A welcome message from DeSmogBlog executive director Brendan DeMelle. We’re pleased to introduce DeSmog UK, a brand new investigative journalism and research outlet dedicated to clearing the PR pollution that…
Mark Fiore perfectly sums up the summer recess plans of the 113th Congress in Camp Do Nuttin’. Watch below. Fiore explains on Daily Kos: House Republicans seem to have created…
The Heartland Institute is reviving its global warming skeptics’ gathering this week in scorching hot Las Vegas for the ninth “International Conference on Climate Change” — which DeSmog long ago…
The Cartoon Introduction to Climate Change was released this week by Island Press and I highly recommend you check it out. It’s not only a fun read to educate yourself…
“Sometimes you can’t convince people, you just have to defeat them.” That was Washington state governor Jay Inslee’s message about dealing with climate deniers today at Climate Solutions‘ 6th annual…
A jury in Dallas, TX today awarded $2.925 million to plaintiffs Bob and Lisa Parr, who sued Barnett shale fracking company Aruba Petroleum Inc. for intentionally causing a nuisance on…
Looking for something inspiring to watch tonight instead of Game of Thrones? Check out this sneak peak of Years of Living Dangerously, which will premiere on Showtime on Sunday, April…
Looking for something inspiring to watch tonight instead of Game of Thrones? Check out this sneak peak of Years of Living Dangerously, which will premiere on Showtime on Sunday, April…
The Junkman has a new job, and yet again it involves defending fossil fuels and attacking science. Steve Milloy, who long ago dubbed himself “The Junkman,” is listed as Director…
Look out, folks. Bill O’Reilly is about to talk about global warming again on the O’Reilly Factor. Of course, he’s already reached his conclusion that “Nobody can control the climate…
Greenpeace USA’s Polluter Harmony project released another great spoof video this week as part of it “world’s dirtiest dating service” series mocking polluters and bought-off politicians. Watch: Tags: PolluterWatch.org Polluter…
President Barack Obama’s remarks on energy and climate change during the State of the Union address: (H/T The Guardian) Now, one of the biggest factors in bringing more jobs back…
DeSmogBlog regrets the incorrect claims made in an article published late Sunday night regarding the origins of the chemical spilled into the Elk River in West Virginia. The piece incorrectly…
Today, we wrap up 2013 with a slideshow of photographs taken this past year by DeSmog contributor Julie Dermansky. We’re grateful to have Julie on our team, and as you…
A train carrying crude oil from the Bakken shale derailed in Casselton, North Dakota today, with fiery results. Residents have reported multiple explosions and are sheltering in place to avoid…
This Thanksgiving, Americans can be thankful that Canadian tar sands crude isn’t flowing across the border through the Keystone XL to refineries and export facilities on the Gulf Coast. Canada,…
Staying classy as ever, the anti-science Committee for a Constructive Tomorrow (CFACT) sent a fundraising request to its fans this week and made a reprehensible reference to the Holocaust, likening…
Oil Change International released a briefing paper today at COP19 in Warsaw revealing that subsidies lavished on the fossil fuel industry by wealthy industrialized nations add up to more than…
The second week of the COP19 UN climate change conference in Warsaw kicked off today with a focus on the continuing obstruction of the bad actors in the process –…
The Alliance for Northwest Jobs & Exports issued a misleading statement to the Seattle Times in response to last week’s guest post by contributor Mike Stark: Why Are Coal Industry…
