Tag: climate change

It means that policy makers now have even less leeway when it comes to reducing greenhouse gas emissions if they want to keep warming to 1.5 or even 2 degrees above pre-industrial levels.

We are the 'last generation' that can save our planet.

The three-year-long case has survived countless obstacles and the 21 youth plaintiffs don't plan on backing down now.

Climate implications make a petrochemical build-out risky, not only from an environmental perspective, but also from a fiscal perspective.

"Exxon built a facade to deceive investors into believing that the company was managing the risks of climate change regulation to its business when, in fact, it was intentionally and systematically underestimating or ignoring them."

DeSmog is taking this opportunity to highlight some of the top climate science deniers currently running for office in the U.S.

“The Supreme Court has never before stopped a trial for the reasons argued by the defendants and I’m confident our brief will assure the Chief Justice that there is no intrusion into the ability of the executive branch to do its job while the Department of Justice defends this case at trial."

About a week before the groundbreaking constitutional youth climate lawsuit heads to trial, the Department of Justice is trying to have the Supreme Court...

Hint: Putting solar panels on your house and walking to work are not on the list.

The fracking boom in Texas and New Mexico and subsequent export boom is a shining example – illuminated by the flares of fracked gas – of exactly what not to be doing.