So Who Does Rex Murphy Work For?
There is a brewing controversy swirling around longtime CBC commentator Rex Murphy and his relationship with Canada’s oil industry. As long time readers of DeSmog know, Murphy has been a…
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Survey Lists the Best and Worst Financial Funds When it Comes to Climate Change Risk
Is your pension fund or insurance company a leader or laggard when it comes to avoiding risky bets on the future impacts of climate change? A new survey released today…
Canadian Government at Warsaw Climate Talks a Waste of Taxpayers Dollars
All week people have been coming by the press center here at the COP-19 UN climate negotiations asking, “Hey Kevin, why are you just sitting there playing with that pencil?”…
International Coal Summit’s pipe dream of carbon capture & storage
A new study released today at the UN climate conference underway in Warsaw, Poland finds that new coal plants cannot be built if we are to keep global warming below…
International Coal Summit’s Glorious Pipe Dream of Carbon Capture and Storage
A new study released today at the UN climate conference underway in Warsaw, Poland finds that new coal plants cannot be built if we are to keep global warming below…
Rallies Coast to Coast in Canada Today to Defend Our Climate
Today across Canada, thousands of everyday people are showing up at events to tell our government leaders that they must listen to the people who elected them and lead on…
Blame Canada’s carbon complacency for the Philippine typhoon
Fort McMurray, Alberta (photo: Kris Krüg) The human tragedy playing out in the Philippines deserves a moment of pause to think about how we can help and to reflect on…
Team Harper should rack a win at climate talks…if they’re smart
With another round of international climate negotiations opening this week in Warsaw, Poland, and a new poll finding Canadians wanting leadership on the issue, Stephen Harper and his Conservative government…
Will Canada Continue to Fail on Climate at International Talks in Poland?
With another round of international climate negotiations opening this week in Warsaw, Poland, and a new poll finding Canadians wanting leadership on the issue, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his…
Canadian communities to rally for climate as BC, Alberta pen pipeline deal
Last year’s “Defend Our Coast” rally in Victoria (photo: TJ Watt) Just this morning, BC Premier Christy Clark and Alberta Premier Allison Redford have announced that they have penned a…
Why the Media Is Right to Toss Climate Deniers’ Opinions
Earlier this month, the Los Angeles Times officially confirmed the paper is no longer running letters to the editor that deny the scientific conclusion that climate change is a reality…
Koch Brothers could make $100 Billion from Keystone XL pipeline
American oil billionaires David and Charles Koch A new study released today concludes that Koch Industries and its subsidiaries stand to make as much as $100 billion in profits if…
Study: Koch Brothers Could Make $100 Billion if Keystone XL Pipeline Approved
A new study released today concludes that Koch Industries and its subsidiaries stand to make as much as $100 billion in profits if the controversial Keystone XL pipeline is granted…
Influence in America: A Report on TransCanada Corporation’s Keystone XL Lobbying Activities
According to a new white paper by DeSmog Canada, TransCanada Corporation, the company behind the Keystone XL pipeline proposal, has spent more than $4 million lobbying U.S. federal lawmakers and…
Global Warming Hasn’t Stopped – It’s the Hottest Decade on Record
With the release of a major climate science report by the United Nations coming this week, the self-proclaimed climate “skeptics,” better referred to as the climate deniers or flat-earthers, are…
David Rose’s Misinformation Legacy from WMD to Climate Change
If you’re interested in how misinformation makes its way into the public dialogue on important issues like war in the Middle East or climate change, then you should get to…
Zoologist Matt Ridley Should Stick to Animals Instead of Butchering Climate Science
Since when is zoologist Matt Ridley an expert on climate change science? Yes, I get it. The state of science versus opinion is at an all-time low in human history,…
With all this Oil and ‘Energy Security’, where’s the Money?
Prime Minister Stephen Harper, discussing trade on a visit to China (Sean Kilpatrick/CP) Ask yourself this: why, if Canada has the third largest proven oil reserves in the world, is…
New Report Finds Climate Can’t Wait for More Delays on Aviation Industry Emissions Action
New scientific analysis released today on the impacts of the aviation industry on our climate should give pause to government and industry leaders. The report, produced by the Manchester Metropolitan…
Are Kellogg’s Snacks a Threat to Global Climate?
John Bryant, CEO of snack food giant Kellogg’s, found himself in hot water last week on a quarterly earnings call when one investor took the company to task for its…