Louisiana’s flagship university will let an oil company emphasize faculty research activities in exchange for $5 million. Or for $100,000, a company can participate in a research study with “robust” review powers and access to all resulting intellectual property rights. Those are the terms outlined in a standard document that Louisiana State University’s fundraising arm… Read More »
At least 1,300 employees of organizations representing fossil fuel interests have signed up to attend the United Nations climate talks in Dubai this year; that’s more than three times the number found in an Associated Press analysis of last year’s talks; New rules came into effect requiring participants to disclose their employment. . That figure… Read More »
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — As Planet Earth heats up, U.N. climate talks focused Sunday on contagious impacts on human health. Under a brown haze over Dubai, the COP28 summit left behind two days of loud rhetoric and calls for unity from senior leaders over concerns about health problems such as the spread of… Read More »
Nearly 50 oil and gas companies worldwide have pledged to shore up leaky methane systems by 2030; It’s a move that, if companies keep their promises, could quickly reduce emissions of the potent gas and prevent some climate change impacts. The pledge, announced by Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber at the United Nations Climate Change Conference… Read More »