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June 10, 2023 at 1:29 PM

New Industrial Aquaculture Project, Fishmeal Undermining Human Rights, and UK Fossil Fuel Imports

New Industrial Aquaculture Project Launching! ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ …

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June 3, 2023 at 12:44 PM

What Stopped a $97 Million Oil Tax Break

Huge Oil Tax Break Scuttled, More Pro-LNG Ghostwriting, and More ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌…

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May 27, 2023 at 12:46 PM

A Future Fossil Fuel Graveyard?

A Possible Fossil Fuel Graveyard, Big Oil Racketeering Charges, and More ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌…

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May 20, 2023 at 1:04 PM

Montana Paying Climate Denier for Upcoming Trial

Climate Denier in Upcoming Trial, Kenyan Campaigner “Locked Out” of Oil and Gas Conference, and more ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌…

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May 16, 2023 at 8:07 PM

A Special Event From The U.S. Gulf Coast

DeSmog has been reporting for years... ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌…

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May 13, 2023 at 2:14 PM

McDonald’s lobbying against packaging waste laws

McDonald’s lobbying, gas company ghostwriting, and more ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ …

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May 6, 2023 at 4:58 PM

Oil Company Secretly Funding Pro-Fossil Fuel Indigenous Group, Climate Blockade, and more

Secret Oil Industry Funding Revealed ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌…

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April 29, 2023 at 2:21 PM

Big Ag Greenwashing, Supreme Court Decisions, and More

Climate Friendly Beef or Just More Big Ag Greenwashing? ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ …

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April 23, 2023 at 3:45 PM

Meat Industry Borrows Big Oil’s Tactics; new EPA Regs

Is this proposed EPA rule for toxic chemical emissions enough? ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌…

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April 14, 2023 at 6:38 PM

Fossil Fuels Go to Boise Conference

    Message From the Editor This week, our UK Deputy Editor, Sam Bright, revealed that a fossil fuel industry group and a controversial waste management company are sponsoring dinners at next week’s Society of Environmental Journalists (SEJ) confer…

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April 8, 2023 at 3:00 PM

Shell Knew in the ’70s That “CO2 Would Create a Risk”

    Message From the Editor Last weekend, we published a powerful investigation by Matthew Green into what Shell knew about climate change in the 1970s. Although it went up on April Fool’s Day, this piece was no joke.It sheds light on how Shell was…

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March 25, 2023 at 3:13 PM

The Gulf Coast’s Black Communities Fighting Industry

    Message From the Editor This week, Sara Sneath brought us two powerful stories about Black communities in the Gulf Coast that are pushing back against polluting industries.First, she reported on a lawsuit filed Tuesday in the Eastern District o…

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March 18, 2023 at 4:00 PM

'They’re a propaganda machine on behalf of industry' 🛢️

A major Canadian oil company is quietly backing an anti-emissions cap Indigenous group ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ …

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March 11, 2023 at 5:00 PM

Who’s Afraid of a “Toothless Tiger”? 🐅

    Message From the Editor On Thursday, the CEO of Norfolk Southern — the company whose train carrying hazardous materials derailed last month in East Palestine, Ohio — appeared before Congress, pledging “to make this right” without committing to …

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March 4, 2023 at 4:39 PM

Who Was Worried About Gas Stoves in the ‘70s? 🔥

    Message From the Editor Get ready for the gas industry’s denial and disinformation machine to kick into high gear — this week, the Consumer Product Safety Commission issued a formal request for information on the potential health impacts of gas…

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February 25, 2023 at 4:50 PM

What Did We Learn from 1,000+ Gas Lobby Tweets?📱

    Message From the Editor This week marked the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. As we covered last year, the fossil fuel industry used the war as an opportunity to call for expanded production, lock in new LNG exports, and ge…

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February 18, 2023 at 5:16 PM

You Can’t Remediate Dead Fish 🐟

    Message From the Editor A fight is brewing in South Louisiana over a proposal to build a $4.5 billion “Clean Energy Complex” that would manufacture blue hydrogen.Hydrogen, which can be made from natural gas, is only “blue” if carbon capture and…

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February 11, 2023 at 4:20 PM

What’s Lurking in the Wild West of Offshore Drilling?

    Message From the Editor In recent years, the climate impact of methane — a potent greenhouse gas — has gotten increasing attention. It’s the main component of fracked gas and a byproduct of oil, and can leak into the atmosphere at various point…

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February 4, 2023 at 6:03 PM

Is the “Greenest LNG Project” Just Greenwash?

