GB News Appoints Chairman Who Spent Years Promoting Climate Denial
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New Gas Industry Astroturf Group ‘Fuelling Canada’ Targets First-Time Homebuyers
In April, the Globe & Mail published an article on its website extolling the virtues of natural gas appliances in people’s houses.
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Twitter’s New Ad Policy Ignores a Subtler Form of Climate Disinformation
There’s a simple rule when it comes to corporate climate commitments: when they come out on Earth Day, you know they’re often too good...
Oregon Gas Utility Wants to Bill Customers Millions for Executive Bonuses and ‘Misleading’ Advertising
NW Natural, a gas utility based in Oregon, is seeking to raise gas bills on its customers in order to pay for millions in...
How the Oil and Gas Industry Is Trying to Hold US Public Schools Hostage
By Leanna First-Arai, The Guardian. This article originally appeared in The Guardian and is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism collaboration strengthening coverage...
Rising Authoritarianism and Worsening Climate Change Share a Fossil-fueled Secret
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Around the world, many countries are becoming less democratic. This backsliding on democracy and “creeping authoritarianism,” as the...
House Dems Call On Top U.S. Insurers to End Backing of Fossil Fuel Projects
By Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams. Originally published on Common Dreams.
A group of House Democrats on Wednesday sent letters to 13 of the top U.S. insurers, urging them...
California Oil and Gas Industry Leans on Political Heavyweights to Drill Wells
By Aaron Cantu, Capital & Main. This story originally appeared in Capital & Main and is part of Covering Climate Now, a global journalism...
‘Existential Threat’: Indigenous Leaders Urge Citigroup to Stop Backing Amazon Oil
Indigenous leaders have called on Citigroup to stop financing oil and gas projects in the Amazon, saying the bank’s activities contradict its climate pledges...
‘This Needs to Be Fixed’: Nuclear Expert Calls Radioactivity Levels Found Outside Ohio Oilfield...
Activists and scientists have found alarming levels of radioactivity in samples collected along the road and soils outside Austin Master Services, an oilfield waste...
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