Green targets are hindering roll-out of projects based on fossil fuels, executives warn conference in Rotterdam.

Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse and Rep. Jamie Raskin have formally referred their investigation into the fossil fuel industry’s climate deception to the Justice Department — a major development.

Internal documents unearthed by a U.S. Senate panel show the oil giant modeled up to 500 CCS sites operating globally by 2050, far fewer than rival Shell. 

But demand for hydrogen-powered vehicles remains low, and claims the gas is a net-zero technology are still unproven.

Campaigners likened the fossil fuel company’s patronage of climate events to letting an “arsonist sponsor a fire safety conference”.

Ministers met with Onward, accused of being “a fossil fuel dinosaur in new clothing”, more than any other think tank last year.

BP sees sponsored content as a crucial tool to reach “Washington, DC, elites,” according to subpoenaed memos.

After donating £50,000 to a Conservative faction in December, the Legatum Institute has now hired Lynton Crosby’s influential CT Group.

Despite calls to stop representing polluters, Edelman will continue to promote one of the world’s biggest producers of oil and gas.

A 2023 DeSmog investigation uncovered a “backroom deal” between Portland city officials and Zenith Energy. New documents show the state environmental regulator also met with the company.