2021: A Year in Photos From the Front Lines of the Climate Crisis
Dec 21, 2021, 8:00 am By Julie Dermansky
This was the year the United Nations Secretary-General declared human-driven global heating a…Ground Flare At Mammoth New Exxon SABIC Plastics Plant Likened to A Harmless ‘Barbecue’ In Corporate Video
Dec 20, 2021, 8:00 am By Julie Dermansky
This story is part of a collaboration between DeSmog and Public Health Watch. “The normal flare…The Infrastructure Bill’s Hydrogen Funding Is a Big Win for the Oil and Gas Industry
Dec 16, 2021, 3:14 pm By Justin MikulkaThe infrastructure bill signed into law by President Biden in November includes $9.5 billion dollars…Our 2021 UK Highlights: ‘Climate-Conflicted’ Bank Directors, North Sea ‘Rogues’ and COP26 Greenwash
Dec 16, 2021, 6:15 am By Phoebe CookeAnother time warp of a year is drawing to a close, with the image of Covid-19 booster queues snaking…What the Campaign Against a North London Waste Incinerator Teaches Us About the Green Movement’s Diversity Problem
Dec 15, 2021, 11:10 am By GuestBy Rachel Parsons, London-based multimedia journalist.The drizzle thickened over a working-class…Texas Border Town Demands Stronger Action to Tackle Cancer-Causing Chemical Pollution
Dec 14, 2021, 5:35 pm By Sharon Kelly and Julie Dermansky
For Edna Ibarra, it was the realization that with every breath her 11-year-old son was breathing in…The UK’s Biomass Subsidies Are Harming Residents in North Carolina Communities Like Mine
Dec 14, 2021, 12:24 pm By GuestI live in Northampton County in the U.S. state of North Carolina, where absentee companies have been…Climate Migration Will Worsen the Brutality and Confusion on the Mediterranean
Dec 13, 2021, 1:43 pm By Ian UrbinaIn July of 2018, an Italian-flagged oil supply ship called the Asso 28 that was crossing the…7 People in Virginia Play an Outsized Role in Progress on Global Climate Goals
Dec 10, 2021, 5:01 pm By Jacob Hileman and Bill McKibbenWhile the recent UN climate change conference in Scotland may have captured the world’s attention,…How Big Oil Rigs the System to Keep Winning
Dec 10, 2021, 10:00 am By Naomi Oreskes and Jeff NesbitThis article is published as part of Covering Climate Now, a global collaboration of news outlets…Mapped: Europe’s Fossil Fuel-Backed Hydrogen Lobby
Dec 10, 2021, 3:01 am By Alice WrightHydrogen has shot up the European legislative agenda in recent years, with politicians of all…Mapped: The Network of Powerful Agribusiness Groups Lobbying to Water Down the EU’s Sustainable Farming Targets
Dec 9, 2021, 3:01 am By Daniela De Lorenzo and Rachel Sherrington
In February 2021, German agribusiness giant BASF hosted a virtual wine tasting, a seemingly cozy…New Report Throws Doubt on Overly Optimistic Fracking Forecasts From U.S. Government
Dec 8, 2021, 2:46 pm By Clark Williams-Derry
Oil and gas investors are anticipating hefty dividend checks to close out 2021. Following a decade…UK’s Tax Breaks for Oil and Gas ‘Unlawful’ and Harm Climate Action, Court Hears
Dec 8, 2021, 2:43 pm By Adam BarnettThe strategy being pursued by the UK government’s oil and gas regulator and business secretary is…With Shell Abandoning the Cambo Project, the North Sea Urgently Needs a Serious Just Transition Plan
Dec 8, 2021, 2:05 pm By GuestBy Dr Daria Shapovalova (School of Law) and Professor Tavis Potts (School of Geosciences),…‘It’s a Proud Day’: Oregon Landowners Celebrate Demise of LNG project, Even as Legal Questions Go Unanswered
Dec 6, 2021, 12:53 pm By Nick Cunningham
Oregon’s 15-year battle against the Jordan Cove LNG project quietly came to an end on December 1,…If You Fund the Research, You Can Shape the World
Dec 3, 2021, 8:00 am By GuestBy Amy Westervelt, The Nation Much has been made, and rightly so, of the Koch network’s impact on…Since Congress Lifted Crude Export Ban in 2015, US has Dropped ‘Climate Bomb’ on the World
Dec 2, 2021, 3:12 pm By GuestBy Kenny Stancil, Common Dreams After Congress lifted a ban on crude exports in late 2015, oil and…The PR Industry Has Been a ‘Major’ But ‘Overlooked’ Influence in Climate Politics for Decades, Says Study
Nov 30, 2021, 6:00 am By Nick Cunningham
From coining “clean coal” to “carbon footprint,” public relations firms have been…Why the Oil Industry’s Pivot to Carbon Capture and Storage – While It Keeps on Drilling – Isn’t a Climate Change Solution
Nov 27, 2021, 9:00 am By GuestBy June Sekera, The New School and Neva Goodwin, Tufts University After decades of sowing doubt…
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