‘Page one of repressive playbook’: critics warn of Trump’s conspiratorial attacks President’s outlandish and extensive conspiracy theories endanger US freedoms, health and science, experts say The Guardian - US · Oct 1
AI Prompts Used by Expert Are Subject to Compelled Discovery From Judge Thomas O. Farrish (D. Conn.) last Monday in Conservation Law Foundation, Inc. v. Shell Oil Co.: The defendants,… The post AI Prompts Used by Expert Are Subject to Compelled Discovery appeared first on Reason.com. Reason · May 26
Inside a jubilant DC conference where ‘the climate deniers are in charge now’ Trump’s EPA chief Lee Zeldin’s presence shows how much influence climate deniers now have, experts say The Guardian - US · Apr 14
More pollution and higher energy costs: critics condemn Trump’s anti-environment agenda US courts, scholars and Democrats are pushing back against the president’s aggressive drive to boost fossil fuels The Guardian - US · Feb 10
Queensland anti-renewables group cited nonexistent papers in inquiry submissions using AI, publisher says Exclusive: Rainforest Reserves Australia has published submissions naming nonexistent government authorities and a nonexistent windfarm The Guardian - AU · Oct 17, 2025
Honolulu's lawsuit against fossil fuel companies leads climate change legal fight Honolulu is suing major fossil fuel companies, including ExxonMobil, Shell, and Chevron, over climate change impacts The Independent UK · Jul 29, 2025
Trump fossil-fuel push setting back green progress decades, critics warn US president using ‘invented’ national energy crisis to justify expansion of coal, oil and gas, experts say The Guardian - US · Jul 20, 2025
Fossil fuel companies ‘poisoned the well’ of public debate with climate disinformation. Here’s how Australia can break free President Donald Trump has issued an executive order that would block state laws seeking to tackle greenhouse gas emissions – the latest salvo in his administration’s campaign to roll back United States’ climate action. The Conversation · Apr 21, 2025
News and tech media mostly quiet after UN chief calls for ban on ads for oil and gas The Guardian contacted 11 major organizations that run fossil-fuel ads after Wednesday’s speech by António Guterres The Guardian - US · Jun 7, 2024
Fury after Exxon chief says public to blame for climate failures Darren Woods tells Fortune consumers not willing to pay for clean-energy transition, prompting backlash from climate experts The Guardian - US · Mar 4, 2024
The World Economic Forum Is Begging You To Trust the Science "There has been a deliberate attempt to inflame the public against experts," warned one Davos panelist. Reason · Jan 18, 2024
Was acid rain truly a success story? The U.S. once forged a bipartisan consensus to fight acid rain. Can we do likewise for other ecosystem breakdowns? Salon · Sep 12, 2023
US ‘university’ spreads climate lies and receives millions from rightwing donors PragerU is not accredited but has become a key tool in pushing false claims to youngsters – and raked in $200m from 2018 to 2022 The Guardian - US · Sep 6, 2023
Scientists say Canadian lake marks start of the Anthropocene The researchers say humans pushed the planet into this phase. Axios · Jul 11, 2023
Salon · Jun 19, 2023 A history of Republican climate denial Republicans didn't always deny the reality of climate change. Then, George W. Bush took office
The Conversation · May 23, 2023 More than two dozen cities and states are suing Big Oil over climate change – they just got a boost from the US Supreme Court Honolulu has lost more than 5 miles of its famous beaches to sea level rise and storm surges. Sunny-day flooding during high tides makes many city roads impassable, and water mains for the public drinking water system are corroding from saltwater because of sea level rise.
The Guardian - US · Apr 24, 2023 ‘Market rules should benefit the majority of the citizenry’: historians Naomi Oreskes and Erik M Conway In their new book, The Big Myth, the authors document the rise of ‘market fundamentalism’ and Americans’ relationship with government regulations
WEKU · Mar 5, 2023 6 scholars explain what a real climate solution is We asked six climate experts what questions you should ask yourself whenever you come across something claiming to be a "climate solution".
Reason · Feb 25, 2023 The Big Myth Is Full of Recycled Anti-Capitalist Cheap Shots A new entrant in the anti-neoliberalism genre fails to land any blows.
The Independent UK · Jan 12, 2023 Study: Exxon Mobil accurately predicted warming since 1970s A new study says Exxon Mobil’s scientists were remarkably accurate in their predictions about global warming
Inverse · Jan 12, 2023 This oil giant accurately predicted global warming — and still lied about it New research finds ExxonMobil's internal research accurately projected global warming, even as their public messaging downplayed climate change.
Salon · Nov 12, 2022 Big Meat takes a page from Big Oil Big Meat is using astroturfed research to obfuscate the effect of meat on the planet. Why are we letting them?
Inverse · Sep 24, 2022 Is a fact always true? A philosopher explains how to spot the difference Can we trust the scientific truths of today?
The Conversation · Sep 18, 2022 Why should we trust science? Because it doesn't trust itself Many of us accept science is a reliable guide to what we ought to believe – but not all of us do.
The Conversation · Sep 14, 2022 Should we really believe scientific facts will last forever when history is full of revolutions in thinking? Astronomers once believed the Sun revolved around the Earth. In the 19th century, scientists thought the shape of a person’s skull could reveal their mental strengths or weaknesses. And in the 20th century, many scientists fiercely opposed the idea that continents drift. All views that have since been completely overturned.