Comment: Axing Fossil Fuel Subsidies Can Deliver Big Climate Benefits
By Alex Doukas, Programme Director at campaign group Oil Change International.
A study published last week, by a group led by the International Institute for Applied Systems...
Mapped: The European Cities that have Climate Plans… And Those That Don’t
By Oliver Heidrich and Diana Reckian, The Conversation
Around the world, cities endeavour to cut greenhouse gas emissions, while adapting to the threats – and opportunities – presented...
Defective Meters and Whistleblower Complaints Raise Questions About Gas Utility’s Profits
A little over a decade ago, Gary Dye, then a gas measurement engineer at NW Natural, Oregon’s largest gas utility, lost faith in his...
Victory for Journalist as Accuracy Complaint by ‘Contrarian’ Climate Scientist Thrown Out
Ireland’s Press Ombudsman has ruled that three complaints from a scientist about stories that described him as a “contrarian” and associated him with a...
Campaigners Call on World Sailing and Ben Ainslie to Oppose ‘Shameful’ INEOS America’s Cup...
Read time: 4 minsA group of campaigners and academics has called on World Sailing’s governing body to oppose US chemical giant INEOS’ sponsorship of...
Tens of Thousands Throng Streets of Glasgow Demanding Climate Justice
GLASGOW, SCOTLAND — Thousands of protestors marched through Glasgow today to demand action from world leaders and polluting companies, as the COP26 UN climate...
As Alarm Over Plastic Grows, Saudis Ramp Up Production in the US
The flares started last December, an event Errol Summerlin, a former legal-aid lawyer, and his neighbors had been bracing for since 2017. After the...
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...
Corporations Given a Platform to Promote Greenwash 31 Times at the UN Climate Talks
Read time: 3 minsThe annual UN climate talks in Katowice, Poland, are drawing to a close. But over the conference’s two weeks, major polluters...
[REDACTED] Government Hides Details of Minister’s Meeting with Fracking Industry
Read time: 6 minsBy Ruth Hayhurst for Drill or Drop
Most of the notes about a recent meeting between a minister and the shale gas industry...