    Message From the Editor Want something to talk about with friends and family this weekend? How about the “greenest LNG project in the world.”Global Investigations Editor Matthew Green collaborated with the environmental news collaborative Flood…

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January 28, 2023 at 1:30 AM

Fossil Fuel Donation Drama in Louisiana

    Message From the Editor Fossil fuel money in politics is nothing new — but recent revelations about its influence on a political race in Louisiana has the state Democratic Party in a state of crisis. After endorsing climate candidate Davante Le…

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January 21, 2023 at 4:52 PM

Who Else Is Following Big Oil’s Playbook?

    Message From the Editor Pesticides — a broad category of chemicals that are designed to kill insects, weeds, fungi, and rodents — are among the most toxic and damaging substances on the planet. Their harmful impacts on human and ecosystem healt…

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January 14, 2023 at 5:00 PM

Why Is an Oil Exec Leading COP28?

    Message From the Editor New research published this week by Geoffrey Supran, Naomi Oreskes, and Stefan Rahmstorf demonstrates that as far back as the late 1970s ExxonMobil “correctly and skillfully” predicted global warming. “By contrast,” the …

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January 7, 2023 at 4:13 PM

How Did We Ring in the New Year?

    Message From the Editor On January 1, Julie Dermansky rang in the new year by capturing some powerful images of Shell’s Norco Manufacturing Complex and Valero’s St. Charles Refinery in Louisiana. As the plants belched emissions skyward, the riv…

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December 30, 2022 at 5:00 PM

Pssst, there's still (a little) time

    Power DeSmog into 2023 Photo credit: Julie Dermansky Psst, reader:We know that to-do lists are long and distractions high this time of year, but if you were considering giving to DeSmog in 2022, you’ve still got (a little) time.Please donate …

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December 27, 2022 at 5:00 PM

The Thorn in the Side of Corporate Climate Denial

    Power DeSmog into 2023 Photo credit: Julie Dermansky Hi there,Thank you so much to everyone who has already donated to support DeSmog’s fearless research and reporting! Every day, our global team of researchers continues to expand and update …

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December 24, 2022 at 12:24 PM

What Is Life Like on the Climate Crisis's Frontlines?

    Message From the Editor 2022 was a banner year for DeSmog. We grew our ranks, expanded our global coverage, and added new beats and regular features. I’m so proud of all that our small-but-mighty team accomplished, and I’m excited for what the …

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December 23, 2022 at 5:00 PM

Did you miss this? We're exposing climate denial

    Your Support Matters Photo credit: Julie Dermansky Hi there,We’re overwhelmed with gratitude at how many of you have already shown your generous support for DeSmog!But for those who missed our email (below):There’s still time to donate $20 or…

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December 20, 2022 at 5:00 PM

Help us expose false climate solutions

    Your Support Matters Photo credit: Julie Dermansky Since 2006, DeSmog has been shining a light on the shadowy industry networks behind climate denial and delay with our no-punches-pulled investigative reporting and research databases. And we …

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December 17, 2022 at 4:55 PM

We’ve Got Your Weekend Read

    Message From the Editor Just in time for your weekend reading, we published a two part investigation into NW Natural, a gas utility in the Pacific Northwest that is using every tool in its arsenal — from activity books for kids to a blue hydrog…

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December 10, 2022 at 4:18 PM

Has the Gas Lobby Locked in Germany?

    Message From the Editor On Saturday, in Wilhelmshaven, Germany, a newly built jetty is due to welcome a 280-meter vessel capable of offloading cargoes of liquified natural gas. The facility is the first of six such floating units slated to bert…

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December 3, 2022 at 4:51 PM

Is This a “New Front” in Climate Liability Suits?

    Message From the Editor Puerto Rico made climate liability litigation history last week when it filed a groundbreaking lawsuit alleging that fossil fuel companies colluded to profit by misleading the public about the climate harms of their prod…

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November 29, 2022 at 5:00 PM

We need your support to expose false climate solutions

    Message From the Editor Dear reader,We are so grateful for your support this past year — and right now the global prospects for bold climate action are facing stiff headwinds.Russia’s invasion of Ukraine sent shockwaves through global energy mark…

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November 19, 2022 at 9:53 AM

Polluters Were Out in Force at COP27

    Message From the Editor COP27, which concludes this week in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, will be remembered as the “African COP,” the first UN climate negotiations summit where “loss and damage” was on the official negotiating agenda, the COP where …

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November 5, 2022 at 9:39 AM

DeSmog Presents DeBunk

    Message From the Editor With the pivotal COP27 UN climate summit starting in Egypt on Sunday, the forces of climate denial and delay are likely to go into overdrive.We wrote about some of them this week when we covered the PR firm that is both …

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October 29, 2022 at 9:18 AM

Oregon Sinks a Nail in Gas’s Coffin 🔨

    Message From the Editor As we gear up for COP27, taking place in Sharm El Sheikh, Egypt, and starting in a matter of days, the United Nations is sounding the alarm bells. Secretary General António Guterres warned in a speech on Thursday that “u…

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October 22, 2022 at 10:13 AM

Has the Reckoning Arrived?

