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VIDEO: Heartland CEO Confronted Over Barre Seid's Funding of IPCC Attacks
Yesterday, the Heritage Foundation hosted The Heartland Institute's CEO Joseph Bast, along with two of Heartland's contracted climate denial scientists (Willie Soon and Bob Carter), to present their...
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Joe Fone
Joe Fone Credentials[Pending Further Investigation] BackgroundJoe Fone works as a Computer Aided Design (CAD) Engineer at Enatel [7]. Previously he worked at Tait Electronics from 1977- 2002 [8]. He...
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Flaws in Environmental Defense Fund's Methane Study Draw Criticism from...
Perhaps the single most consequential and controversial issue at the center of the onshore natural gas drilling boom is the question of methane leaks. Natural gas is primarily made of methane, a...
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Will Canada Continue to Fail on Climate at International Talks in Poland?
With another round of international climate negotiations opening this week in Warsaw, Poland, and a new poll finding Canadians wanting leadership on the issue, Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his...
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George W. Bush on Keystone XL: "Build the Damn Thing"
Make private companies happy. Don’t worry about the environment. Stop fretting about long-term sustainability. Forget renewables, property concerns, the safety of our water and air. Make private...
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Canadian Government at Warsaw Climate Talks a Waste of Taxpayers Dollars
All week people have been coming by the press center here at the COP-19 UN climate negotiations asking, "Hey Kevin, why are you just sitting there playing with that pencil?" I sigh and reply, "Just...
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Survey Lists the Best and Worst Financial Funds When it Comes to Climate...
Is your pension fund or insurance company a leader or laggard when it comes to avoiding risky bets on the future impacts of climate change?A new survey released today finds that many major...
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New Carbon Rules for Power Plants A Missed Opportunity To Rein in Natural Gas...
One of the linchpins of the Obama administration’s high-stakes plan to address climate change moved one step closer to implementation this week, as the EPA officially published proposed new carbon...
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In Push For Nuclear Power, Climate Change Concerns Overlooked
Three years ago the world was reminded of the dangers nuclear energy poses when catastrophe struck Japan at the Fukushima power plant. Since then the gravity of the disaster has grown more evident as...
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Transcript: President Obama's State of the Union Remarks on Energy and...
President Barack Obama's remarks on energy and climate change during the State of the Union address: (H/T The Guardian)Now, one of the biggest factors in bringing more jobs back is our commitment to...
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Keystone XL Decision Highlights Coziness Between Oil and Gas Industry, Obama...
This past week was good to the oil and gas industry. First, President Obama talked up jobs gains from drilling and labeled natural gas a “bridge fuel” in his State of the Union address, using...
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Risks of Fracking Boom Draw Renewed Attention from Investors
A coalition of investors called out five oil and gas companies for failing to measure or reduce risks associated with fracking on Tuesday, singling out companies both large and small for how they’ve...
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New Study Shows Total North American Methane Leaks Far Worse than EPA Estimates
Just how bad is natural gas for the climate?A lot worse than previously thought, new research on methane leaks concludes.Far more natural gas is leaking into the atmosphere nationwide than the...
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FOX Alert: O'Reilly Factor Producer Asks DeSmogBlog to Provide Best Arguments...
Look out, folks. Bill O'Reilly is about to talk about global warming again on the O'Reilly Factor. Of course, he's already reached his conclusion that "Nobody can control the climate but God." It's...
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New IPCC Report: Climate Hazards a “Threat Multiplier” and the World is Not...
“Human interference with the climate system is occurring, and climate change poses risks for human and natural systems.” IPCCWGIIAR5Every five years or so thousands of scientists from around the world...
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Responding to Investor Pressure, ExxonMobil Agrees to Disclose Fracking Risks
ExxonMobil, the nation's largest oil and gas company, will begin disclosing risks associated with shale drilling and fracking to investors, in response to a long-running campaign by a coalition of...
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New Study Shows Link Between Climate Change And California Drought
A study published by Geophysical Research Letters sheds new light on the connection between California's epic drought and human-induced climate change. The study carries the decidedly wonky title,...
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New York Times Joins the Bumbling Keystone XL Cops
This is a guest post by Brad Johnson, cross-posted with permission from Hill Heat.In a New York Times Earth Day story, the usually excellent Coral Davenport grossly misrepresents the Keystone XL...
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Mayflower: Deadly Tornado Sweeps Through Arkansas Town That Endured...
On March 29, 2013, ExxonMobil's Pegasus tar sands pipeline ruptured in Mayflower, Arkansas, sending hundreds of thousands of gallons of diluted bitumen (“dilbit”) pouring down the town's streets.Now,...
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New Study Links California Drought to Climate Change and Burning of Fossil Fuels
California, widely considered the U.S. state that most promoted the American Dream, may turn into a nightmare this summer as a result of the worst drought in at least 15 years.And a new academic study...
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