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.
Labour's Jacob Collier warns parliamentary debate of "coordinated strategy" by oil companies to delay climate action.
Critics fear that Equinorโs latest UK education deal is aimed at quelling opposition to North Sea drilling.
The agencyโs work for the fossil fuel industry has made it โcomplicit in causing existential harm to people and planetโ, say campaigners, who are calling on WPP to drop those clients.
Growing toll of climate anxiety shows it's time to stop greenwashing fossil fuels, clinicians say.
Boycott reflects wider concerns over the role of communications firms in protecting polluters.
AKQA Bloomโs closure comes amid calls for the ad and PR industry to stop working with fossil fuel clients.
The groups have filed an OECD complaint against the worldโs largest advertising and PR firm, saying its work enables major polluters to continue harming environmental and human health.
Fossil fuel companies are spending millions on campaigns to deflect attention from the need to stop drilling for more oil and gas.
Disclosure by the French communications group underscores growing calls for climate accountability in the advertising and public relations industry.
Campaign groupโs newest report underlines the scope of the ad and PR sectorโs ongoing relationships with fossil fuel companies.
