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A spending review establishes each ministry’s spending limits and priorities for the rest of the parliamentary term. The Department of Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) received one of the largest jumps …
UK spending review 2025: Key climate and energy announcements Read More
Kern County is betting on carbon capture to replace oil jobs and tax revenue. But will the county’s new economy repeat the sins of the old one? es Clark III …
Inside a California oil town’s divisive plan to survive the energy transition Read More
One Saturday in April, Dutch engineers manoeuvred a giant drill into position in the reclaimed, industrial extension of the Port of Rotterdam, and began boring a hole under the seawall. …
Big Oil Is the Winner From Dutch Carbon Capture Subsidies Read More
Both Republicans and Democrats in deep-red Louisiana have warmed up to the idea of carbon removal, a practice that involves capturing carbon dioxide from large industrial operations and storing it …
Oil-friendly Louisiana now has the power to approve carbon capture projects Read More
Back in 2015, when 174 countries and the European Union came together to finalize the Paris Agreement, each agreed to do its part to slash greenhouse gas emissions. Signatories put forward …
As the UN designs a new carbon market, experts call for a different approach Read More
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will host the UN‘s COP28 climate conference in November 2023. One of its senior politicians, sultan Al Jaber, is set to head up the event. However, …
Head of the UN’s COP28 climate conference claims fossil fuels still have a role to play Read More
Last February, ExxonMobil announced it would further expand its only active carbon capture and storage (CCS) operation in the United States, located at a gas processing facility in LaBarge, Wyoming. Shute Creek is the …
Big Oil’s Been Secretly Validating Critics’ Concerns about Carbon Capture Read More
The forest carbon offsets approved by the world’s leading provider and used by Disney, Shell, Gucci and other big corporations are largely worthless and could make global heating worse, according to a …
Revealed: more than 90% of rainforest carbon offsets by biggest provider are worthless, analysis shows Read More
Last year, DeSmog chased ambitious stories all along the climate spectrum. We investigated allegations of workers exposed to radioactive oilfield waste, reported from the frontlines of climate-fueled extreme weather and climate migration, expanded our coverage …
Heard of “Net-Zero Oil” or “Carbon Negative” Bioenergy? In 2023 You Will Read More
The owner of Britain’s biggest power station could receive billions of pounds in green subsidies for a flagship ‘carbon capture’ project even if much of the carbon ends up being …
‘Carbon capture’ subsidy could let power station keep polluting atmosphere Read More