In Texas, Fossil Fuel CEOs Ridicule Nation’s Clean Energy Push
This story was originally published by the Guardian and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The bosses of the world’s leading oil and gas companies have poured scorn on efforts to move away from fossil fuels, complaining that a “visibly failing” transition to clean energy was being pushed forward at an “unrealistic pace.”…
Firms That Once Called Themselves Sustainable Are Now “Greenhushing”
A September 2023 protest outside of BlackRock HQ in New York City.Gina M Randazzo/Zuma This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. For years, eagle-eyed environmentalists have called out banks and consumer businesses—from Barclays to fashion brand ASOS—for making misleading claims that their practices or products are sustainable,…
Utility Fraud and Corruption Are Threatening the Clean Energy Transition
Mother Jones; El Nuevo Herald, Roberto Koltun/AP Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.This story was reported by Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powerful interests stalling climate action. At a press conference last month, flanked by sheriffs and attorneys, Ohio Attorney General David…
Producers of “Forever Chemicals” Knew They Were Toxic, Say UN Experts
Aerial views of Cape Fear River in North Carolina, which is surrounded by forests. Ken Blevins/Star News/AP This story was originally published by Inside Climate News and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. In advance of a United Nations meeting this week where pollution is on the agenda, a UN human rights team has called out…
Methane-Spewing Gas and Oil Drillers Owe the US Billions—in Theory
Mario Tama/Getty/Grist This story was originally published by Grist and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. The Inflation Reduction Act, the 2021 US climate law abbreviated IRA, primarily reduces emissions through financial incentives, rather than binding rules. But in addition to all its well-known carrots, lawmakers quietly included a smaller number of sticks—particularly when it comes…
Is It Illegal For the White House to Fight COVID Misinfo? Up to SCOTUS.
Modeling of Omicron strain of the virus (blue) and red blood cells National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/Zuma Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.On March 18, the Supreme Court will hear arguments on whether the federal government overstepped its bounds by asking social…