Carbon Lobby Campaign Targets Color-Blind Readers

onJul 15, 2010 @ 06:23 PDT

A group with ties to the fossil fuel industry launched a new ad campaign today pushing the idea that carbon dioxide isn’t an environmental pollutant. The organization “C02 is Green” funded a half-page advertisement in The Washington Post urging people to call their senators and seek a vote against “the president’s cap-and-trade bill that will increase your cost of living and not change the climate. “The bill is based on the false premise that man-made CO2 is a major cause of climate change,” the ad says. “Real, empirical evidence indicates it is not.”

By Ross Gelbspan

us/Civil Rights Case Probes Racism Behind Cancer Alley Pollution

BySharon Kelly

onMar 10, 2026 @ 15:29 PDT

Federal lawsuit claiming local officials illegally pushed polluting industries into Black communities reaches new stage.

Series: Louisiana’s Cancer Alley Communities at Risk

Series: Louisiana's Cancer Alley

As Russia Bombs Ukraine’s Power Plants, Gulf Coast LNG Companies Win Big

ByDelaney Nolan

onMar 9, 2026 @ 04:00 PDT

Record LNG exports to Europe pushing up prices for U.S. consumers even more than forecast.

How the ‘Galapagos of West Africa’ was Plundered by Floating Fishmeal Factories

ByDavide Mancini

onMar 8, 2026 @ 23:00 PDT

Off-shore industrial boats illegally harvest thousands of tonnes of small fish vital to the marine food web in Guinea-Bissau, a DeSmog investigation with The Guardian reveals.

Series: Spotlight on Industrial Aquaculture