The unsubstantiated claim has resurfaced in recent months as pressure has grown for the UK to embrace the controversial gas extraction technique.

As billions in federal funds start flowing to state orphan well programs, a DeSmog investigation raises questions about whether oil-friendly states will put industry interests ahead of the environment.

The bill would have required the state’s two enormous public pension funds to divest from fossil fuels, but it was squashed by a Democrat who has taken money from oil and gas companies.

The company is currently seeking an estimated £31.7 billion worth of subsidies from the UK government for a similar project.

Michael Hintze, an Australian hedge fund manager, will join several other climate sceptics in the House of Lords.

The congressional stop in Louisiana over the Juneteenth weekend will inform an ambitious environmental justice bill a long time in the making.

The oil and gas industry’s expansion strategy is now being marketed in the language of Indigenous empowerment and net-zero climate action.

The petition was backed by former Brexit Party MEP Lance Forman and conservative commentator Darren Grimes.

CalPERS says it needs to hold onto billions in fossil fuel shares in order to push polluters in the right direction – but a new report details a pattern of voting against climate proposals.

Santander, Boots, BMW and Centrica also feature among the top 20 UK pension plans without carbon neutral goals.