6 days ago · DeSmog was founded in January 2006 to clear the PR pollution that is clouding the science and solutions to climate change.

DeSmog was founded in January 2006 to clear the PR pollution that is clouding the science and solutions to climate change. Our team quickly became the world’s number one source for accurate, fact-based information regarding global warming misinformation campaigns. DeSmog continues to expand our focus to other areas where misinformation has eroded public understanding and […]

Apr 7, 2021 · Today, the team at DeSmog is excited to reveal our new global mission and website dedicated to fearless investigations and comprehensive resources to combat the ongoing crisis of climate solutions denial and social injustices. We’re celebrating DeSmog’s 15th anniversary of clearing the PR pollution that clouds climate science, …

5 days ago · The Planetary Boundaries, produced by the Stockholm Resilience Centre at Stockholm University.. This is mid-20th century data visualization technology. Unlike even the most basic consumer stock market apps, which digitally connect people to the signals that matter most to them, the Boundaries remain static and untethered, offering no built-in response mechanism for the billions of people whose ...

Dec 26, 2024 · What the country craves is fewer selfies and more action to confront the emergency. What the country craves is fewer selfies and more action to confront the emergency. Badenoch, a self-described ‘net zero skeptic,’ called Poilievre ‘a new friend and ally’ in December. Badenoch, a self ...

Jan 23, 2025 · This piece is about what we talk about when we talk about ‘climate change.’ Mostly, whether in the campaigning world or the policy world, the tech world or the business world, the everyday world or the world of international summitry, we mainly talk about cutting carbon emissions. And if we talk about impacts, we talk […]

Aug 6, 2024 · In the escalating drama of climate breakdown — especially as we navigate the apparent crossing of the 1.5C warming threshold — a binary is emerging that wastes a huge amount of time, energy and passion, needlessly limiting our vision to confront and adapt to our situation at all levels of society: Are we (optimist) solutionists […]

Dec 9, 2024 · In March 1999, Alejandro Chafuen, then president of an international free-market coalition called Atlas Network, wrote to an executive at ExxonMobil (XOM) to offer the American oil major a friendly note of appreciation. “On behalf of Atlas and the institutes it supports, we would like to thank you again for the Exxon Corporation’s generous contributions,” Chafuen stated, “and for the ...

Oct 31, 2024 · To read a previous DeSmog story on the relationship between the climate crisis and collective trauma healing, please click here.. As the COP29 climate talks get underway in Azerbaijan next month, DeSmog will partner with the Pocket Project to bring together leading climate justice advocates and trauma specialists to explore the psychological barriers to effective action — and how they can be ...

Dec 3, 2024 · DeSmog is excited to announce the promotion of Geoff Dembicki to the position of Global Managing Editor.. Geoff is an award-winning investigative reporter, author, and long-time friend of DeSmog since we first discovered his excellent reporting and shoved a copy of Climate Cover-Up into his hands in 2010.. His 2022 book, The Petroleum Papers, was named a best book of the year by The Washington ...