Investigative reporters working for Greenpeace UK's Energydesk have uncovered a nexus of senior academics willing to accept large sums of money from fossil fuel companies to write reports and newspaper articles published under their own names and university affiliations, without declaring the funding. Lawrence Carter & Maeve McClenaghan spill the beans ...
Climate 'academics for hire' conceal fossil fuel funding Lawrence Carter Maeve McClenaghan Greenpeace Energydesk | 9th December 2015 News Fossil Fuels Climate Change Science UK US ted-cruz-cut.jpg …
ExxonMobil has long known that climate change is real and dangerous, write Louise Rouse & Naomi Ages, while denying it in public and supporting climate change deniers. Now they accuse their critics of 'chilling' climate science and the search for solutions. The truth is the precise opposite.
… of New York and California in confirming investigations into Exxon's climate change … actions, journalistic exposés, and legal investigations. With every development, it … the company to "apologize" . Funders of investigations also in the in the line of fire …
9,000 new homes in the 'fast track' housing development zones created by the UK government are in areas of flood risk, making them potentially uninhabitable and uninsurable, according to a Greenpeace investigation - and that's before accounting for the increased flood risk from by climate change. Meanwhile future levels of funding for flood control are looking highly uncertain.
Government planning thousands of new homes for flood zones Maeve McClenaghan Greenpeace Energydesk | 8th January 2015 News Water Development UK Floods Politics medway-floods-2014-cut.jpg 9,000 new …
A Greenpeace investigation has exposed the massive efforts of global food and drink giant Coca Cola to defeat popular proposals to require deposits on single-use plastic bottles, writes Maeve McClenaghan. In fact, deposit schemes are working fine in many countries in which the company operates - it's a simple case of corporate profit before environment, oceans and wildlife.
Exposed: Coca Cola's big 'fight back' against tackling plastic waste Maeve McClenaghan Greenpeace Energydesk | 2nd February 2017 News Waste Pollution Corporations Politics UK EU Scotland Oceans …
Disregarding revelations of systemic political corruption in Brazil's hydropower sector, President Dilma Rousseff is ploughing ahead with a cascade of giant dams on the mighty Tapajos river. Among the companies touting to win huge construction contracts are France's EDF and Engie, and Germany's Voith and Siemens - in a consortium led by Brazil's Electrobras, which stands accused of high-level corruption over four other dam projects.
European companies line up to bid for Amazon megadam Zachary Boren Greenpeace Energydesk | 13th April 2016 News Corporations Brazil Forests Politics Finance Water Energy Hydropower Indigenous Peoples …
President Trump's recent executive order could open an area of America's most precious landscapes bigger than Yellowstone to oil drilling and coal mining, write Lawrence Carter & Joe Sandler Clarke. The 27 monuments 'under review' harbour huge volumes of oil, gas and coal: just what's needed to fuel Trump's vision of fossil fuel-led development - never mind the cost to scenery, wildlife, historic sites and indigenous cultures.
Trump's National Monument order could open 2.7 million acres to oil, gas, coal Lawrence Carter Joe Sandler Clarke Greenpeace Energydesk | 12th May 2017 News USA Fossil Fuels Oil Gas Coal Climate …
The UK's official agency for car pollution testing has taken £80 million from the auto industry in ten years, a Greenpeace investigation reveals, while its senior staff and engineers have a 'revolving door' relationship with car makers.
Car pollution regulator's auto industry millions Lawrence Carter Greenpeace Energydesk | 12th October 2015 News Pollution Health Corporations Regulation UK 1024px-vw_west-cut.jpg The UK's official …
Between 2011 and 2016 the UK's export finance agency UKEF provided £109m to underwrite exports of equipment to coal mines in Russia, writes Lawrence Carter - despite the agency's commitment not to support 'investment in dirty fossil-fuel energy production'. And that's just a fraction of the £6.9 billion UKEF has lavished on the corrupt, polluting sector since 2000, while it was meant to be backing the clean energy technologies of the future.
Leaked: UK £7 billion export credit for fossil fuel industry violates 'clean energy' pledge Lawrence Carter Greenpeace Energydesk | 16th May 2017 News Finance Politics Fossil Fuels Climate Change UK …
The coalition Government's silence on the Severn tidal barrage may be a reflection of the high economic costs rather than the environmental concerns surrounding the project
Severn barrage faces economic rather than environmental hurdles Mark Jansen | 30th June 2010 News Tidal Water Severn Tidal Barrier Energy Renewables severn_barrage.jpg A map of various plans to put a …
The UK's financing of fossil fuels abroad increased tenfold in two years to exceed £1 billion in 2013 / 2014, writes Christine Ottery. Incredibly, the fossil fuel funding increase came after a government promise to use the money to support 'innovative and green technologies'.
UK's soaraway financial support to foreign fossil fuels Christine Ottery Greenpeace Energydesk | 9th January 2015 News UK Finance Fossil Fuels Oil Gas Coal Climate Change Politics …
Barring a miracle Marco Rubio is set to be Trumped in the Republican primary tomorrow in Florida, his home state, putting an effective end to his campaign. But it's not for want of support from one of the US's biggest frackers, Devon energy, and its politically active CEO Larry Nichols. And with or without Rubio, Nichols's influence on the red states' energy policy is only going to get bigger.
