Thursday, December 4, 2025

Have we reached peak fossil fuels? Wind & solar met all new energy demand...

That statistic requires us to conclude that there was no growth in fossil fuels globally during that period. Ember anticipates that Q4 will show the same result.

Afro-descendant communities offer a living blueprint for Amazon Conservation

Lands managed by Afro-descendant peoples in the Amazon experience dramatically lower deforestation and house some of the planet’s richest ecosystems—showing how centuries-old stewardship can guide global conservation.

The hot tub of death?

Bill Gates, Hurricane Melissa, and a Civilization Under Threat

Trump’s anti-green agenda could lead to 1.3 million more climate deaths. The poorest countries...

Most of the people expected to suffer these temperature-related deaths live in poor countries in Africa and South Asia that are least prepared to cope with the increasing heat from climate change.

Trump EPA wetlands rollback seen as one of the biggest setbacks to clean water...

Clean water groups warn that the new Waters of the United States proposal would remove safeguards from most wetlands and intensify flood and pollution risks.

Bluewashed: How the beauty industry sold an ocean-friendly illusion

As consumers flock to “reef-safe” and “ocean-friendly” skincare, beauty brands are selling a vision of ocean purity that is more marketing-driven than science-based.

Bill Gates gave $3.5M to think tank run by climate crisis denier Bjorn Lomborg 

Tax records reveal that the billionaire’s foundation has donated for years to Lomborg’s Copenhagen Consensus Center.

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.

‘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.