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Editor’s Note: This is the first article in a new column, Gaslit, which will navigate society’s dysfunctional relationship with fossil fuel disinformation. Have a...
Protests Erupt in Argentina Over Plan for Offshore Oil Drilling
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Lobbyist Behind The Sun’s Petrol Car Ban Survey Admits He Used ‘Loaded’ Question
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Jordan Peterson’s Climate Expert is Science Denier Funded by Oil-Backed Think Tank
The source for author Jordan Peterson’s recent claim that climate change cannot be modelled was a climate science denier who received money from a...
New Reports Allege Texas Oil and Gas Regulator’s Lax Enforcement
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While Exxon Touts Net-Zero Promise, its Huge Plastics Complex Goes Online in Texas
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EU Scientists and Politicians Clash Over Gas and Nuclear as ‘Sustainable’ Investments
The European Union’s scientific and political communities are locked in a battle over whether gas and nuclear can be considered green investments. The latest...
EU Investigating Agribusiness Lobby Group Copa-Cogeca Over Potential Transparency Breach
The European Union is investigating a powerful farming industry group which no longer officially declares its lobbying budget, DeSmog can reveal.
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Earthquakes. Drought. Geysers. Permian Oilfield Water Woes Pile up in West Texas
At 8:00 a.m. Eastern on January 21, a magnitude 3.4 earthquake shook Culberson County in West Texas midway between Odessa and El Paso, the...
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