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EnvironmentMarch 17, 2023
The Big Oil Firms Are Giving Up on Researching Algae Biofuels
Algae has tremendous promise as an alternative fuel. But Exxon’s pullout from algae research is a major setback.
Amy Westervelt
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Climate ChangeMay 11, 2022
Exxon Doubles Down on “Advanced Recycling” Claims That Yield Few Results
The petroleum company is under investigation for misleading the public while exacerbating the global plastic pollution crisis.
Amy Westervelt
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EnvironmentDecember 1, 2021
If You Fund the Research, You Can Shape the World
Before the Koch brothers, Standard Oil realized the power of universities to spread its free-market ideology and prevent the growth of socialism.
Amy Westervelt
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Climate ChangeNovember 17, 2021
You Can’t Beat Climate Change Without Tackling Disinformation
Over more than a century, PR firms built and fine-tuned a machine to deceive the public.
Amy Westervelt
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Environmental ActivismNovember 10, 2021
“Nice” Isn’t Going to Save the Planet
In a rapidly heating world, we don’t have time for etiquette.
Mary Annaïse Heglar and Amy Westervelt
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Oil and GasNovember 3, 2021
Is the Global Methane Pledge Just “Words on Paper”?
More than 70 countries, including the United States, have promised to reduce methane emissions by 30 percent by 2030. Is it enough?
Amy Westervelt
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EnvironmentOctober 27, 2021
There Can Be No Compromise on a Burning Planet
Business interests invaded the environmental policy realm even before climate change emerged as a key issue. It’s time to kick them out.
Amy Westervelt
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Climate ChangeOctober 20, 2021
This 5-Point Plan Will Fix Climate Coverage
Number 1: It’s the planet, stupid.
Amy Westervelt and Mary Annaïse Heglar
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Climate ChangeSeptember 9, 2021
Big Oil’s Delay Tactics Are the New Climate Science Denialism
Academic researchers say the fossil fuel industry engages in “discourses of delay” to divert attention away from the crisis.
Amy Westervelt
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Climate ChangeApril 8, 2021
Should Governments Consider Engineering the Atmosphere?
Two writers debate whether solar geoengineering would help or harm the effort to avoid the worst effects of climate change.
Oliver Morton and Amy Westervelt