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.
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.
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 Aragón will have a leading voice at the Association of National Advertisers.
Omnicom’s merger with IPG will consolidate the two firms’ work to defend the interests of the oil and gas industry.
UK’s first parliamentary debate on the issue drew comparisons both with tobacco industry tactics and the industry's now widely accepted ad ban.
