Energy

Drax’s plans to source wood pellets from Californian forests have been shelved in what campaigners are hailing as an “historic victory”. The Yorkshire-based biomass company, which operates the UK’s biggest wood-fired power station, set the project in motion to build two industrial plants in rural California, in partnership with Golden State Natural Resources (GSNR) last […]

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This article is part of a cross-border investigative series supported by Journalismfund Europe. Chris Carlton built his house in Ingleside, Texas in 2008, back when it was a sleepy fishing town. “We were this little pocket of paradise. This area was known for fishing long before it was known for petroleum.”  Since then, more than […]

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After Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) denounced the law once known as the “Big Beautiful Bill,” largely over its proposed Medicaid cuts, which he said would threaten insurance coverage for many North Carolinians, he called out the bill’s problematic approach to energy — and one climate crisis denier credited with helping to craft those provisions, in particular. […]

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Tar sands advocacy group Pathways Alliance has been sponsoring school science fairs, DeSmog has learned. Environmentalists are questioning the ethics of an oil industry lobby group participating in science fairs for children, particularly given their disregard for the scientific consensus concerning the relationship between fossil fuel use and climate change. Pathways Alliance, which represents six Canadian […]

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Climate campaigners turned out on Wednesday in London to occupy the lobby of UK-based communications giant WPP, demanding that the company stop working for the fossil fuel industry. As demonstrators inside staged a “die-in” — wrapping themselves in shrouds emblazoned with logos of Shell, BP, and other WPP clients — a grim reaper figure in […]

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