Series:Series:Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak on Monday, June 22, that Nevada would be developing a policy to increase the number of zero and low-emission vehicles sold within the state.With the announcement of the initiative, Nevada is set to join 14 other states that have fully or partially adopted clean car standards identical to California’s stricter standards authorized by the Clean Air Act.Eleven states have already formalized their commitments to California’s standards, which have been threatened by the of vehicle emissions rules and the current Environmental Protection...…Series:Series:Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak on Monday, June 22, that Nevada would be developing a policy to increase the number of zero and low-emission vehicles sold within the state.With the announcement of the initiative, Nevada is set to join 14 other states that have fully or partially adopted clean car standards identical to California’s stricter standards authorized by the Clean Air Act.Eleven states have already formalized their commitments to California’s standards, which have been threatened by the of vehicle emissions rules and the current Environmental Protection...WW…

Series:Series:Washington, is suing the four largest investor-owned oil and gas companies — , Chevron, , and Shell — for allegedly misleading consumers about climate change, including historically undermining climate science and even now using deceptive advertising about the companies’ role in leading solutions to the climate crisis.District of Columbia Attorney General Karl A. Racine the consumer fraud lawsuit on Thursday, June 25. The  claims that the four oil majors violated the District’s Consumer Protection Procedures Act by engaging in misleading acts and...…Series:Series:Washington, is suing the four largest investor-owned oil and gas companies — , Chevron, , and Shell — for allegedly misleading consumers about climate change, including historically undermining climate science and even now using deceptive advertising about the companies’ role in leading solutions to the climate crisis.District of Columbia Attorney General Karl A. Racine the consumer fraud lawsuit on Thursday, June 25. The  claims that the four oil majors violated the District’s Consumer Protection Procedures Act by engaging in misleading acts and...WW…

Series:Series:Penny Aucoin and her husband Carl Dee George have worried about living near oil and gas producing sites in New Mexico’s Permian Basin since the sites began springing up near their home six years ago. They have wondered what effect the industrial pollution might have on them and their son and daughter — even more so now with the -19 pandemic — but with no money to pick up and relocate, they have remained in their home.  Their worries escalated early in the morning on January 21, when a pipe transporting oil field wastewater at a Energy...…Series:Series:Penny Aucoin and her husband Carl Dee George have worried about living near oil and gas producing sites in New Mexico’s Permian Basin since the sites began springing up near their home six years ago. They have wondered what effect the industrial pollution might have on them and their son and daughter — even more so now with the -19 pandemic — but with no money to pick up and relocate, they have remained in their home.  Their worries escalated early in the morning on January 21, when a pipe transporting oil field wastewater at a Energy...WW…

Get DeSmog News and AlertsScience denial in America didn’t begin with the Trump administration, but under the leadership of President Trump, it has blossomed. From the climate crisis to the , this rejection of scientific authority has become a hallmark of and cultural signal among many in conservative circles. This phenomenon has been on recent display in Louisiana, where a clear anti-mask sentiment has emerged in the streets and online even as -19 cases rise.“Are you a masker or a free breather?” Pastor Tony Spell asked the crowd while speaking from the bed of a pickup truck...…Get DeSmog News and AlertsScience denial in America didn’t begin with the Trump administration, but under the leadership of President Trump, it has blossomed. From the climate crisis to the , this rejection of scientific authority has become a hallmark of and cultural signal among many in conservative circles. This phenomenon has been on recent display in Louisiana, where a clear anti-mask sentiment has emerged in the streets and online even as -19 cases rise.“Are you a masker or a free breather?” Pastor Tony Spell asked the crowd while speaking from the bed of a pickup truck...WW…

Girl’s tragic death in oil industry explosion haunts her familyMaxwell Smith is on a mission to make sure no one loses a child the way he lost his 14-year-old daughter, Zalee Gail Day-Smith. Zalee, a vivacious high school freshman who loved singing,  when oil tanks exploded near her home in Beauregard, Louisiana. “Her body was thrown 200 feet in the air,” Smith told me when I went to visit the family a month after the accident. Zalee’s body was found across the street from the site of the blast in the Bear Field oil field, just north of Lake Charles....…Girl’s tragic death in oil industry explosion haunts her familyMaxwell Smith is on a mission to make sure no one loses a child the way he lost his 14-year-old daughter, Zalee Gail Day-Smith. Zalee, a vivacious high school freshman who loved singing,  when oil tanks exploded near her home in Beauregard, Louisiana. “Her body was thrown 200 feet in the air,” Smith told me when I went to visit the family a month after the accident. Zalee’s body was found across the street from the site of the blast in the Bear Field oil field, just north of Lake Charles....WW…

