Dana Drugmand

About

Dana is an environmental journalist focusing on climate change and climate accountability reporting. She writes regularly for DeSmog covering topics such as fossil fuel industry opposition to climate action, climate change lawsuits, greenwashing and false climate solutions, and clean transportation.

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Opponents of a regional proposal to curb transportation sector emissions in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic are using a number of deceptive tactics to attack and criticize the Transportation and Cli...
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It is no secret that many members of Congress particularly on the Republican side are in the pockets of their fossil fuel funders. The strategy of these special interests is to keep loyal lawmakers...
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A new report from advocacy group Food and Water Watch argues that fracking and continued reliance on natural gas is detrimental to addressing climate change. The report, which calls out the fossil ...
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In back-to-back hearings before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals Wednesday, lawyers representing California cities and counties suing fossil fuel companies over localized climate impacts argued t...
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Last month New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu announced the state would not be participating in the Transportation and Climate Initiativeย (TCI), a regional cap-and-trade program aimed at reducing ...
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When a pair of Ninth Circuit Court judges ordered dismissal of a landmark youth climate change lawsuit last week, they concluded that the U.S. government may be harming the nationโ€™s youth through i...
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You donโ€™t have to look far to find misinformation about climate science continuing to spread online through prominent social media channels like YouTube. Thatโ€™s despite the overwhelming scientific ...
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Industry groups including oil and gas trade associations were quick to pile on the praise following President Trumpโ€™s announcement Thursday, January 9 of major overhauls to the National Environment...
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A Louisiana appeals court heard oral arguments Wednesday, January 8 in a case brought by Louisiana landowners against the Bayou Bridge Pipeline Company that illegally trespassed and began pipeline ...
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As 2019 comes to a close, DeSmog is reflecting on another year that featured high-impact investigations and accountability reporting by our team of journalists about the reckless fossil fuel indust...