Oil and Gas Investments of Donald Trump’s New UK Ambassador

U.S. president-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be UK ambassador runs a firm with investments in several oil and gas companies, DeSmog can reveal. Billionaire Warren Stephens, a major Trump donor who was nominated on Monday to be the next UK ambassador, is chairman, president, and CEO of Stephens Inc., one of the largest privately-owned investment […]

CAPP President Abandons ‘Net Zero’ Message at Exclusive Industry Event

Have you ever wondered what Canada’s oil patch says behind closed doors? DeSmog had an opportunity to attend an energy and natural resource forum hosted by the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade, and in contrast to its public messaging emphasizing carbon capture and storage (CCS), oil industry leadership instead called for less regulation, more extraction […]

EQT’s ‘Bulldog’ Has D.C. in His Grip, with Profits — and Maybe Higher Gas Bills — on the Horizon

This article was originally published by PublicSource, a nonprofit newsroom serving the Pittsburgh region, and is supported by the Pulitzer Center. One morning in late September, on the shores of Lake Erie, Toby Rice took the stage before a room of fracking executives and gas industry types working in the Marcellus Shale.  “I was in New York […]

DeSmog Announces Geoff Dembicki as Global Managing Editor

DeSmog is excited to announce the promotion of Geoff Dembicki to the position of Global Managing Editor. Geoff is an award-winning investigative reporter, author, and long-time friend of DeSmog since we first discovered his excellent reporting and shoved a copy of Climate Cover-Up into his hands in 2010. His 2022 book, The Petroleum Papers, was […]

Kemi Badenoch’s Policy Chief Attacked Net Zero Climate Target

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch’s head of policy slammed the UK’s 2050 net zero emissions goal while working for a group that has been funded by BP, DeSmog can report.  Members of the new Tory leader’s top team have held senior roles at think tanks that are part of the Tufton Street network – a co-ordinated […]

Industry Group Pre-Wrote Comments for ‘Workers’ Opposing Vancouver Gas Ban

In the lead-up to a vote from Vancouver city council this week about whether to reinstate a ban on natural gas heating in new homes, an industry group called Resource Works that has ties to some of the country’s biggest gas producers sent out an urgent request to its email list.  “Action needed,” the subject […]

Nitrates Derogation is a ‘Con’, Says Ireland’s Farmers

Smallholders are calling on the EU to scrap Ireland’s nitrates derogation, arguing that pollution of the air, waterways and soil is causing havoc to the land and their livelihoods. Ahead of a snap general election taking place this Friday, November 29, Ireland’s three biggest political parties have all pledged to fight for a continued exemption […]

Group That Calls CO2 ‘Essential’ Praises Trump Energy Secretary Pick Chris Wright

Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Energy, Chris Wright, is receiving enthusiastic approval from a climate obstruction organization that argues global carbon dioxide emissions should be increasing because the gas is “essential for life.”  “I had a chance to sit down one-on-one with Chris in 2022 in his Denver office,” claimed Gregory Wrightstone, […]

Climate Denier Richard Tice’s Seat is Second Most Exposed to Global Warming, Says Insurance Giant

The constituency held by Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice, who campaigns against policies to tackle climate change, has been ranked as the second most at risk from the impacts of global warming. Boston and Skegness is the seat in England that is most exposed to flooding, according to a Climate Risk Index produced by […]

Alberta Conservatives Are Making Up Their Own Climate Facts

Alberta has some serious challenges to deal with. The world economy is decarbonizing, billions of dollars in unfunded oil and gas liabilities have been allowed to accumulate, and many analysts project the pro-drilling policies of the incoming Trump Administration will push prices south of $60 per barrel. But perhaps the biggest crisis facing the province […]