Protests Erupt in Argentina Over Plan for Offshore Oil Drilling

On January 4, thousands of people took to the streets of Mar del Plata, a coastal city roughly 250 miles south of Buenos Aires, Argentina. They were there to protest the plans by Norwegian oil company Equinor to begin offshore oil exploration...

Jordan Peterson's Climate Expert is Science Denier Funded by Oil-Backed Think Tank

The source for author Jordan Peterson’s recent claim that climate change cannot be modelled was a climate science denier who received money from a libertarian think tank funded by oil companies.  The Canadian psychologist was widely criticised for...

While Exxon Touts Net-Zero Promise, its Huge Plastics Complex Goes Online in Texas

The same day ExxonMobil announced its ambition to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, word spread that its mammoth plastics manufacturing complex near Corpus Christi, Texas, had begun production.  “We are up and operating. We have...

New Reports Allege Texas Oil and Gas Regulator’s Lax Enforcement

When a Canadian company started drilling for oil and gas near Jim and Sue Franklin’s ranch in a small Permian Basin town called Verhalen, Texas, it didn’t bother the couple too much at first. But Sue suspects that it was the third well that...

EU Scientists and Politicians Clash Over Gas and Nuclear as ‘Sustainable’ Investments

The European Union’s scientific and political communities are locked in a battle over whether gas and nuclear can be considered green investments. The latest development in this years-long fight came on Monday, when the European Commission’s...

EU Investigating Agribusiness Lobby Group Copa-Cogeca Over Potential Transparency Breach

The European Union is investigating a powerful farming industry group which no longer officially declares its lobbying budget, DeSmog can reveal. Campaigners at transparency advocacy group Corporate Europe Observatory sparked the probe through a...

Earthquakes. Drought. Geysers. Permian Oilfield Water Woes Pile up in West Texas

At 8:00 a.m. Eastern on January 21, a magnitude 3.4 earthquake shook Culberson County in West Texas midway between Odessa and El Paso, the U.S. Geological Society reported. That’s the kind of earthquake that’s generally strong enough to be felt,...

Over 450 Climate Scientists Say Advertising Industry Must End ‘Complicity’ in Climate Crisis

On Wednesday, a group of more than 450 scientists called on advertising agencies to cut off their fossil fuel clients and to end their ties with an ongoing misinformation campaign that has time and again killed progress on addressing the climate...

Why Words Matter in the Fight Against Climate Change

By Tara Lohan, The Revelator. This story originally appeared in The Revelator and is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate story. Do we generate energy from windmills or wind...

UK Oil Regulator Has ‘No Duty’ to Consider North Sea Tax Breaks or Indirect Emissions, Court Rules

The UK government is not legally required to consider tax breaks to oil and gas companies or emissions from burning fossil fuels when regulating the North Sea sector, a court has ruled today, rejecting a complaint by climate campaigners.  At a...

How Exxon Is Using an Unusual Law to Intimidate Critics Over its Climate Denial

By Chris McGreal, The Guardian. This story was originally published by The Guardian, and is republished here as part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage of the climate crisis. ExxonMobil is attempting...

With Billions in Fines, U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s Ranks Are ‘Packed With Rogues’

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, an ultra-powerful business lobby, does not disclose its members, but it represents the interests of America’s largest corporations — some of which have a long record of breaking state and federal laws. A new report...

Top Global Brands and Asset Managers Still Lack Adequate Anti-Deforestation Policies, Report Finds

Heinz, Jimmy Choo and BlackRock are among hundreds of household names doing “little or nothing” to end deforestation, a major new report has found. The new Forest 500 report, published today by environmental group Global Canopy, assessed 350 top...

‘Don’t Look Up’: Hollywood’s Primer on Climate Denial Illustrates 5 Myths That Fuel Rejection of Science

By Gale Sinatra, University of Southern California and Barbara K. Hofer, Middlebury. This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Every disaster movie seems to open with a scientist...

Living Closer to Oil and Gas Drilling Linked to Higher Risk of Pregnancy Complications, New Study Finds

Living near oil and gas drilling may increase pregnant women’s risk of developing gestational hypertension and eclampsia, according to a new study. “We observed for those pregnant women within one kilometer of drilling that there’s about a 5...

Coverage of Tory MPs’ Energy Bills Letter Ignores Ties to Climate Science Denial Group

A media blitz by backbench Tory MPs calling for cuts to green taxes, more North Sea oil and gas extraction, and the return of fracking, is led by politicians with close links to the UK’s main climate science denial group and reflects many of its...

Echoing Climate Deniers, Washington Post Op-ed Imagines Electric Cars Stuck in Snow Instead of Gas Ones

Originally published by ClimateDenierRoundup on Daily Kos. No one wants to get stuck in traffic. Or in the snow. Getting stuck in an all-day traffic jam because it snowed, well, that’s pretty much the worst. And that’s exactly what happened in...

Major Corporations Have 'Broken Promises and Funded Seditionists' Since Jan. 6, Reports Reveal

By Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams. Originally published on Common Dreams under CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. A pair of watchdog groups on Monday called out companies and trade groups that continued to financially support the 147 congressional Republicans who...

2022: COP27, Climate Delay, and the Future of the North Sea

Another year has come and gone, and with it a crucial climate conference and the battle over a controversial new oilfield.  The year in British politics has ended in dramatic fashion, with a number of scandals coming hot on the heels of the...

2021 Trends that Could Drive the Energy Transition Further Next Year

As the impacts of fossil fuels and air pollution on the world’s climate became ever more apparent in 2021, it was easy to miss some of the slower-brewing stories of the past year. That’s in part because it was a year marked by disruption by...