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Dec 30, 2024 | 
desmog.com | Pam Radtke Russell |Emily Gertz
This article by Floodlight is published here as part of the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now. The fishers in Gulf of Mexico waters off Cameron Parish, Louisiana, estimate their catch has fallen catastrophically from 1 million tons a season to 150,000 tons since the first liquefied natural gas terminal in the parish began operating eight years ago.
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Jun 11, 2024 | 
desmog.com | Olivia Rosane |Emily Gertz
This article by Common Dreams is published here as part of the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now. The world’s 60 biggest banks funded fossil fuels to the tune of $6.9 trillion in the eight years following the Paris agreement. That’s the conclusion of the 15th annual “Banking on Climate Chaos” report, which was published on May 13, and also found that the financial institutions lavished $705 billion on oil, gas, and coal in 2023—the hottest year on record.
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Jun 5, 2024 | 
desmog.com | Sachi Mulkey |Syris Valentine |Emily Gertz
This article by Grist is published here as part of the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now. Update: On May 30, 2024 Governor Phil Scott allowed S.259 to pass into law without his signature. Last July, heavy storms lashed Vermont with record rain, leaving roads torn asunder, communities submerged, and farms washed out.
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May 30, 2024 | 
desmog.com | Joseph Winters |Emily Gertz
This article by Grist is published here as part of the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now. More so than any other fossil fuel company, Occidental Petroleum — known as Oxy — has built its climate strategy around innovations that capture carbon before it can be emitted or pull it directly out of the air.
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Apr 3, 2024 | 
desmog.com | Emily Gertz |Miranda Green |David Folkenflik
This article, a joint reporting project of Floodlight and NPR, is published here as part of the global journalism collaboration Covering Climate Now. Open flames shot upward from four smokestacks at the Chevron refinery on the western edge of Richmond, Calif. Soon, black smoke blanketed the sky. News spread quickly that day last November, but by word of mouth, says Denny Khamphanthong, a 29-year-old Richmond resident.
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Mar 8, 2024 | 
desmog.com | Ellen Ormesher |Emily Gertz |Cartie Werthman |Kathryn Clare
In a March 7 video posted to Shell’s LinkedIn page, a woman named Kimberly says to the camera,“Unconscious bias shows up everywhere, in all forms, and it is more prevalent than any of us would like to admit.” In the supercut of Shell employee testimonials that follow, a woman named Jane declares that “still too often, women are expected to be grateful for the opportunity to prove themselves,” and a man named Kevin admits that “when you’re part of the majority, a lot of the time you overlook...
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Feb 28, 2024 | 
desmog.com | Emily Sanders |Emily Gertz
Chicago last week brought the newest lawsuit against Big Oil companies for spreading disinformation about the climate-warming hazards of burning fossil fuels — adding the third largest city in the U.S. to the growing list of state and local governments pushing for oil and gas majors to be held accountable in court.
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Feb 28, 2024 | 
desmog.com | Liz Rosenberg |Emily Gertz
Monica Weiss attended her first fossil-fuel divestment protest on a frigid February day in 2015. She joined college students, financial experts, faith leaders, and then-New York City Public Advocate Letitia James in front of the New York Stock Exchange to demand that the city’s five public pension funds factor the financial risks of climate change into their investment decisions.
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Feb 21, 2024 | 
desmog.com | Freddie Daley |Andrew Simms |Emily Gertz
Later this week, Formula One’s wildly popular documentary series, Drive to Survive, will return with a sixth season. The dramatic show, which captures the highs and lows of motorsports’ biggest stage, boasts almost seven million viewers. The show has been pivotal for driving a whole new generation of fans to F1, a sport that now has an estimated 1.56 billion adoring devotees worldwide.
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Feb 8, 2024 | 
desmog.com | Emily Sanders |Emily Gertz
Last month, ExxonMobil sued two of its “activist investors” — groups that try to use shareholder resolutions to pressure companies into taking action on social and environmental problems — in an attempt to block a proposal for the oil giant to limit its climate pollution from coming to a vote at an upcoming shareholder meeting. Follow This and Arjuna Capital announced on February 2 that they would withdraw their proposal from the ballot and promised not to refile.
