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.
Campaigners say advertising and PR agencies are “nowhere close” to giving up their oil and gas clients.
Policy update also restricts advertising for fossil fuels products and services in council owned ad sites.
SLICK is a funny yet cutting satire of how the ad industry contributes to the climate crisis.
Critics say that as the climate crisis worsens, Aberdeen Science Centre is sending the wrong message by partnering with the Norwegian oil major.
Many Cannes Lions award winners have claimed credit for field work they didn’t do, positive impacts that can’t be confirmed, or campaigns that barely existed.
Clean Creatives analysis reveals a “coordinated narrative shift” by Shell, BP, ExxonMobil, and Chevron.
As calls grow for the government to ban fossil fuel advertising, Lord Vaizey warns against stricter regulation.
The world’s largest outdoor advertising company warned city councillors of “far-reaching consequences” hours before the landmark vote.
Brunswick Group’s 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.
