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Nitrates Derogation is a ‘Con’, Says Ireland’s Farmers
Smallholders are calling on the EU to scrap Ireland’s nitrates derogation, arguing that pollution of the air, waterways and ...
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Group That Calls CO2 ‘Essential’ Praises Trump Energy Secretary Pick Chris Wright
The head of the CO2 Coalition tells DeSmog that Wright agrees carbon dioxide is “not the demon molecule, it’s the miracle ...
DeSmog1d
Climate Denier Richard Tice’s Seat is Second Most Exposed to Global Warming, Says Insurance Giant
The constituency held by Reform UK deputy leader Richard Tice, who campaigns against policies to tackle climate change, has ...
DeSmog2d
Ministers Helped ‘Stage Manage’ Shell’s Relocation to UK, Emails Show
Government ministers consulted closely with Shell over its move to London to avoid embarrassment over the COP26 climate ...
DeSmog2d
Alberta Conservatives Are Making Up Their Own Climate Facts
Alberta has some serious challenges to deal with. The world economy is decarbonizing, billions of dollars in unfunded oil and ...
DeSmog7d
Climate Science Deniers Use Farmers’ Protests to Attack Net Zero
A network of conspiracy theorists has jumped on the inheritance tax debate to fuel an anti-green “culture war”, experts say. Thousands of farmers demonstrated in Westminster on Tuesday against the ...
DeSmog6d
Q&A: Cold War Foes Made Treaties to Limit the Spread of Nukes. Could a Similar Approach Wind Down Fossil Fuels?
To watch a video version of this interview, please register for the Climate Consciousness Summit 2024, staged by the Pocket Project in partnership with DeSmog. Could the world negotiate a wind-down of ...
DeSmog7d
Fish Farming Industry is Using ‘Misleading’ Figures to Downplay its Role in Overfishing, New Research Finds
Aquaculture is the world’s fastest growing food sector – one that proponents have long argued can help conserve wild fisheries. The argument goes that farming seafood instead of catching it will ...
DeSmog7d
Why Alberta Shouldn’t Be Celebrating Trump’s Election Win
Some on the political right in Canada have been quick to gloat over the re-election of Donald Trump as U.S. president. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith plans to attend his inauguration, publicly ...
DeSmog7d
Alberta Pledges Constitutional Showdown Over Emissions Cap
Premier Danielle Smith at the United Conservative Party AGM in Red Deer earlier this month. Credit: Danielle Smith / YouTube Just days after Alberta’s ruling United Conservative Party voted to abandon ...
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Tag: clean water act
Diane Wilson, a fourth-generation South Texas shrimper who took on a multi-billion dollar corporate polluter in court and won, has received a 2023 Goldman Prize for environmental activism. Wilson’s ...
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