Energy

A UK charity that portrays itself as a climate leader facilitated a £830,000 donation to the Mercatus Center, a conservative think tank heavily funded by U.S. oil billionaire Charles Koch, DeSmog can reveal. The London-based Founders Pledge channels donations from entrepreneurs to charities – empowering business leaders “to do immense good”, according to its website. […]

The post How a ‘Pro-Climate’ Charity Channelled Cash to a Koch-Funded Think Tank appeared first on DeSmog.

This post has been syndicated from DeSmog, where it was published under this address.

This story is being published in collaboration with The Tyee, an award-winning independent media outlet based in BC.  Danielle Smith and her team met with members of the right-wing think tank the Heritage Foundation not long after the 2024 U.S. election, the Alberta premier said at a conference last month. Smith was speaking at the recent […]

The post Danielle Smith Met with Heritage Foundation After U.S. Election appeared first on DeSmog.

This post has been syndicated from DeSmog, where it was published under this address.

As artificial intelligence company OpenAI plans its rapid construction of behemoth power-guzzling data centers to fuel the AI boom, it has hired a new energy chief – an official from the first Trump administration who is a dedicated champion of natural gas. John McCarrick, the company’s new head of Global Energy Policy, was a senior energy […]

The post OpenAI’s New Energy Chief Is a Trump Administration Natural Gas Evangelist appeared first on DeSmog.

This post has been syndicated from DeSmog, where it was published under this address.

This article by Capital & Main is published here as part of the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now. “I’ve never seen it this bad.” Eddie LeJuine has been fishing and shrimping along the southwestern coast of Louisiana for about four decades. The garrulous 62-year-old can talk for hours about the best fishing spots and the […]

The post On Louisiana’s Gulf Coast, Residents Fume as Insurers Hike Rates and Invest in Fossil Fuel Projects appeared first on DeSmog.

This post has been syndicated from DeSmog, where it was published under this address.

“This is a test of whether Canada works as a country,” warned Alberta Premier Danielle Smith after she finally announced a proposal for a bitumen pipeline to the B.C. coast sponsored by… the government of Alberta. After months of futile door knocking and arm twisting in the oil patch, Smith obviously failed to find a […]

The post Danielle Smith’s Pipeline Without a Proponent Is All Dollars and No Sense appeared first on DeSmog.

This post has been syndicated from DeSmog, where it was published under this address.

LIVERPOOL – The UK’s largest oil and gas trade body has criticised Reform UK’s plans to “turn off the tap” on renewable energy. Nigel Farage’s party has tried to present itself as the oil and gas industry’s closest ally, vowing to “drill, baby, drill” in the North Sea and scrap the windfall tax on excess […]

The post Oil and Gas Trade Group Blasts Reform’s Anti-Renewables Agenda appeared first on DeSmog.

This post has been syndicated from DeSmog, where it was published under this address.