This election cycle has seen an unprecedented number of announcements from all parties on renewable energy, reforestation, and other items generally reserved for only the greenest on the political ...
onNov 15, 2019 @ 04:39 PST

By Jake Woodier, UK Student Climate Network campaigner The upcoming election comes at the end of an unprecedented year of mass climate action, and is a crucial chance to put pressure on politician...
onNov 12, 2019 @ 23:54 PST

Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar moved to distance himself from recent claims he made that climate change had potential “benefits” for Ireland, including reduced winter heating costs and cold-rela...
onNov 11, 2019 @ 09:12 PST

Climate science denial and opposition to climate-friendly policies are widespread among Brexit Party general election candidates, analysis by DeSmog shows. Of prospective parliamentary candidates ...
onNov 9, 2019 @ 07:58 PST

By Mark Hertsgaard and Kyle Pope This piece is published in partnership with Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of more than 380 news outlets to strengthen coverage of the climate story....
onNov 4, 2019 @ 23:01 PST

By Ruth Hayhurst for Drill or Drop After seven years of promoting fracking, Conservative ministers have withdrawn their support and blocked the prospects of a shale gas industry. The UK governmen...