Meet the Koch-affiliated fracker behind Marco Rubio's energy policy Zachary Boren Greenpeace Energydesk | 15th March 2016 Comment USA Politics Energy Fracking Oil Gas Corporations bye-folks-cut.jpg …
Incineration is a dirty word amongst environmentalists, its reputation earned through the use of outdated technology. Could new techniques help bring green approval to energy-from-waste facilities?
The new green face of incineration technology Mark Jansen | 18th May 2010 News Waste And Recycling Energy Energy From Waste Incineration prel.png Incineration is a dirty word amongst …
With a million families struggling to stay warm this winter, energy bills will be a hot election issue, writes Doug Parr. But Government actions have repeatedly favoured the 'big six' energy incumbents at the expense of consumers, competition, low-cost renewables and energy efficiency, locking us into high bills for years to come.
Seven ways the Government is pushing up our energy bills Doug Parr Greenpeace Energydesk | 15th January 2015 Comment Energy Consumerism Renewables Fossil Fuels Corporations Politics drax-cut.jpg With …
George Osborne pledged £1billion to a green bank that could help Britain reduce carbon emissions. But with low carbon technologies unproven, banks, institutions and energy companies are wary, meaning the venture may not attract the capital to make it viable
Carbon capture sounds like a fantastical idea: dig up fossil fuels, burn them, then return the captured CO2 underground. But the hurdles that stand in its way are formidable
Will carbon capture and storage work? Mark Jansen | 15th December 2009 News Energy Climate Change Carbon Capture And Storage CCS pipework.jpg Carbon capture sounds like a fantastical idea: dig up …
As the public comes to terms with Government plans to sell public woodland, industry analysts predict much of the forest could be snapped up by energy companies looking to burn wood as a biofuel
England’s controversial forest sale could attract biofuel energy companies Mark Jansen | 8th December 2010 News Forests Biodiversity Natural World Society foreststrees.jpg The government plans to …
Ice melt in the Arctic Ocean is opening up previously untouched areas to industrial fishing fleets using ecologically risky bottom trawling methods, writes Joe Sandler Clarke. Ecosystems supporting walruses, polar bears, puffins and other sea birds could be stripped bare.
Arctic warming opens pristine ocean to predatory trawling Joe Sandler Clarke Greenpeace Energydesk | 3rd March 2016 News Marine Environment Fishing Climate Change Arctic fishing trawler making its …
Just as the UK's entire renewable energy industry is up in arms against fierce cuts to support for the sector, energy Minister Andrea Leadsom suggested to MPs that the measures were supported by solar firms in her constituency. They beg to differ.
Minister: 'solar companies back support cuts' Joe Sandler Clarke Zachary Boren Greenpeace Energydesk | 25th October 2015 News Politics Energy Renewables Solar Green Economy andrealeadsom-cut.jpg Just …
A recently discovered peatland in northeast Peru contains two years worth of US carbon emissions, writes Joe Sandler Clarke, but it's under threat from the rapidly advancing 'palm oil frontier'. Now scientists are calling for the wetland's immediate protection - before it's too late to save it.
Scientists: protect vast Amazon peatland to avoid palm oil 'environmental disaster' Joe Sandler Clarke Greenpeace Energydesk | 23rd March 2017 News Peru Forests Emissions Climate Change Biodiversity …
Impunity reigns in the Amazon, write Joe Sandler Clarke & Sam Cowie, and the indigenous peoples of the forest are the big losers as they suffer repeated killings and land grabs. Big cuts to Funai, the agency meant to protect Brazil's indigenous tribes, have encouraged land barons to expand their land holdings into indigenous territories and murder any who resist.
Brazil: Increase in land killings as political crisis threatens Amazon Joe Sandler Clarke Sam Cowie Greenpeace Energydesk | 7th June 2017 News Indigenous Peoples Brazil Land Grabs Politics Forests …
Plans to use concentrating solar power plants in the Sahara to generate and export electricity have been on the table for years. Now, it looks as though political will might help move things forward
What's stopping us getting solar power from deserts? Mark Jansen | 10th February 2010 News Solar Energy Africa Renewables Csp Desertec Concentrating Solar Power desertec-worldmap_collector-area.jpg …
As the fiscal dust kicked up by Alistair Darling's 2010 budget begins to settle, experts say they are 'surprised' by how 'un-green' the budget turned out to be
Budget 2010: good news for wind; bad news for green transport Mark Jansen | 25th March 2010 News Politics And Economics Energy Climate Change Budget Wind poundsonchart.jpg As the fiscal dust kicked …
The Arctic is becoming a battleground as Russia, Norway, Canada and the US vie for access to oil, gas and minerals – campaigners fear safety and the environment will be the losers
Scramble for Arctic oil and gas puts pristine ecosystem at risk Mark Jansen | 6th June 2011 News Arctic Oil Gas Climate Change Energy Ecocide arcticoil.jpg The Arctic is likely to see an influx of …
High petrol prices mean less demand and less pollution, right? Not necessarily, finds Mark Jansen. Our relationship with our cars is far more complex...
Will high petrol prices help the environment? Mark Jansen | 12th July 2010 News Politics And Economics Energy Petrol Fuel Petrol Prices Pollution Carbon Emissions oilbarrelsgraph.jpg High petrol …