After what was dismissed as a disappointing COP 26 in Glasgow, in the last week we have seen significant victories in the climate fight on both sides of the Atlantic.
Climate Change
New study exposes how the PR industry helped spin climate misinformation for decades
A new peer-reviewed study has analysed the so far under-reported role that PR firms played promoting climate misinformation from the late eighties to 2020. It makes for fascinating reading.
Canada condemned for violent pipeline raids on unceded Gidimtâen territory during climate disaster
Justin Trudeauâs Government is facing increasingy international condemnation for the treatment of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation and their allies who are blockading the proposed 670-km Coastal Gas Link pipeline, which is being built on unceded First Nations’ land and despite scientists saying we cannot burn any more oil and gas. Â
Biden Admin holds huge Gulf of Mexico drilling auction as BC issues emergency due to flooding
Just days after the ending of the landmark climate talks in Glasgow, where Joe Biden promised to lead the world on climate action, the Presidentâs administration offered the largest ever auction of Gulf of Mexico offshore drilling rights.
Days after COP climate summit ends, Shell relocates HQ to London
On Monday, Shell said it was relocating its headquarters to the UK. The move certainly seems to be about tax, but also could Shell be preventing further climate cases in the Dutch courts and putting pressure on the UK Government to approve the controversial Cambo oil field?
COP 26 host, the UK, called âclimate laggardâ for failing to join Beyond Oil & Gas Alliance
When the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance members were unveiled yesterday, there was an obvious one missing: the COP host, the UK Government. To put it mildly this is a disgrace for a country that keeps trying to argue that it is leading the way on climate..
Civil society reaction to launch of Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance
With launch of ‘Beyond Oil & Gas Alliance’, countries and regions forge first diplomatic initiative to phase out fossil fuel extraction. Civil society applauds the creation of BOGA and asks countries: Where is your plan to stop producing the fossil fuels that are driving the climate crisis?
Half of worldâs fossil fuel assets could become stranded by mid 2030s
Scientists are warning that âlarge quantities of fossil fuel reserves and resources are likely to become âunburnableâ or stranded if countries around the world implement climate policies effectively”. And up to half the world’s fossil fuel assets could be stranded by the mid 2030s
Judgement Day: Big Oil bosses face Congress over decades of climate denial
Today Big Oil will appear before Congress to answer for their decades long climate denial campaign. It is the first time that collectively the bosses of Exxon, BP America, Chevron, and Shell have all testified together under oath.
Past Last Call: G20 public finance institutions are still bankrolling fossil fuels
Our new report âPast Last Call: G20 public finance institutions are still bankrolling fossil fuelsâ looks at G20 country and MDB public finance for fossil fuels from 2018-2020 for the first time and finds they are still backing at least USD 63 billion per year in oil, gas, and coal projects.