Tory Peer to Lead Climate Science Denial Group
Mar 3, 2025, 12:12 pm By Adam BarnettA Conservative peer has been appointed as the director of the UK’s leading climate science denial think tank, with the group pledging to spread its ideas in Parliament. Lord Craig Mackinlay announced in The Telegraph today that he is now in charge of the…Atlas Network-Affiliated Think Tank Wants Canada’s Greenwashing Law Repealed
Feb 28, 2025, 12:20 pm By Taylor Noakes
The Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) is calling to repeal Bill C-59 — commonly referred to as Canada’s anti-greenwashing law. Calling the bill a “failure of process and policy,” an MLI paper advocating for abolishment states that it has had a…Kemi Badenoch Claims There Was ‘No Plan’ for Net Zero. So Why Did She Champion it in Government?
Feb 28, 2025, 11:26 am By Adam Barnett
Since the U.S. election in November, Kemi Badenoch has been working hard to align herself with president Donald Trump and the anti-climate right-wing populist movement abroad. This has seen the Conservative Party leader meeting with U.S. vice president JD…Pathways Carbon Capture Project Is Not Viable, Expert Warns
Feb 26, 2025, 1:27 pm By Taylor Noakes
Pathways Alliance’s flagship carbon capture and storage project is not financially feasible without massive and consistent subsidies. This is according to the most recent analysis of the venture, conducted by the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial…The Fossil Fuel Industry Wants to Keep New Buildings Dependent on Gas
Feb 25, 2025, 4:05 pm By Sharon Kelly
A new report from InfluenceMap reveals the fossil fuel industry has been waging an international lobbying war to prevent cities and towns from requiring newly built homes and businesses to install climate-friendly heating and other appliances. So far, 26 U.S.…How a New York PR Agency Helped the U.S. Oil Industry Conquer Australia
Feb 23, 2025, 1:00 pm By Royce Kurmelovs and Rebecca John
It was a Friday when the phone rang in the office of a New Zealand-born accountant named William Gaston Walkley. On the other end of the line was Terry Southwell-Keely, deputy chief of staff at the Sydney Morning Herald, who had just received a cable from…Trump and the Energy East Pipeline Revival: Why Canada Shouldn’t Waste Billions
Feb 21, 2025, 12:18 pm By Mitch Anderson
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…Anti-Climate Attacks Heat Up Before Critical German Elections
Feb 21, 2025, 11:25 am By Katharina Wecker and Edward DonnellyAs 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…Mapa: Cómo las grandes empresas agrícolas, farmacéuticas, de pesticidas y otras esperan influir en las conferencias sobre biodiversidad de la ONU
Feb 21, 2025, 6:16 am By Rachel SherringtonBajo 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 las Naciones Unidas sobre Biodiversidad se realiza en Colombia. La cumbre de este año,…Who is Importing Donald Trump’s Anti-Climate Agenda to Germany?
Feb 21, 2025, 5:04 am By Annika Joeres, Elena Kolb and Katharina H
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…Canadian Fossil Fuel Advocate Stewart Muir Among ARC Attendees
Feb 20, 2025, 6:17 pm By Taylor NoakesStewart 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…Elon Musk’s Embrace of Far-Right Energizes Transatlantic Climate Denial
Feb 20, 2025, 5:56 am By Geoff Dembicki, Edward Donnelly, Joe Fassler&n
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…The Wheels Are Falling off Alberta’s Gas-Powered AI Data Centre Proposal
Feb 19, 2025, 11:52 am By Mitch AndersonNorthern 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…Environmentalists ‘Weaken’ Canada, Claims Industry Group with Political Ties
Feb 18, 2025, 6:23 pm By Taylor Noakes
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…‘I’m Not a Scientist’: Net Zero Opponent Nigel Farage Admits Climate Ignorance
Feb 18, 2025, 10:06 am By Adam Barnett
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)…U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright Backs Coal and Attacks ‘Sinister’ Climate Targets at ARC Conference
Feb 17, 2025, 12:47 pm By Adam Barnett
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…LEAKED: Oil Execs and Trump Allies Attend Jordan Peterson’s ARC Conference
Feb 17, 2025, 12:00 am By DeSmog
Executives from some of the world’s biggest oil and gas firms are listed as attendees at a conservative conference in London whose keynote speakers include the leader of the Heritage Foundation – the group that published the Project 2025 blueprint for a…EU Defends Hiring Trump-Linked Oil Lobby Group
Fri 4:42am By Adam Barnett and Phoebe Cooke
The European Union has backed its decision to hire a Republican-linked PR firm with a string of fossil fuel clients. Washington-based consultancy DCI Group was employed by the EU’s delegation to the U.S. days before President Donald Trump’s election on…Nigel Farage Spreads Far-Right Conspiracy Theory at Farming Protest
Feb 13, 2025, 1:30 pm By Joey Grostern and Clare CarlileReform UK leader Nigel Farage endorsed a conspiracy theory popular among the far-right during a speech at a farmers’ protest on Monday (10 February), DeSmog can reveal Thousands of farmers descended on London to oppose plans to reduce the threshold for…Alberta’s Energy Regulator Is ‘Fully Captured’ by Industry, Study Finds
Feb 11, 2025, 5:06 pm By Danielle Paradis
The Alberta Energy Regulator says that there is a “perfect” spill recovery in 75 percent of the cases they review, but a researcher says that claim is not backed up by evidence. “It’s a fully captured regulator,” said Kevin Timoney, an ecologist who…
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Fri 9:01am By Nick Cunningham - In Texas, AI Gold Rush Helps Spur Demand for Over 100 New Gas Plants
Thu 8:25pm By Joe Fassler - ‘Net Zero is a Killer’: Meet Reform UK’s New Chair David Bull
Thu 10:25am By Adam Barnett - Danielle Smith Pitches Tanker Ban Exception for Prince Rupert Pipeline Terminal
Thu 8:14am By Taylor Noakes - How MAGA Lobbying is Undermining EU Climate Rules
Thu 5:33am By Sam Bright - As Trump Unwinds Federal Oversight, States Become Battlegrounds for Environmental Data
Wed 11:26am By Sharon Kelly - Jordan Peterson’s ARC Project Receives $500,000 from CEO of Disgraced Pharma Firm
Wed 7:31am By Sam Bright - Tories Ditched Net Zero Commitment While Receiving £250,000 from Oil Investors and Climate Deniers
Tue 12:01pm By Sam Bright - Oil and Gas Lobby Behind ‘Concerted’ Attempt to Weaken EU Methane Policy, Research Finds
Tue 3:01am By Stella Levantesi
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