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By Ruth Hayhurst, DrillorDrop. The next stage in a legal battle over ministerial approval of fracking in Lancashire reaches the Court of Appeal in London...

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On June 23 2016, 46 million voters merrily skipped to the polls to have their say about whether the UK should remain in the...

Queen’s Speech Reiterates Support for Paris Agreement, But Leaves Most Climate Policy Up-for-Grabs

“My government will continue to support international action against climate change, including the implementation of the Paris agreement.” So said the Queen during her speech today...

Yorkshire Fracking Company Receives Official Warning Over Incorrect Emissions Data

By Ruth Hayhurst, DrillOrDrop The shale gas company preparing to frack in North Yorkshire breached one of its environmental permits by failing to publish correct...

BP’s ‘Close Association’ with Countries Accused of Human Rights Abuses Puts Gallery Sponsorship at...

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Food and Water Watch Founder Wenonah Hauter: ‘This is a Long-Term Battle Not Just...

“As an American I’m not going to come here and tell the British how to put together a campaign and win, I can only...

Mapped: The Brexiteer Climate Science Denial Network Beneath the Tory-DUP Coalition Pact

Prime Minister Theresa May has announced a deal with Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) that she hopes will keep her in the job. But while the...

Heritage Foundation Registers as EU Lobbyists for Just One Month

Washington DC-based think tank the Heritage Foundation briefly registered as lobbyists in Brussels, DeSmog UK has learned. A little noticed entry to the EU Transparency Register...

New Irish Climate Science Denial Group Hosts CO2 Coalition Director William Happer

The second meeting in a month of the newly formed climate sceptic group, the Irish Climate Science Forum, took place behind a veil of...

Theresa May Appoints New Climate Minister As Wait for Policy ‘Stability’ Continues

Prime minister Theresa May has had a busy few days. She continued to reshuffle her front-bench yesterday, moving a number of junior ministers into...

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