About the Series
A radical network of politicians, think tanks, lobby groups, and media outlets is attempting to scupper the UKโs clean energy transition by pumping out climate science denial. In this series, DeSmog unearths the big money backers behind this anti-climate project, which is polluting British democracy.
In This Series
Key members of Nigel Farageโs pro-oil party have been forging financial ties to the UAE.
The leader of Reform, a pro-oil party, received lavish hospitality from Abu Dhabi.
โGroundbreaking investigationโ reveals how the IEA has campaigned against climate action after taking cash from fossil fuel firms.
The regulatorโs findings came a day before the Tufton Street group appointed a climate denial peer as its new boss.
A media CEO who helped to stage an event with Reformโs main U.S. ally has publicly denounced the partyโs leader.
The Reform leader will be skipping Parliament again in favour of a conference in Washington DC.
A โrogueโ government could seize sensitive information on UK residents, data privacy experts fear.
An academic with ties to Reform slammed the UKโs strong support for Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The party is allowing corporate executives to buy time with Farage at its annual conference.
The Reform UK leader has addressed several anti-climate outfits with ties to Donald Trump โ while making nearly ยฃ1 million on top of his MPโs salary.
The Reform leader has barely spoken about his constituency, a deprived area at high risk from the effects of climate change.
A U.S. group with close ties to the Trump administration is convening the panel in Westminster.
Kemi Badenochโs party has been receiving money from fossil fuel interests while pursuing anti-climate policies.
The U.S. private equity firm KKR contributed to the presidentโs swearing-in ceremony.
Reform UK treasurer Nick Candy has been attempting to extract cash from fossil fuel executives.
The group plans to attract donations from U.S. backers allied to Donald Trump.
The Reform UK leader reiterated false climate claims at Jordan Petersonโs Alliance for Responsible Citizenship event in London.
The Reform UK leader baselessly suggested that farms were being cleared to make way for immigrants.
A pro-Trump, pro-oil oligarchy is being convened by a group backed by the owners of GB News, campaigners say.
The Reform UK leader is betting his home on climate denial, campaigners say.
The Heartland Institute, which questions human-made climate change, has established a new branch in London.
Badenochโs leadership campaign was part-funded by a board member at one of the worldโs largest fossil fuel companies.
Lord Moynihan of Chelsea, who holds shares in Shell and TotalEnergies, called the green transition a โchildrenโs crusadeโ.
Figures linked to the Global Warming Policy Foundation have handed huge sums to the Tories.
Tickets at the event in Chicago cost up to $50,000 for the chance to have dinner with the Reform UK leader.
Tory peer and major party donor Michael Hintze has funded the Global Warming Policy Foundation.
Clacton is uniquely exposed to rising sea levels, but local voters are unlikely to find a champion in their new MP.
The intake includes a property developer who dubbed CO2 merely โplant foodโ and the former chair of Southampton Football Club, who blames wildfires entirely on arsonists.
Interviewed at a bikers cafe, Farage said the UKโs legally binding commitment to cut greenhouse gas emissions would โmake absolutely almost no difference whatsoeverโ.
Reformโs leader has been criticised in recent days for claiming the west provoked Putinโs invasion of Ukraine.
Sarah Jones ran a fundraising event with the help of a pro-hydrogen group backed by a major Tory donor.
Rishi Sunakโs Tories accepted hundreds of thousands from major donors with financial ties to the oil and gas industry.
Scientific modelling indicates that areas of Clacton could be submerged annually.
The anti-net zero party has been bankrolled by oil and gas investors, aviation entrepreneurs, and those who reject climate science.
The Reform UK leader is a vocal opponent of net zero policies, and has questioned the basis of established climate science.
โOutrageousโ findings show that the Conservative Party โis clearly in bed with the fossil fuel lobbyโ, say MPs and campaigners.
The Electoral Commission said it would consider enforcement action after the anti-net zero party inaccurately reported a different name on the donation.
The Dubai-based Legatum Group funds multiple organisations that have advocated against climate action.
Michael Hintze, one of the early backers of the Global Warming Policy Foundation, also donated to Environment Secretary Steve Barclay in 2023.
All of the anti-net zero partyโs funders in 2023 have oil and gas investments or ties to climate science denial.
โVote Power, Not Povertyโ co-founder Richard Tice says politicians want to make money from the โgreen agendaโ while Farage has campaigned against climate action for years.
