Sam Bright, Author at DeSmog
About. Sam is DeSmog’s UK Deputy Editor. He was previously the Investigations Editor of Byline Times and an investigative journalist at the BBC. He is the author of two books: Fortress London, and Bullingdon Club Britain.
News - DeSmog
New report by DeSmog and Drilled reveals extent of commercial partnerships between trusted outlets and Big Oil. Background Reuters Plus is the in-house advertising studio for the news outlet Reuters and has created campaigns for fossil fuel clients, including Aramco,“Powered by How podcast,” Reuters Plus...
Martin Armstrong - DeSmog
Martin Arthur Armstrong is former chairman of Princeton Economics International Ltd. and the CEO of Armstrong Economics. Martin Armstrong is known for developing the Economic Confidence Model based on business cycles and pi. He has claimed to have predicted the crash of 1987 to the very day, as well as Nikkei’s collapse in 1989, and Russia ...
UK Regulator Weighs Greenwashing Allegations Against Latest
Aug 14, 2024 · A screenshot from an ad for Shell that is currently being assessed by the UK’s Advertising Standards Authority. Credit: Shell. Shell came under fire from climate advocates in March when it announced it would delay a 2030 carbon reduction target until 2050, and scrapped a further target to reduce the carbon intensity of its operations by 45 percent by 2035.
NextDecade Scraps Carbon Capture Plans for Its Rio Grande LNG …
Aug 20, 2024 · The NextDecade Rio Grande LNG terminal won’t have a carbon capture component, the company told federal regulators in a filing Tuesday, walking back the company’s heavily marketed plans to make a “lower carbon intensive LNG project.” “[A]s demonstrated by Rio Grande’s inability to respond to the outstanding data requests, the Project is not …
Jay Lehr - DeSmog
Aug 28, 2014 · Jay Lehr See Jay H. Lehr’s Desmog profile here. The following is a briefing note in advance of the Heartland Institute’s International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC). Lehr on Groundwater and Agri-Business While listed as a “global warming expert” for the Heartland Institute, according to his bio, Lehr is a “leading authority on groundwater hydrology” – the […]
BREAKING: Michael Mann Wins Defamation Case - DeSmog
Feb 8, 2024 · In a victory for climate scientists, jurors in Michael Mann’s defamation case against Rand Simberg and Mark Steyn awarded Mann $1 million in punitive damages for defamatory comments made in 2012.. In a unanimous decision, jurors agreed that both Simberg and Steyn defamed Mann in blog posts that compared Mann to convicted sex offender Jerry Sandusky, …
Meet the Labour Government's New Climate Team - DeSmog
Jul 10, 2024 · Meet the Labour Government’s New Climate Team. Introducing the key politicians tasked with delivering the government’s energy transformation plans – and the jobs at the top of their intrays. Analysis. By Phoebe Cooke, Adam Barnett and Joey Grostern. on …
Suncor: Best of a Bad Lot? - DeSmog
Sep 1, 2006 · A European research firm has identified Canadian tar sands giant Suncor among the world’s top 19 oil and gas companies as the best performer in generating carbon reduction strategies. Chevron, ExxonMobil and EnCana were identified as the three worst.
Climate Intelligence Foundation (CLINTEL) - DeSmog
The Climate Intelligence Foundation (CLINTEL) is a Netherlands-based 1 climate science denial group founded in 2019 by retired professor of geophysics Guus Berkhout and journalist Marcel Crok. 2 Its principal view is that “ there is no climate emergency.” 3. According to Dutch broadcaster KRO-NCRV Pointer, the 800 “scientists, scholars ...