How wars ravage the environment—and what international law is doing about it
For global climate governance to succeed in averting disaster, wartime emissions must be brought into full view.
Earth’s Greatest Enemy shows us we have no choice
A review of Abby Martin's new documentary, Earth's Greatest Enemy.
Why we need environmental regulations
Without major environmental laws, it makes it easier for corporate interests to push for harmful deregulation.
‘A pretty ugly history’: How Exxon exported climate denial to the Global South
With Brazil about to host COP30, DeSmog has obtained copies of checks Exxon mailed to the right-wing Atlas Network in the 1990s to turn Latin America against climate treaties.
With China’s help, Saudi Arabia is deploying solar power faster than any country in...
The kingdom is aware that fossil fuels, the source of its fabulous wealth, are on their way out. Its leaders want to have a modern electro-state in place when the pumps fall idle.
Oil and gas expansion surges as COP30 hosts weigh health and climate risks
New analysis tracks 256 billion barrels of planned oil and gas production as more than 230 groups urge leaders to put health at the center of climate policy in Belém
Toxic wastewater from oil fields keeps pouring out of the ground. Oklahoma regulators failed...
Wastewater injection had been happening in Oklahoma for 80 years, but something was driving the growing number of purges. But what is the cause?
Ahead of COP30, UN report warns 1.5°C breach as countries commit to just 10...
With fewer than one third of Paris Agreement signatories submitting updated climate plans, the UN’s new synthesis report shows global pledges would cut emissions by only 10 percent by 2035 as world leaders admit “overshooting is now inevitable.”
Brazilian government grants license for exploratory oil drilling in Amazon basin
Despite environmental and Indigenous concerns, the Brazilian government cited that the potential for energy sovereignty.
Top meat and dairy companies have same climate impact as biggest oil and gas...
New study shows top producers responsible for more carbon dioxide-equivalent emissions than all of oil giant Saudi Arabia.