G20 Governments are Spending $88B Each Year to Explore for New Fossil Fuels. Imagine if Those Subsidies Went to Renewable Energy?
Nov 13, 2014, 4:02 pm By Chris Rose
Rich G20 nations are spending about $88 billion (USD) each year to find new coal, oil and gas…Texas Regulators Sidestep Connection Between Fracking Industry and Earthquakes
Nov 13, 2014, 7:00 am By Julie Dermansky
New rules for Texas injection wastewater well operators offer no relief to people impacted by more…Convenient Conspiracy: How Vivian Krause Became the Poster Child for Canada’s Anti-Environment Crusade
Nov 12, 2014, 9:52 pm By Emma Gilchrist and Carol Linnitt
Today Vivian Krause published an opinion piece in The Province claiming “a vote for Vision is a…Coal Companies Avoid Coal When Funding Energy Poverty Projects In Poorest Countries, Report Finds
Nov 12, 2014, 7:40 pm By Graham Readfearn
When the coal industry says its product is the only way the world’s poor can lift themselves from…U.S.-China Climate Pact Leaves Prime Minister Harper With Few Excuses Left Not to Act
Nov 12, 2014, 6:56 pm By Kevin Grandia
While on a visit to Bejing, U.S. President Barack Obama yesterday announced with his Chinese…Sacked Environment Secretary Dodges Question on Whether he Will Challenge Conservative Party Leadership
Nov 12, 2014, 9:26 am By Kyla Mandel
Owen Paterson dodged questions last night on whether he’s organising a challenge to the…Shell Sponsors London Climate Change Conference
Nov 4, 2014, 11:46 am By Kyla Mandel
Senior officials from business, government, NGOs and academic institutions gathered in London this…Marcellus Shale Fracking Rush Brings Worries of Boom-Bust Cycle
Nov 4, 2014, 7:00 am By Sharon Kelly
Across the U.S., the shale gas industry's arrival has been marked by wariness, not only of the…“Citizen Interventions” Have Cost Canada’s Tar Sands Industry $17B, New Report Shows
Nov 3, 2014, 6:41 pm By Chris Rose
Oil companies and fossil fuel investors seeking further developments in the Alberta tar sands have…Energy Executive Quits Trans Mountain Pipeline Review, Calls NEB Process A ‘Public Deception'
Nov 3, 2014, 4:14 pm By Emma Gilchrist
An energy executive is weighing in on the federal review of Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain oil…Federal Reserve Policy Keeps Fracking Bubble Afloat and That May Change Soon
Nov 3, 2014, 3:30 pm By Steve Horn
In August 2005, the U.S. Congress and then-President George W. Bush blessed the oil and gas industry…In Starkest Warning Yet, IPCC Calls on Politicians To Rapidly Transition to Renewables to Avoid Climate Disaster
Nov 3, 2014, 2:31 pm By Chris Rose
In its starkest warning yet about the challenges facing humanity, the Intergovernmental Panel on…Utilities Couldn't Kill Distributed Solar, So Now They're Co-Opting The Business Model
Nov 3, 2014, 8:00 am By Mike G
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then they… steal your business…The Wars At Home: What State Surveillance of an Indigenous Rights Campaigner Tells Us About Real Risk in Canada
Nov 2, 2014, 9:00 am By Guest
This is a guest post by Shiri Pasternak. Recent revelations that the RCMP spied on Indigenous…Arvin, California Is A Town At The Tipping Point, Thanks To The Local Oil Company
Nov 1, 2014, 4:03 pm By Guest
This is a guest post by Tara Lohan that originally appeared on Faces Of Fracking, a project of the…Faces Of Fracking: A Farmer Seeks To Protect San Benito County, California From High-Intensity Petroleum Operations
Oct 31, 2014, 7:13 pm By Guest
This is a guest post by Tara Lohan that originally appeared on Faces Of Fracking, a project of the…DeSmogCAST Episode 1 Drilling Down: Fracking, Lobbying and the U.S. Midterm Elections
Oct 31, 2014, 4:36 pm By Carol Linnitt
This week DeSmog is launching its inaugural episode of DeSmogCAST, a weekly newscast featuring our…Oil and Gas Industry's "Endless War" on Fracking Critics Revealed by Rick Berman
Oct 31, 2014, 4:22 pm By Sharon Kelly
Leave it to Washington's top attack-dog lobbyist Richard Berman to verify what many always…Richard Berman, Tobacco To Fossil Fuels
Oct 31, 2014, 3:17 am By John Mashey
The NYTimes just ran “Hard-Nosed Advice From Veteran Lobbyist: ‘Win Ugly or Lose Pretty’ -…World’s Major Banks Poured Over $80 Billion into Coal Last Year Alone
Oct 30, 2014, 8:00 pm By Chris Rose
At least $83 billion USD in financing was provided to 65 coal mining and energy companies last year…
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