Michael Hintze

Michael Hintze Credentials Background Australian hedge fund manager Michael Hintze is one of the biggest donors to the UK’s Conservative Party and has been dubbed the godfather of Tory donors by some in the British press. He also donated money to the Brexit campaign and is one of the key funders of UK climate science denial thinktank […]

Lord Nigel Vinson

Lord Nigel Vinson Credentials Background Lord Nigel Vinson, a Conservative peer, is one of a handful of known donors to the UK climate science denial group the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF). Vinson retired from the House of Lords in July 2022.2“Lord Vinson,” GOV.uk. Archive URL: […]

Lord Richard Hugh Cavendish

Lord (Richard) Hugh Cavendish Credentials Background Lord (Richard) Hugh Cavendish has been a member of the House of Lords since 1990, having been appointed by then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. He sits on the EU Financial Affairs Sub-Committee and was a member of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 Committee between October 2017 […]

John Constable

John Constable Credentials Background John Constable is the Energy Editor of the Global Warming Policy Forum, campaign arm of the climate science denial group the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF). Constable was appointed to the position five months before joining the GWPF’s Academic Advisory Council.1 “Who we are,” Global Warming Policy Forum. Archived January 23, […]

Jim Ratcliffe

Jim Ratcliffe Credentials Background Jim Ratcliffe is chairman, co-founder, and majority owner of US petrochemical giant INEOS. He has described shale gas as a “saviour“ of the UK economy. He is known for his aggressive pursuit of industrial assets in the UK, including the Grangemouth petrochemical plant […]

Jeremy Nicholson

Jeremy Nicholson Credentials Background Jeremy Nicholson is the former director of the Energy Intensive Users Group (EIUG), a lobbying organisation that “campaigns for secure industrial energy supplies at internationally competitive prices.” 2“Welcome to EIUG,” Energy Intenstive Users Group. Archved April 11, 2018. Archive.fo […]

Jacob Rees-Mogg

Credentials Background Jacob Rees-Mogg was the Conservative MP for North Somerset until losing his seat in the July 2024 general election.2Eleni Courea and Kiran Stacey. “Penny Mordaunt and Grant Shapps among slew of Tory cabinet ministers unseated,” The Guardian, July 5, 2024. Archived July […]

Institute for Free Trade

Institute for Free Trade (formerly Initiative for Free Trade) Background The Institute for Free Trade is a Eurosceptic think tank that advocates “the moral case for open commerce” and sees Britain’s withdrawal from the European Union as a “unique opportunity to revitalise the world trading system.”2“About,” IFT. Archived August […]

INEOS

INEOS Background INEOS is a chemicals company which describes itself as “the biggest player in the UK shale gas industry”. It has licenses to explore for shale gas that cover more than one million acres of the UK. The company’s CEO is the billionaire Sir Jim Ratcliffe, the third richest man in the UK. The […]

Harry Wilkinson

Harry Wilkinson Credentials Background Harry Wilkinson is Head of Policy at the Global Warming Policy Forum, campaign wing of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), a UK think tank found by climate change denier Nigel Lawson with the purpose of combating what the foundation describes as “extremely damaging and harmful policies” that set out to mitigate climate change.1“Ed Miliband clashes with Lord […]