Governments Must Tackle Climate Disinformation, Experts Urge
Nov 14, 2024, 1:47 pm By Joey Grostern
Governments around the world must take “immediate and decisive action” to tackle climate disinformation, scientists and campaign groups have urged as talks at the COP29 climate summit in Baku, Azerbaijan enter their fourth day. A coalition of 55 climate…‘Give Trees a Hand’ — Ad Agencies Line Up to Sell Sketchy Climate Solutions
Nov 14, 2024, 12:01 am By Ellen Ormesher
The video opens on an anonymous industrial site, where a woman stands under a clear blue sky. She’s wearing a white hard hat and a grey utility shirt with the name “Regina” stitched above the breast pocket. Smiling into the camera, she tells viewers that…Havas Warns of Reputational Risks Over Fossil Fuel Clients Following Shell Backlash
Nov 13, 2024, 4:43 pm By Ellen Ormesher
Paris-based advertising giant Havas has warned investors of the reputational risks associated with its work for fossil fuel companies in the latest fall-out from its decision to work with UK oil major Shell. Havas, whose CEO Yannick Bolloré had repeatedly…Trump EPA Pick Lee Zeldin Backed by Texas Fracking Billionaire Tim Dunn
Nov 13, 2024, 12:00 pm By Geoff Dembicki
The former Republican congressperson selected by Donald Trump to lead the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Lee Zeldin, has the backing of a religious-right fracking billionaire from Texas. Zeldin is currently a chair at the America First Policy…Business Lobby Reaches Record High at UN Biodiversity Talks
Nov 13, 2024, 12:00 am By Rachel Sherrington, Clare Carlile and Haz
Representatives of business and industry groups more than doubled at the UN’s latest biodiversity summit, DeSmog has found, sparking fears over the growing influence of powerful private sector bodies. Despite some important breakthroughs, talks at this…Canada’s Fossil Fuel Export Emissions Set New Record in 2023
Nov 12, 2024, 4:20 pm By Taylor Noakes
Greenhouse gas emissions from Canadian fossil fuel exports ballooned to record levels in 2023, according to data uncovered by Ecojustice and Environmental Defence. Exported emissions are created when the fossil fuels that Canada produces and exports are…Q&A: Empathy Has a Massive Impact on Refugee Communities
Nov 12, 2024, 3:46 pm By DeSmogIn an interview for the Climate Consciousness Summit 2024, staged by the Pocket Project in partnership with DeSmog, Kosha Joubert, Pocket Project CEO, spoke with Immad Ahmed, founder of the Humanitarian Assistance Program about his work focusing on…COP Won’t Survive for Long Unless We Tackle Climate Corruption
Nov 12, 2024, 9:00 am By Brice Böhmer
The world’s leading climate diplomats, scientists and policy experts convene in Baku, Azerbaijan, this week to begin the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29). Framed as the “finance COP”, this year’s summit will be defined by…Revealed: Big Oil Told 70 Years Ago That Fossil Fuel Emissions Could Impact ‘Civilization’
Nov 12, 2024, 6:00 am By Rebecca John
April 6, 1955, was a perfect spring day in Los Angeles. Downtown, the skies were unusually smog-free as Lauren B. Hitchcock, president of the Air Pollution Foundation, made his way up the marble steps of the city’s exclusive California Club for a meeting…Climate Deniers Waiting in the Wings as Trump Reclaims Presidency
Nov 8, 2024, 9:20 pm By Joe Fassler and Sharon Kelly
In the wake of Donald Trump’s electoral victory early Wednesday morning, climate policy in the U.S. enters an uncertain new era. Some themes are already apparent: Trump has pledged to scale up domestic fossil fuel production while making a broader push to…Meet Teneo: The Global PR Firm Promoting COP29 Host Azerbaijan as a Climate Champion
Nov 8, 2024, 10:24 am By TJ Jordan and Kathryn Clare
A secret recording. Damaging headlines. Allegations of “treason.” For Azerbaijan, host of the COP29 climate talks opening in the capital Baku on Monday, reports that a senior official had apparently used his position on the organising team to pursue oil…UK COP29 ‘Partners’ Include Firm With Hundreds of Fossil Fuel Clients
Nov 7, 2024, 12:40 pm By Sam Bright
The UK’s pavilion at this year’s flagship climate conference is being co-sponsored by an industrial software firm that has worked for some of the world’s biggest polluters, DeSmog can reveal. This year’s conference will begin next week (11 November)…Shadow Foreign Secretary Priti Patel Has Ties to Group Behind ‘Extreme’ Trump Agenda
Nov 7, 2024, 10:55 am By Sam Bright and Adam Barnett
New Shadow Foreign Secretary Priti Patel earlier this year welcomed into Parliament a radical U.S. organisation behind Donald Trump’s hard-right plan for a second term as president. As reported by DeSmog, Conservative MP Patel met with Kevin Roberts and…Q&A: How a Former ExxonMobil Employee Confronted the Climate Disinformation Machine
Nov 7, 2024, 9:13 am By Matthew Green
This story was published in partnership with Gen Dread and a video version will be available online on November 16 as part of the Climate Consciousness Summit 2024, staged by the Pocket Project in partnership with DeSmog. Lindsey Gulden, a climate scientist,…EU Accused of Inviting Fossil Fuel Executives to COP28 Under False Pretences
Nov 5, 2024, 11:21 am By Sam Bright
The European Commission is facing criticism from politicians and campaigners for giving a free pass for senior oil and gas executives to attend last year’s COP28 summit in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The EU invited five representatives of fossil…Tory Leader Kemi Badenoch’s Views on Climate Change
Nov 4, 2024, 6:09 am By Adam Barnett
The Conservative Party has elected Kemi Badenoch as its new leader, who describes herself as a “net zero sceptic” and has received funding from the head of a climate science denial campaign. Badenoch was announced as the winner of the Tory leadership…Q&A: ‘Don’t Be Afraid of Your Voice. Because It Will Make a Difference.’
Nov 4, 2024, 1:00 am By Matthew Green
In an interview for the Climate Consciousness Summit 2024, staged by the Pocket Project in partnership with DeSmog, I spoke with Lucy von Sturmer, founder of Creatives for Climate, and Duncan Meisel, executive director of Clean Creatives, about their work to…Beyond Action for Action’s Sake: Why the Cimate Crisis Demands More Than Relentless Positivity
Nov 4, 2024, 12:00 am By Steffi Bednarek
Steffi Bednarek will appear at the Climate Consciousness Summit 2024 staged online from November 15 to 21 by the Pocket Project in partnership with DeSmog. Free registration here. When the COP29 climate talks open in Azerbaijan next week, we’ll no doubt be…Alberta Conservatives Pass Climate Denial Resolution 12 to Celebrate CO2 Pollution
Nov 2, 2024, 5:30 pm By Danielle Paradis and Taylor Noakes
Alberta’s United Conservative Party has passed a resolution to rebrand carbon dioxide—the chief gas whose overabundance in Earth’s atmosphere is causing the climate emergency—in a brazen display of climate science denial that harkens back to the 1990s…Alberta Premier Danielle Smith Pledges to “Triple Down” on Her Climate Denial
Nov 2, 2024, 3:54 pm By Danielle ParadisAlberta Premier Danielle Smith pledged to “triple down” on conservative principles, including energy extraction and anti-trans policies at the Alberta United Conservative Party’s annual general meeting in Red Deer today in front of an energetic crowd of…
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