DeSmogBlog

Like zombies rising from the grave, many long-rejected oil pipeline projects like Energy East are suddenly being promoted as national necessities in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s musings about annexing Canada.  To be clear, most Canadians agree…

As tens of millions of Germans head to the polls this Sunday (February 23), one topic has been conspicuously absent from the headlines. In the wake of the hottest year on record – both in Germany and the world – the word “climate” has barely featured…

The original version of this article appeared in English on DeSmog on 28 October 2024 Bajo un cielo tropical que amenaza con tormentas y, en medio de advertencias cada vez más serias sobre el precario estado de los ecosistemas del planeta, la Conferencia de…

This article was first published by the German investigative outlet CORRECTIV Donald Trump may have only recently re-entered the Oval Office, but his radical anti-climate ideas are on the march across the globe.  A CORRECTIV investigation can reveal that…

Stewart Muir, founder of the extractive industries advocacy group Resource Works, is listed among the attendees of the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC) conference. Dubbed the Glastonbury of Climate Denial, ARC is led by Canadian psychologist Jordan…

In December, a Chicago-based organization called the Heartland Institute, which for decades has attempted to undermine the scientific consensus on climate change, devoted an episode of its daily podcast to Elon Musk.  As recently as 2022, Heartland figures…

Northern Alberta’s Wonder Valley development seems somewhat less wonderful lately. Celebrity investor Kevin “Mr. Wonderful” O’Leary recently hyped the $70 billion AI data center proposal to be powered by “200 trillion cubic feet of sweet natural…

Energy United, a Canadian advocacy group that claims environmental activists are “weakening our country” is closely linked to the oil and gas industry, as well as the governments of Alberta and Saskatchewan. The organization produces provocative pro-oil…

Reform UK leader Nigel Farage has admitted that he doesn’t know about climate science, despite claiming that politicians shouldn’t worry about man-made carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Farage was speaking at the Alliance for Responsible Citizenship (ARC)…

Donald Trump’s new energy secretary has today vowed to “get out of the way” of coal, oil and gas, and called the UK’s 2050 net zero target “a sinister goal” that would “impoverish” people. Chris Wright, an oil and gas industry executive…