Analysis

The Greenwashing Files: Fossil Fuel Giants Accused of 'Deceptive' Advertising

By Rich Collett-White and Rachel Sherrington

onApr 18, 2021 @ 23:23 PDT

A major new catalogue of fossil fuel company adverts based on research by DeSmog shows the gap between their public image and the reality of their operations.

Fossil Fuel Companies’ Tough Sell: Oil and Gas Sites With Costly Environmental Clean-up

By Justin Mikulka

onApr 16, 2021 @ 08:50 PDT

The total cost of decommissioning offshore oil wells around the world is expected to be over $100 billion by 2030.

Global Coal Use is Falling But Not Fast Enough to Tackle Climate Change

By Justin Mikulka

onApr 8, 2021 @ 20:49 PDT

Global declines in coal powered electricity are being offset by China's continued plans to build more coal-fired power generation capacity.

Fossil Fuel Tax Programs to Cut Emissions Lead to Lots of Industry Profit, Little Climate Action

By Justin Mikulka

onApr 4, 2021 @ 00:01 PDT

New calls for market-based approaches to limiting climate pollution raise concerns about these policies’ effectiveness

I’m a Climate Scientist — Here Are 3 Key Things I Have Learned Over a Year of COVID

By Guest

onMar 11, 2021 @ 08:59 PST

By Piers Forster, University of Leeds The planet had already warmed by around 1.2 degrees Celsius (2.2 degrees Fahrenheit) since pre-industrial times when the World Health Organization officially ...

uk/Analysis: Fuel Duty Freeze Set to Continue Thanks to Sustained Media Campaign

By Rich Collett-White

onMar 2, 2021 @ 22:00 PST

If the Budget means one thing above all else for the road transport lobby, it’s fuel duty. And recent years have shown it knows exactly which pressure points to push to get its way, with the sector...

Analysis: How Exxon Is Being Forced To Accept The Reality Of Bad Fossil Fuel Investments

By Justin Mikulka

onFeb 26, 2021 @ 16:00 PST

Last August, ExxonMobil warned that it may need to remove 20 percent of its oil and gas proved reserves from its books. While that was a shocking number from the oil major, reality proved to be eve...

us/From Capture to Culture: Aquaculture in the US

By Ian Urbina

onFeb 24, 2021 @ 13:38 PST

As the Biden administration turns to environmental concerns, one of its top priorities will be how to better protect the world’s oceans. With more than 80 percent of the world’s fish stocks at or n...

us/Why the US Rejoining the Paris Climate Accord Matters at Home and Abroad — 5 Scholars Explain

By Guest

onFeb 20, 2021 @ 00:01 PST

By Morgan Bazilian, Colorado School of Mines

Analysis: How the Agribusiness Lobby Mobilised Against a UK Carbon Tax

By Phoebe Cooke

onFeb 5, 2021 @ 05:42 PST

“Hands off our sausages.” A war on bacon has been waged, apparently. According to The Sun, the nation’s bangers are at risk from a “barmy” meat tax. “Tax raid on your lifestyle!” warned The Mail. ...

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Analysis

The Greenwashing Files: Fossil Fuel Giants Accused of 'Deceptive' Advertising

ByRich Collett-White and Rachel Sherrington

onApr 18, 2021 @ 23:23 PDT

A major new catalogue of fossil fuel company adverts based on research by DeSmog shows the gap between their public image and the reality of their operations.

Analysis

Fossil Fuel Companies’ Tough Sell: Oil and Gas Sites With Costly Environmental Clean-up

ByJustin Mikulka

onApr 16, 2021 @ 08:50 PDT

The total cost of decommissioning offshore oil wells around the world is expected to be over $100 billion by 2030.

Analysis

Global Coal Use is Falling But Not Fast Enough to Tackle Climate Change

ByJustin Mikulka

onApr 8, 2021 @ 20:49 PDT

Global declines in coal powered electricity are being offset by China's continued plans to build more coal-fired power generation capacity.

Analysis

Fossil Fuel Tax Programs to Cut Emissions Lead to Lots of Industry Profit, Little Climate Action

ByJustin Mikulka

onApr 4, 2021 @ 00:01 PDT

New calls for market-based approaches to limiting climate pollution raise concerns about these policies’ effectiveness

Analysis

I’m a Climate Scientist — Here Are 3 Key Things I Have Learned Over a Year of COVID

ByGuest

onMar 11, 2021 @ 08:59 PST

By Piers Forster, University of Leeds The planet had already warmed by around 1.2 degrees Celsius (2.2 degrees Fahrenheit) since pre-industrial times when the World Health Organization officially ...