Ellen covers how the energy industry uses PR, advertising, and lobbying to delay a just transition. She has exposed lobbying against fossil fuel advertising bans, and oil and gas-funded education programmes in communities facing the costs of extraction. Her reporting has featured in The Guardian, The Ecologist, and E24. Ellen was the Chartered Institute of Journalists’ Young Environmental Reporter of the Year in 2026, and a SEAL Environmental Journalist of the Year in 2024. She is based in Scotland. Contact her at elle [at] desmog.com or read more of her work here.
Clean Creatives analysis reveals a โcoordinated narrative shiftโ by Shell, BP, ExxonMobil, and Chevron.
As calls grow for the government to ban fossil fuel advertising, Lord Vaizey warns against stricter regulation.
The worldโs largest outdoor advertising company warned city councillors of โfar-reaching consequencesโ hours before the landmark vote.
Brunswick Groupโs strategies aimed to neutralise growing calls for theatres, museums, and galleries to distance themselves from climate polluters.
The educational materials distort how fossil fuel pollution has caused the climate emergency, new report finds.
Space devoted to promoting flights, cruises, SUVs, and the oil industry dwarfed the column inches given to last year's U.N. climate summit, study finds.
Brand strategist Dean Aragรณn will have a leading voice at the Association of National Advertisers.
Omnicomโs merger with IPG will consolidate the two firmsโ work to defend the interests of the oil and gas industry.
UKโs first parliamentary debate on the issue drew comparisons both with tobacco industry tactics and the industry's now widely accepted ad ban.
Labour's Jacob Collier warns parliamentary debate of "coordinated strategy" by oil companies to delay climate action.
