Now that they can no longer pretend the climate crisis isn’t real, big emitters and their enablers are making all of the right noises – and taking none of the right actionsFor climate change in Australia, 2021 was the year of the bullshit absolution na…
Fossil fuel combustion kills more than 1 million people every year, study says
Study examined global exposure to PM2.5, a pollutant linked to many diseases.
Ratchets, phase-downs and a fragile agreement: how Cop26 played out
Last-minute hitch on coal almost reduced Alok Sharma to tears as Glasgow climate pact made imperfect progressAs weary delegates trudged into the Scottish Event Campus on the banks of the Clyde on Saturday, few realised what a mountain they still had to…
Anatomy of spin: how UK is trying to frame Cop26 as a success
Officials have been sending out misleading and overhyped statements during the conference. Fiona Harvey dissects one missive • What is Cop26 and why does it matter? The complete guideThe first week of Cop26 was a packed affair, with world leaders of th…
Fossil fuels doomed in New York as regulator blocks new gas power plants
New fossil fuel power plants are “inconsistent” with state climate law.
Congress fails to pin down oil company execs on their bad-faith arguments
Spin, lobbying, and obfuscation still rule the day.
Gasoline-powered lawn mowers, leaf blowers to be banned under new California law
Law targets small engines, which can pollute more than passenger vehicles.
Johnson’s backing for the Cambo oilfield is unscientific and potentially disastrous | Peter Capaldi
The government should be supporting green jobs for fossil fuel workers, not deepening our dependency on oil and gasIn three weeks’ time world leaders will gather in my hometown of Glasgow to talk about the biggest threat to our future: the climate cris…
Fossil fuel companies paying top law firms millions to ‘dodge responsibility’
Over the last five years, the 100 top law firms in the US represented fossil fuel clients in 358 legal cases and transactions worth $1.36tnThe world’s biggest corporate law firms have been making millions of dollars representing fossil fuel companies b…
Why California’s enormous oil spill won’t be its last
The state’s ageing oil infrastructure means more disasters are likely as companies move away from fossil fuelsA gash in an underwater pipeline sent tens of thousands of gallons of oil rushing into the waters near Los Angeles last weekend, blackening be…