    Message From the Editor The state of New Jersey made waves this week when it sued five oil companies and the American Petroleum Institute — the industry’s most powerful lobbying group — for covering up and misleading the public about climate ch…

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October 15, 2022 at 8:32 AM

The Rise of Fossil Fuel “Lawfare”

    Message From the Editor It’s been a quieter week on the U.S. and International side of DeSmog as we gear up to publish some exciting new pieces. So for today’s newsletter, I want to highlight a powerful story from last Friday that we co-publish…

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October 8, 2022 at 7:35 AM

What’s Behind Big Ag’s Green Agenda?

    Message From the Editor This week, we rolled out a new series that delves into the AIM 4 Climate coalition. Launched at the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow last year by the United States and United Arab Emirates, the coalition pledged to ac…

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October 1, 2022 at 8:14 AM

The Climate Crisis as a Collective Trauma

    Message From the Editor At DeSmog, climate denial is our bread and butter. We regularly bring to light the fossil fuel companies, PR firms, and people fueling denial. But this week, Matthew Green, our global investigations editor, took a diffe…

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September 24, 2022 at 6:05 PM

How Exxon Tried to Kill the Carbon Tax in Canada

    Message From the Editor Imperial Oil might not be a household name in the United States, but the company, which is mostly owned by ExxonMobil, is a big name in Canada and a major player in the Alberta tar sands, or oil sands. And what starts in…

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September 18, 2022 at 12:00 AM

What Big Oil's Saying in Private

    Message From the Editor This was a busy week for climate accountability as multiple U.S. congressional hearings examined major oil companies and the PR firms and tactics they’ve employed to spread disinformation on climate science and policy — …

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September 10, 2022 at 2:11 AM

Welcome to “The New Isle”

    Message From the Editor Late last month, the first participants in a federally funded resettlement project — people from the low-lying and dwindling Isle de Jean Charles in Louisiana — signed papers for their new homes on higher ground. But th…

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September 2, 2022 at 10:13 PM

“We Were Literally Ankle-Deep in Sludge”

    Message From the Editor As Bill Torbett and his colleagues went about their work, handling the sloppy radioactive detritus of oilfields in a cavernous building in eastern Ohio, their skin and clothing often became smothered in sludge. “We were …

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August 27, 2022 at 12:59 AM

Is an FTI Subpoena Coming? “Stay Tuned” 👀

    Message From the Editor Last week, the U.S. House Natural Resources Committee, led by Reps. Raúl Grijalva (D-AZ) and Katie Porter (D-CA), sent a letter to FTI Consulting requesting documents related to the firm’s work on behalf of fossil fuel c…

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August 19, 2022 at 6:35 PM

Radical Change Requires Radical Thinking

    Message From the Editor As you know, writing about the deniers blocking or delaying climate action, or distracting us with false solutions, is our bread and butter here at DeSmog. Last week, we published an essay from Clara Vondrich, the inaug…

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August 12, 2022 at 10:31 PM

Cheniere’s “Seeking to Greenwash” Its LNG

    Message From the Editor As pressure mounts on fossil fuel companies to clean up their emissions, they’re turning to new tactics to greenwash their operations.This week, Nick Cunningham brought us a story about the latest and greatest in greenwa…

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July 29, 2022 at 10:21 PM

Climate Deniers Target Extreme Weather

    Message From the Editor As I write this, floodwaters are blanketing communities in eastern Kentucky. At least 15 people have died and one part of the state, Buckhorn Lake, received 10.4 inches of rain in 24 hours, .08 inches shy of breaking the…

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July 22, 2022 at 6:59 PM

Undermining Indigenous Energy Rights

    Message From the Editor In last week’s newsletter, we featured the profile of the Macdonald-Laurier Institute (MLI) from our Climate Disinformation Database. This Ottawa-based think tank is a member of the Atlas Network, a web of hundreds of ri…

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July 16, 2022 at 12:40 AM

The House of Saud’s Texas Ties

    Message From the Editor As gas prices have soared over the past few months, President Joe Biden has increasingly come under pressure to visit oil-producing Saudi Arabia, despite his campaign pledge to make the Kingdom’s leaders “pay the price” …

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July 13, 2022 at 11:11 PM

Who’s Behind Canada’s Hydrogen Hype?

    Message From the Editor Technical difficulties prevented us from sending this newsletter at the end of last week as usual. Despite that, we had so much we wanted to share that we decided to get in touch today.Last week, we published a series fr…

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