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3 days ago · Politicians, donors, think tanks, and media outlets in the UK and U.S. are working increasingly closely to scupper climate policies and promote fossil fuel extraction. Politicians, donors, think tanks, and media outlets in the UK and U.S. are working increasingly closely to scupper climate policies ...
Sara Sneath, Author at DeSmog
Jan 24, 2023 · Sara Sneath is an investigative climate reporter and fact checker based in New Orleans. She has reported on energy in the Gulf South for 10 years, including for such outlets as The Washington Post, ProPublica, and The Guardian.Find her on Twitter @SaraSneath.
TJ Jordan, Author at DeSmog
TJ is an investigative reporter who focuses on greenwashing and climate communications. He joined DeSmog in the summer of 2023 after five years working in creative campaigning and public relations.
Ashley Braun, Author at DeSmog
Ashley Braun is Senior Editor of DeSmog. She is also an award-winning freelance science and environmental journalist, and a contributing science writer for Natural History Magazine.Her work has appeared in outlets including The Atlantic, Slate, Science, Scientific American, Discover Magazine, Hakai Magazine, and Medium.She also fact-checks for …
Beyond Action for Action's Sake: Why the Climate Crisis Demands …
Nov 3, 2024 · 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 told that we’re in an unprecedented and dangerous situation, that there’s little time left, and that we’re not moving in the right ...
Investigating Ireland’s Influential Ag Lobby - DeSmog
Sep 25, 2024 · The Republic of Ireland – often dubbed the Emerald Isle – boasts a global reputation for its grass-based agriculture, exporting 90 percent of its meat and dairy produce to over 100 countries. But the intensive food and farming sector is heavily polluting its air, waterways and soil through excessive levels of nitrates in fertilisers and […]
Kemi Badenoch’s Climate Denial Tour - DeSmog
Dec 12, 2024 · Badenoch describes herself as a “net zero sceptic” and has suggested that the UK’s 2050 target for achieving net zero emissions would “bankrupt the country”. As DeSmog has reported, her political advisors have attacked the UK’s climate goals, and her campaign for Tory leader was backed by Neil Record, chair of Net Zero Watch, an arm of the Global Warming Policy Foundation climate ...
Why Is Alberta Falling for Kevin O’Leary’s AI Data Centre Stunt?
Dec 20, 2024 · British Columbia just delivered a master class in clean energy deployment. Premier David Eby just announced nine new wind generating projects totaling 5,000 gigawatt hours of new capacity that will be 50 percent Indigenous-owned and generate up to $6 billion in private sector investment.. BC Hydro negotiated profitable power-buying agreements with independent proponents so public money is not ...
‘Net Zero Sceptic’ Kemi Badenoch Accepted £10,000 from Chevron …
Dec 13, 2024 · Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch received a donation from a director of a fossil fuel giant during this year’s party leadership election, DeSmog can reveal. The new Tory leader has vocally criticised the UK’s climate ambitions in recent months, calling herself a “net zero sceptic”. Badenoch has suggested that the goal of reaching net zero emissions […]
Russian Gas Giant Given Access to Global LNG Summit Alongside …
Dec 13, 2024 · As the Wednesday session closed out in Berlin with a networking drinks reception, the tanker ship Vladimir Voronin was docked in the Belgian port of Zeebrugge unloading a cargo of gas from Siberia. It would become the latest in hundreds of such LNG shipments to European ports from Novatek’s majority-owned Yamal LNG facility this year.. The Centre for Research on Energy and Clean Air – a ...