Texas Congressman Lamar Smith Declares War on NASA and EPA Climate Science...
Lamar Smith, a Republican member of the US House of Representatives, has declared war on the Obama administration, NASA and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to undermine attempts to prevent...
View ArticleWill Obama's 2008 Climate Promises Hold Up?
In this DeSmog UK epic history series we meet an American presidential hopeful apparently willing to take on Koch and Big Oil.Barack Obama’s decision to give Shell permission to drill for potential oil...
View ArticleWhat Happened to Obama's 'Planet in Peril' Rhetoric?
“We know the challenges that tomorrow will bring are the greatest of our lifetime: two wars, a planet in peril, the worst financial crisis in a century,” the newly elected president Barack Obama said...
View ArticleObama Bid To Secure Climate Legacy at Paris COP21
BYKYLAMANDELANDBRENDANMONTAGUEINPARISBarack Obama knows COP21 is his legacy moment. His presidency has been book-ended by the two most critical international climate summits – the disastrous Copenhagen...
View ArticleTen Huge Climate Change Moments of 2015
This is a guest post by DeSmog UK contributor Victoria SeabrookIt’s been a big year for the climate. We saw Uruguay go green and the UK go back to black. Global temperatures rose and Shell dropped...
View ArticleMomentum Builds for Paris Agreement as US, India and France Set to Ratify...
India has joined the US in pledging to ratify the Paris Agreement “as soon as possible this year” following talks on Tuesday in the White House between the countries’ leaders.This comes as France is...
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