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Pupils missed 15m hours of school time during UK’s June heatwave, study finds

At least 760,000 children in England and Wales missed lessons as more than 1,700 schools closed or finished early

The Guardian - UK · Sep 11

There are thousands of dirty old drill sites in Colorado. The state gave oil firms a $1bn pass

Investigation reveals regulator let firms off the hook on cleanup bonds despite backlog that will take decades to clear

The Guardian - US · Jun 2

UAE’s ruling royal family benefits from more than €71m in EU farming subsidies

Al Nahyans’ control over farmland in Europe has meant they receive proportion of payments to farms

The Guardian - UK · May 7

Oil industry funded Girl Scouts and British Museum to boost image, evidence suggests

BP has funded Washington’s National Gallery of Art, UK’s Royal Shakespeare Company and National Portrait Gallery

The Guardian - US · May 20, 2025

Revealed: how a US public university courted the gas industry despite climate impacts

McNeese State University in Louisiana building a liquefied natural gas center, prompting fears of ‘corporate capture’

The Guardian - US · Dec 19, 2024

Hundreds of lobbyists for industrial farming attend Cop29 climate summit

Nearly 40% of food sector lobbyists have travelled to Baku as part of countries’ delegations

The Guardian - UK · Nov 19, 2024

Big oil firms knew of dire effects of fossil fuels as early as 1950s, memos show

Newly unearthed documents contain warning from head of Air Pollution Foundation, founded in 1953 by oil interests

The Guardian - US · Nov 12, 2024

“Should we be worried?”: Another well blowout in West Texas has a town smelling of rotten eggs

Experts warn that more blowouts should be expected unless oil and gas companies change their methods.

The Texas Tribune · Oct 10, 2024

'Free-speech-loving' Reform UK 'ban' journalists from conference

REFORM UK have been accused of "blocking" journalists who have been critical of the party from their annual conference in Birmingham. 

The National (Scotland) · Sep 20, 2024

Revealed: Shell oil non-profit donated to anti-climate groups behind Project 2025

Foundation says it ‘does not endorse any organizations’ while funneling hundreds of thousands to rightwing causes

The Guardian - US · Aug 15, 2024