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Day by Day, UK Shale Industry & Tories Are Losing the Battle to Promote Fracking

In their belligerent and blinkered attempt to replicate the US shale boom in the UK, the fracking industry and Conservative Government cannot bury three immovable and inconvenient truths that treaten to kill off the industry, even before it has been shown to be commercially viable.

Jerry Brown’s Last Chance to Address Climate Change & Avert the “Carbon Bubble”

Tomorrow tens of thousands of people are expected to march in San Francisco to demand that California Governor, Jerry Brown, take decisive action on climate change, including signalling an end to oil and gas drilling in the State.

Alberta Pulls out of Climate Plan in Response to Trans Mountain Defeat

Someone should tell the Premier of Alberta, Rachel Notley, that when you are in a hole, you should stop digging.

Meet the New Prime Minister of Oz: He Loves Coal

A chaotic, back-stabbing and farcical week in Australian politics saw the socially conservative, Scott Morrison, become the new Prime Minister earlier today and Scott loves coal.

Now Oz Prime Minister Jumps off “Climate Cliff” to Save Political Career

Once again cheap dirty energy has literally trumped a clean sustainable future

Investors worth $10 Trillion and the Pope Urge Big Oil to Act on Climate

This weekend two remarkable parallel events happened in a building in the gardens of the Vatican, where hundreds of years ago Galileo was condemned.

PR Company Tries to Hide Links to New Pro-Fossil Fuel Investment Group

Last month, Oil Change International and Desmogblog reported on the formation of a new organization, The Institute for Pension Fund Integrity (IPFI), which had published its first “white paper” on “getting politics out of pensions.”

British Prime Minister Facilitates BP’s New Oil Contract with Azerbaijan Dictatorship

Last week, the British Prime Minister, Theresa May hosted the President of Azerbaijan, Ilham Aliyev, for a meeting at Downing Street, which included the signing of a new energy deal between BP and the Azerbaijan State Oil Company

Welcome to DC’s #DirtyEnergyWeek

The ultimate corporate greenwashing experience starts in DC today when some of America’s dirtiest polluters participate in what is being billed as the “National Clean Energy Week”

After Election Fiasco, Britain’s New Environment Secretary Is “Unfit for the Job”

Britain's new Environment Secretary was once the most hated politician in the land. It is easy to understand why.