In December, The New York Times revealing how ExxonMobil and other oil companies had paid a public relations firm named to build “news” and information websites falsely suggesting grassroots support for the fossil fuel industry and its initiatives. ExxonMobil, which didn’t speak with Times reporter (and my former coworker) Hiroko Tabuchi for the story, responded by trying to smear the messenger. “We refused to work with the author,” ExxonMobil , “because of her obvious bias against the oil and gas industry.”The firm was alluding to an October tweet by Tabuchi that she’d “been thinking...…In December, The New York Times revealing how ExxonMobil and other oil companies had paid a public relations firm named to build “news” and information websites falsely suggesting grassroots support for the fossil fuel industry and its initiatives. ExxonMobil, which didn’t speak with Times reporter (and my former coworker) Hiroko Tabuchi for the story, responded by trying to smear the messenger. “We refused to work with the author,” ExxonMobil , “because of her obvious bias against the oil and gas industry.”The firm was alluding to an October tweet by Tabuchi that she’d “been thinking...WW…

Series:Series:In the heart of the Permian oil patch in West Texas, a massive $416 million solar array began converting sunshine to electricity this summer. One of the project’s main financiers has a very familiar name — Facebook.The social media corporation helped make possible the 379-megawatt Prospero I solar array, located about 18 miles west of the city of Andrews and covering an area five times larger than New York City’s Central Park. The project represents a model initiative for Facebook, which is striving to become a leader on climate change. A June 2019 article about Prospero...…Series:Series:In the heart of the Permian oil patch in West Texas, a massive $416 million solar array began converting sunshine to electricity this summer. One of the project’s main financiers has a very familiar name — Facebook.The social media corporation helped make possible the 379-megawatt Prospero I solar array, located about 18 miles west of the city of Andrews and covering an area five times larger than New York City’s Central Park. The project represents a model initiative for Facebook, which is striving to become a leader on climate change. A June 2019 article about Prospero...WW…

65% of directors from the banks analysed had connections to polluting industries and obstructive lobby groups.Series:Series:The majority of directors at the world’s biggest banks have affiliations to polluting companies and organisations, a DeSmog investigation shows. The findings raise concerns over a systemic conflict of interest at a time when the international financial sector is under increasing pressure to stop funding fossil fuels.DeSmog’s analysis found 65 percent of directors from 39 banks had 940 past or current connections to industries that could be considered...…65% of directors from the banks analysed had connections to polluting industries and obstructive lobby groups.Series:Series:The majority of directors at the world’s biggest banks have affiliations to polluting companies and organisations, a DeSmog investigation shows. The findings raise concerns over a systemic conflict of interest at a time when the international financial sector is under increasing pressure to stop funding fossil fuels.DeSmog’s analysis found 65 percent of directors from 39 banks had 940 past or current connections to industries that could be considered...WW…

At a time when fossil fuel companies are to , the governments of Baltimore and Rhode Island are calling out a “decades-long campaign of deception” by these companies in urging courts to advance lawsuits trying to hold polluters responsible for climate damages.Over a dozen of these climate liability lawsuits are currently pending, brought by cities, counties, one state, and one trade association seeking payments to help cover climate change-related costs. The lawsuits target major fossil fuel companies like ExxonMobil, Chevron, and , alleging they deliberately deceived the public...…At a time when fossil fuel companies are to , the governments of Baltimore and Rhode Island are calling out a “decades-long campaign of deception” by these companies in urging courts to advance lawsuits trying to hold polluters responsible for climate damages.Over a dozen of these climate liability lawsuits are currently pending, brought by cities, counties, one state, and one trade association seeking payments to help cover climate change-related costs. The lawsuits target major fossil fuel companies like ExxonMobil, Chevron, and , alleging they deliberately deceived the public...WW…

Series:Series:Delaware, the home state of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, , September 10 that it is taking dozens of major oil and gas companies including , Chevron, and ExxonMobil to court over the rising costs of climate impacts such as sea level rise and coastal flooding.Like other states and municipalities suing the fossil fuel industry, Delaware says that the industry knew half a century ago about the likely climate impacts resulting from the use of its products, but instead of warning the public or changing their business model, the fossil fuel companies engaged in...…Series:Series:Delaware, the home state of Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, , September 10 that it is taking dozens of major oil and gas companies including , Chevron, and ExxonMobil to court over the rising costs of climate impacts such as sea level rise and coastal flooding.Like other states and municipalities suing the fossil fuel industry, Delaware says that the industry knew half a century ago about the likely climate impacts resulting from the use of its products, but instead of warning the public or changing their business model, the fossil fuel companies engaged in...WW…