Andy Rowell

Trump Allies Near ‘Total Victory’ in Wiping Out U.S. Climate Regulation

Hugely depressing days as the dinosaur climate deniers are claiming "total victory" in their war against climate legislation in the US - a total "f@ck you" to the poor and vulnerable in so many frontline and low-lying communities, as well as future generations www.nytimes.com/2026/02/09/c...

“How Are You?” “I’m Fine.” - Words Without Borders In this highly personal essay, Welsh writer Sian Northey depicts the undercurrent of climate change anxiety that runs through women’s lives.

Well worth a read as Welsh writer Sian Northey depicts the undercurrent of anxiety about climate change that runs through women’s lives...

wordswithoutborders.org/read/article...

BREAKING: McSweeney’s think tank paid PR firm to investigate journalists Labour Together put private investigators onto journalists writing about its funding. Starmer's right-hand man knew.

It has been revealed that our chief reporter, @john-mcevoy.bsky.social, was among journalists investigated by a PR firm paid by Labour Together.

Labour Together was then managed by Josh Simons. Simons is now Cabinet Office minister.

democracyforsale.substack.com/p/exclusive-...

Boss of lobbying firm founded with Peter Mandelson quits after Epstein revelations Ben Wegg-Prosser resigns from Global Counsel as emails show Epstein’s help was sought in setting up the company

Lobbying has always been a dirty business - but meeting a convicted sex offender to discuss launching a new lobbying firm close to New Labour is a new low..

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Under Trump, U.S. Adds Fuel to a Heating Planet

No shit, Sherlock..

www.nytimes.com/2026/01/12/c...

that's nice and blunt

when dinosaurs ruled..

Exxon’s new greenwashing ploy The oil giant claims it can eliminate more than 90 percent of emissions from gas-powered AI facilities. Critics say that’s nonsense.

Exxon has a new plan to sell more fossil fuels: stick carbon capture on massive gas-fired power plants for AI and brand them as climate friendly.

Critics say that's a dangerous fiction.

Thrilled to have @emorwee.bsky.social as my editor on this one!

www.exxonknews.org/p/exxon-prom...

Trump Administration Plans to Break Up Premier Weather and Climate Research Center

Willful destruction of our future by Trump and his Maga-madness
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/c...

Top Democrats call for investigation into share-buying spree by Trump allies Fossil fuel execs Robert Pender and Michael Sabel deny wrongdoing after report on potential conflict of interest

By me and @jgedeon.bsky.social
More top Democrats call for investigation into share-buying spree by fossil fuel billionaire Trump donors
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Nice one Desmog - its time @iealondon.bsky.social was forced to disclose its dirty funders - for too long its acted as hacks for hire undermining democracy for its corporate clients..

US senator calls for insider trading inquiry over Trump donors buying $12m worth of shares Co-chairs of LNG firm, who bought stock worth almost $12m each after meeting with Trump officials, deny wrongdoing

US Senator calls for an inquiry over potential "insider trading" by Venture Global bosses after a Guardian investigation..

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Here is video featuring Ken's daughter Noo; Ken's brother Owens and Nnimmo Bassey and others, on the 30th Anniversary and why the struggle continues @georgemonbiot.bsky.social oilchange.org/blogs/shell-...

Fossil-fuel billionaires bought up millions of shares after meeting with top Trump officials Co-founders’ acquisition of Venture Global shares before key permit granted draws scrutiny as pair deny wrongdoing

By me and @andy-rowell.bsky.social
Two fossil-fuel billionaires with close ties to Donald Trump bought millions of shares in the company they co-founded just days after a meeting with senior White House officials, who then issued them key regulatory permit
www.theguardian.com/business/202...

Fossil-fuel billionaires bought up millions of shares after meeting with top Trump officials Co-founders’ acquisition of Venture Global shares before key permit granted draws scrutiny as pair deny wrongdoing

By @ninalakhani.bsky.social and me:

www.theguardian.com/business/202...

🔴 BREAKING: Analysis from @oilchange.bsky.social and @corporateeurope.org reveals €17+ billion of public funds poured into #CCS in Europe since 2001.

