DeSmog also found that Conoco, a fuel brand that split from ConocoPhillips a decade ago, paid a nail artist and content creator named Lizzy to post sponsored videos last year.
Francesca Willow, who runs a blog about sustainability and racial justice called “Ethical Unicorn,” said she received a request in May to publish a guest post by Pheasant Energy, an oil and gas company based in Fort Worth.
The Environmental Protection Agency today announced its enforcement priorities for 2024 through 2027, including for the first time initiatives to address climate change and “forever chemicals” known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS.
In addition to addressing climate change and PFAS, the new initiatives include protecting Americans from toxic coal ash and curbing hazardous air pollution in overburdened communities.
The Climate 202 discussed the new priorities yesterday with David Uhlmann, whom the Senate confirmed last month to lead the EPA’s enforcement office, which is tasked with holding companies accountable when they violate the nation’s environmental laws.
Hurricanes have become deadlier and have disproportionately affected the most socially vulnerable communities, according to a study released yesterday in the journal Science Advances, The Washington Post’s Kasha Patel reports.