UK Government Implements Fracking Ban – For Now
Read time: 7 minsBy Ruth Hayhurst for Drill or Drop
After seven years of promoting fracking, Conservative ministers have withdrawn their support and blocked the prospects...
New Study Decodes ExxonMobil’s ‘Modern’ Climate Misinformation
What’s the single word that fossil fuel giant ExxonMobil’s flagship environmental reports to investors and the public tie most closely to climate change and...
EU Plans to Measure True Climate Impacts of LNG Imports From US Fracked Gas
Read time: 5 minsWith growing evidence that the climate impacts of natural gas are comparable to coal, the European Commission is planning to study ways to reduce...
Drilling Begins at Cuadrilla’s Lancashire Shale Gas Site
By Ruth Hayhurst at DrillorDrop.
The shale gas firm, Cuadrilla has confirmed that drilling began today at its site at near Blackpool.
The Preston New Road site...
Investigation: How Pesticide Companies Are Marketing Themselves as a Solution to Climate Change
Read time: 15 minsThis article was published as part of the launch of DeSmog’s Agribusiness Database, where you can find a record of companies...
Fracking Company Pleads No Contest in Iconic Water Contamination Case in Dimock
On Tuesday, gas company Coterra Energy pleaded no contest to environmental crimes related to contaminated water supplies from fracking operations more than a decade...
Labour’s Shadow Energy Minister Backs Biomass ‘Completely’ At Drax-Sponsored Conference Event
Labour’s energy spokesperson has said he stands “completely” with biomass giant Drax, despite admitting that its use of wood pellets in its North Yorkshire...
Introducing Empire Oil: A DeSmog UK Special Investigation
The UK likes to brag about its credential as a global climate leader. But a new DeSmog UK investigation reveals that beneath the green...
Ineos Fracking Injunctions Having ‘Chilling Effect’ on Right to Protest, Court Told
Read time: 7 minsBy Ruth Hayhurst for Drill or Drop
The injunction against anti-fracking protests granted to Ineos is already breaching rights to freedom of speech,...
Climate Migration Will Worsen the Brutality and Confusion on the Mediterranean
In July of 2018, an Italian-flagged oil supply ship called the Asso 28 that was crossing the Mediterranean Sea encountered a stalled rubber raft...
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