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 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 Lawson on global warming,” BBC News, December […]

Godfrey Bloom

Godfrey Bloom Credentials Background Godfrey Bloom is a former Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for Yorkshire and the Humber, representing the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP) between 2004 and 2013. He continued to sit as an independent for the remainder of his term, ending in May 2014.1“Godfrey Bloom quits as UKIP MEP after ‘sluts’ […]

Francis Egan

Francis Egan Credentials Background Francis Egan is the chief executive of UK fracking (hydraulic fracturing) company, Cuadrilla Resources, appointed in 2012. He has spent more than three decades working in the oil and gas industry, having managed the global production division of […]

Energy Intensive Users Group (EIUG)

The Energy Intensive Users Group (EIUG) Background The Energy Intensive Users Group (EIUG) is a lobby organisation that “campaigns for secure industrial energy supplies at internationally competitive prices”, according to its website. Its members are trade associations representing the UK’s most energy intensive and polluting industries. The EIUG argues that climate policies harm the economic competitiveness […]

Edward Atkin

Edward Atkin Credentials Background Edward Atkin is a philanthropist and businessman who sits on the board of directors of the campaign wing of the UK climate science denial group the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) – the Global Warming Policy Forum.1“Philanthropists recognised in Queen’s Birthday Honours,” Philanthropy Impact, June 20, 2011. Archived December 7, 2018. […]