Pssst! Wanna Buy a Cheap, Inefficient, Illegal Lightbulb

onMay 17, 2007 @ 08:51 PDT

Hide your children: the dim bulbs at the Natural Resources Stewardship Project (NRSP) are warning that the federal ban on incandescent lightbulbs could soon give rise to a black market in inefficient lighting.

Imagine, Tim Ball and Tom Harris , decked out in bulky coats and lurking in the alleyways of Toronto and Victoria, offering addicts the opportunty to burn four to six times as much energy with a single lightbulb.

Ah well, when energy industry lobby firms run out of money to pay the NRSP principals to dissemble on climate change, at least the two spinmeisters have an exit strategy.

By Richard Littlemore

Revealed: Industry-led West Africa Fishery Protection Measures Marred By ‘Massive Conflicts of Interest’

ByBrigitte Wear, Hazel Healy and Michaela Herrmann

onJul 4, 2024 @ 03:33 PDT

Campaigners criticise “highly flawed” voluntary schemes as DeSmog analysis finds lack of representation from civil society, or impacted communities.

Series: Spotlight on Industrial Aquaculture

Canada Oil Companies Delete Carbon Capture Mentions on Websites Before New Regulations Kick in

ByTaylor Noakes

onJul 3, 2024 @ 06:58 PDT

Drastic action in advance of rules to rein in greenwashing shows fossil-fuel backers don’t have evidence on CCS “to support the story they’re selling.”

Reform UK Leader Nigel Farage Spreads Climate Denial with Conspiracy Groups in Clacton-on-Sea

ByAdam Barnett

onJul 3, 2024 @ 06:47 PDT

Interviewed at a bikers cafe, Farage said the UK’s legally binding commitment to cut greenhouse gas emissions would “make absolutely almost no difference whatsoever”.