After decades of failures, fossil fuel ties keep influencing the EU Commission at the #ICMForum.

Read more 👇
www.realzeroeurope.org/resources/fa...

‘Deeply demoralizing’: how Trump derailed coal country’s clean-energy revival Biden earmarked billions for former coal communities in Appalachia – and his successor came and took it away

ICYMI:
How Trump derailed coal country’s economic revival. ‘On his first day in office, Donald Trump scrapped billions of dollars of Biden era clean energy and environmental programs, which he lambasted as woke, anti-American liberal hoaxes.’
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘I have watched politicians failing yet and yet again’: lessons from a life as an environment writer Paul Brown looks back at his career reporting on the climate crisis, failed summit and nuclear power – and how to do it well

One of the great environmental correspondents, with whom I had the privilege of working. And great to see Paul still warning about the snake-oil salesmen from the nuclear industry. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

It it walks like a SLAPP and quacks like a SLAPP, it probably is a SLAPP

And so it goes on - the poor die whilst the fossil fuel industry condemns us to an unlivable future

Global Tobacco Index 2025 See how governments are responding to tobacco industry interference in 2025.

The Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2025 has been launched!
The report is based on publicly available information on tobacco industry interference in 100 countries and their respective governments’ responses to these interferences:
Look into the report here 👇

#TobaccoIndustryInterference

YouTube video by Oil Change International Shell Shocked Land

In Solidarity and remembrance with the Ogoni 9: www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CUq...

Nigeria: Government must clear names of executed activists Ogoni Nine Marking 30 years since the Nigerian government’s brutal execution of nine leading environmental activists – the Ogoni Nine – for fighting to protect the Niger Delta from oil giant Shell, Amnesty Inter...

Today marks the 30th anniversary of the Ogoni Nine who were executed by the Nigerian military government in November 1995 after campaigning against widespread oil pollution in the Niger Delta.

@amnesty.org calls for the Ogoni Nine to be fully exonerated.

www.amnesty.org/en/latest/ne...

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: 30th Anniversary: Honoring the Legacy of the Ogoni 9. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. 30 years after the execution of writer and activist Ken Saro-Wiwa and 8 other Ogoni leaders, the call for justice in Nigeria’s Niger Delta remains urgent. On November 10, 2025, Oil Change Internationa...

30th Anniversary of the murder of the Ogoni 9. @oilchange.bsky.social has a new film out - launching today with a webinar at 12PM UK time. zoom.us/webinar/regi...

30 years after the execution of the Ogoni 9, the fight for justice continues.
Join the global premiere of Shell Shocked Land 🎥
🗓️ Nov 10 | 12:00 pm UTC
💻 Register: zoom.us/webinar/regist…
#ShellShockedLand #Ogoni9 #LegacyOfResistance
Photo: George Osoni

The costs of Trump’s campaign to censor climate science Datasets have been removed, federal websites scrubbed and thousands of Noaa staff purged. Experts warn disaster defences are at risk

read and weep: www.ft.com/content/2df1...

White House offers ‘concierge’ service to fossil fuel firms, official says Brittany Kelm, a senior policy adviser for the National Energy Dominance Council, detailed in a podcast how the council works to advance fossil fuel projects.

"The White House is offering 'concierge, white glove service' to oil, coal and other fossil fuel companies that are seeking to gain fast approval for their projects...while simultaneously slowing down or blocking solar and wind projects."

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Plans to weaken protections for national parks will have ‘disastrous consequences’ say green groups Exclusive: Letter from 170-plus organisations calls on government to drop proposed changes to planning law

Plans to weaken protections for national parks will have ‘disastrous consequences’, say environmentalists

Pleased to have signed @campaign4parks.bsky.social's letter urging Ministers to drop plans to remove the Protected Landscapes Duty on public bodies 1/

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

And yet Namibia is ramping up oil exploration and production, which will exacerbate the climate crisis and the drilling also threatens the iconic Okavango Delta too.

newlinesmag.com/reportage/oi...

"Pragmatism is only possible when feasible alternatives are available. Where climate breakdown is concerned, there is no alternative. The climate doesn’t recognise pragmatism. We either slash emissions now or we are in deep, deep trouble." 💯