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The technology could provide cover for fossil fuel companies to explore more oil and gas drilling, campaigners say.
The technology could provide cover for fossil fuel companies to explore more oil and gas drilling, campaigners say.
Emails seen by DeSmog show a PR lobby funded by gas companies is looking to influence the opposition party as likely winners of the next general election.
Emails seen by DeSmog show a PR lobby funded by gas companies is looking to influence the opposition party as likely winners of the next general election.
A DeSmog review of 12 large-scale projects reveals a litany of cost-overruns and missed targets, with a net increase in emissions.
A DeSmog review of 12 large-scale projects reveals a litany of cost-overruns and missed targets, with a net increase in emissions.
The oil industryโ€™s push to portray carbon capture as a climate solution at COP28 obscures how the technology is really being used.
The oil industryโ€™s push to portray carbon capture as a climate solution at COP28 obscures how the technology is really being used.
James Millar, former TransCanada spokesperson, gave off-the-cuff damage control advice to industry proponents in Edmonton.
James Millar, former TransCanada spokesperson, gave off-the-cuff damage control advice to industry proponents in Edmonton.
โ€˜Direct air captureโ€™ of carbon pollution is still experimental, but a fossil fuel company is embracing it as a way to keep drilling.
โ€˜Direct air captureโ€™ of carbon pollution is still experimental, but a fossil fuel company is embracing it as a way to keep drilling.
New report details how more โ€œclimate-washingโ€ lawsuits and complaints are being filed against corporationsโ€™ greenwashing than ever before, and experts warn complicit PR and ad firms could face legal risks.
New report details how more โ€œclimate-washingโ€ lawsuits and complaints are being filed against corporationsโ€™ greenwashing than ever before, and experts warn complicit PR and ad firms could face legal risks.
EPA considers why it should โ€” or shouldnโ€™t โ€” put the state in charge of OKโ€™ing carbon storage projects.
EPA considers why it should โ€” or shouldnโ€™t โ€” put the state in charge of OKโ€™ing carbon storage projects.
The amount and scale of new pipelines envisioned to transport CO2 to planned carbon storage sites is hard to fathom โ€” let alone the environmental justice impacts they foretell.
The amount and scale of new pipelines envisioned to transport CO2 to planned carbon storage sites is hard to fathom โ€” let alone the environmental justice impacts they foretell.
The Conservative Party has been accused of helping its โ€˜friends and donorsโ€™ while promoting a โ€˜false solutionโ€™ to climate change
The Conservative Party has been accused of helping its โ€˜friends and donorsโ€™ while promoting a โ€˜false solutionโ€™ to climate change

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onSep 29, 2023 @ 05:14 PDT

The technology could provide cover for fossil fuel companies to explore more oil and gas drilling, campaigners say.

The technology could provide cover for fossil fuel companies to explore more oil and gas drilling, campaigners say.
onSep 26, 2023 @ 10:11 PDT

Emails seen by DeSmog show a PR lobby funded by gas companies is looking to influence the opposition party as likely winners of the next general election.

Emails seen by DeSmog show a PR lobby funded by gas companies is looking to influence the opposition party as likely winners of the next general election.
onSep 25, 2023 @ 22:00 PDT

A DeSmog review of 12 large-scale projects reveals a litany of cost-overruns and missed targets, with a net increase in emissions.

A DeSmog review of 12 large-scale projects reveals a litany of cost-overruns and missed targets, with a net increase in emissions.
Analysis
onSep 25, 2023 @ 22:00 PDT

The oil industryโ€™s push to portray carbon capture as a climate solution at COP28 obscures how the technology is really being used.

The oil industryโ€™s push to portray carbon capture as a climate solution at COP28 obscures how the technology is really being used.
onSep 14, 2023 @ 13:05 PDT

James Millar, former TransCanada spokesperson, gave off-the-cuff damage control advice to industry proponents in Edmonton.

James Millar, former TransCanada spokesperson, gave off-the-cuff damage control advice to industry proponents in Edmonton.
onAug 11, 2023 @ 18:33 PDT

โ€˜Direct air captureโ€™ of carbon pollution is still experimental, but a fossil fuel company is embracing it as a way to keep drilling.

โ€˜Direct air captureโ€™ of carbon pollution is still experimental, but a fossil fuel company is embracing it as a way to keep drilling.
onJul 3, 2023 @ 14:09 PDT

New report details how more โ€œclimate-washingโ€ lawsuits and complaints are being filed against corporationsโ€™ greenwashing than ever before, and experts warn complicit PR and ad firms could face legal risks.

New report details how more โ€œclimate-washingโ€ lawsuits and complaints are being filed against corporationsโ€™ greenwashing than ever before, and experts warn complicit PR and ad firms could face legal risks.
onJun 22, 2023 @ 18:11 PDT

EPA considers why it should โ€” or shouldnโ€™t โ€” put the state in charge of OKโ€™ing carbon storage projects.

EPA considers why it should โ€” or shouldnโ€™t โ€” put the state in charge of OKโ€™ing carbon storage projects.
Opinion
onMay 31, 2023 @ 11:14 PDT

The amount and scale of new pipelines envisioned to transport CO2 to planned carbon storage sites is hard to fathom โ€” let alone the environmental justice impacts they foretell.

The amount and scale of new pipelines envisioned to transport CO2 to planned carbon storage sites is hard to fathom โ€” let alone the environmental justice impacts they foretell.
onMay 23, 2023 @ 10:37 PDT

The Conservative Party has been accused of helping its โ€˜friends and donorsโ€™ while promoting a โ€˜false solutionโ€™ to climate change

The Conservative Party has been accused of helping its โ€˜friends and donorsโ€™ while promoting a โ€˜false solutionโ€™ to climate change