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Owen Paterson
Credentials
- Bachelor of Arts (BA), History, Cambridge University.1โOwen Paterson,โ LinkedIn. Accessed December 28, 2018. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
Background
Owen Paterson is MP for North Shropshire and a former environment secretary. He was appointed to the role in 2012 but was sacked by then prime minister David Cameron for fear his view that climate change was not a serious problem would cost the Conservative party votes in the 2015 general election.2โAbout Owen,โ Owen Paterson MP. Archived December 28, 2018. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/ZrGvK 3Andrew Sparrow. โI was sacked by David Cameron to appease ‘the green blob’, says Paterson,โ The Guardian, July 20, 2014. Archived December 28, 2018. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/LIP50
Patersonโs brother-in-law is Matt Ridley, a hereditary peer and advisor to the climate science denial campaign group, the Global Warming Policy Foundation. Patersonโs annual lecture to the GWPF in 2014 โ in which he called for the UK to scrap the climate change act โ was actually written by Ridley, it later emerged.4โCertified Copy of an Entry of Marriage,โ General Register Office, December 3, 2014. Retrieved from DocumentCloud. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog. 5โACADEMIC ADVISORY COUNCIL,โ The Global Warming Policy Foundation. Archived December 28, 2018. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/NaWvA 6Brendan Montague. โSacked Environment Secretary Attacks Climate Change Act,โ DeSmog, October 13, 2014. 7Brendan Montague. โSacked Paterson Turns to Broken Banker Ridley for Climate Speech Briefings,โ DeSmog, October 16, 2014.
After being sacked from the cabinet, Paterson set up the pro-Brexit thinktank UK2020, which asimed to cut regulations and targets related to climate change and was dissolved in January 2020.8Francis Elliott. โSacked minister sets up think tan,โ The Times, August 9, 2014. Archived December 28, 2018. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/HbV2G 9Kyla Mandel. โSacked Environment Secretary Dodges Question on Whether he Will Challenge Conservative Party Leadership,โ DeSmog, November 12, 2014.
Paterson was one of three MPs to found the official Vote Leave campaign to take the UK out of the European Union, according to a speech he gave in 2017 to the Heritage Foundation, a US-based conservative think tank with a long history of climate science denial and opposition to climate policies.10Owen Paterson. โWHY BREXIT IS GREAT FOR THE UK AND USA: ECONOMIST FOR FREE TRADE ADVISER RT HON OWEN PATERSON MPโS SPEECH TO HERITAGE FOUNDATION,โ Economists for Free Trade, October 5, 2017. Archived June 26, 2020. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
Paterson has close ties with other US free-market groups that have rejected mainstream climate science and lobbied against climate action, such as the Competitive Enterprise Institute.11โFormer U.K. Environment Secretary Owen Paterson Outlines the Environmental Benefits of Brexit,โ Competitive Enterprise Institute, October 13, 2017. Archived December 28, 2018. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/Lfwc4
Stance on Climate Change
October 2014
In his lecture to the GWPF, later revealed to have been partly written by climate science denier Matt Ridley, Paterson said:12โOwen Patersonโs speech on abandoning the 2050 climate change targets โ full text,โ The Spectator, October 15, 2014. Google Cache as of December 19, 2018. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/uMIeT
โI readily accept the main points of the greenhouse theory. Other things being equal, carbon dioxide emissions will produce some warming. The question always has been: how much? On that there is considerable uncertainty.
โFor, I also accept the unambiguous failure of the atmosphere to warm anything like as fast as predicted by the vast majority of climate models over the past 35 years, when measured by both satellites and surface thermometers. And indeed the failure of the atmosphere to warm at all over the past 18 years โ according to some sources. Many policymakers have still to catch up with the facts.
โI also note that the forecast effects of climate change have been consistently and widely exaggerated thus far.โ
Key Quotes
April 25, 2016
Delivering a speech on โThe Future of Europeโ at a UK2020 event, Paterson concluded:13โThe Future of Europe,โ Owen Paterson MP, April 25, 2016. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
โIt is Remain that is the leap in the dark.
To vote Leave is the safe option.โ
โ [โฆ] I want to explain what Remain really means. And to assure those of you who are undecided, that to Leave really is the safe and benign option.โ
October 2014
In his GWPF lecture:14โOwen Patersonโs speech on abandoning the 2050 climate change targets โ full text,โ The Spectator, October 15, 2014. Google Cache as of December 19, 2018. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/uMIeT
โWe are the only country to have legally bound ourselves to the 2050 targets โ and certainly the only one to bind ourselves to a doomed policy. In the absence of a legally binding international agreement, which looks unlikely given disagreement within EU member states and the position of the BRIC countries, the Climate Change Act should be effectively suspended and eventually repealed.โ
โI remain open-minded to the possibility that climate change may one day turn dangerous. So, it would be good to cut emissions, as long as we do not cause great suffering now for those on low incomes, or damage todayโs environment.โ
July 19, 2014
Following his being fired from his position as Environment Secretary, Paterson said:15Simon Walters. โYou can’t sack me! It’s a smash in the teeth for 12million voters (and I even fought for you over bees): Former Environment Secretary Owen Paterson among a number of sacked ministers to react to ‘male and pale’ reshuffle with fury,โ Daily Mail, July 19, 2014. Archived December 28, 2018. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/mV9Xw
โI have not been afraid to take on the greens on everything, from fracking to GM foods, the badger cull, even bees!โ
Key Actions
March 8, 2020
Paterson tweeted a link to an article written by Matt Ridley for Global Vision entitled, โThe Governmentโs energy policy could cripple global Britainโ. The article stated that, โthe purpose of decarbonisation is to alter the climate for the better. Yet nobody in their right mind thinks that net zero emissions will prevent wet winters and flooding. Such bad weather happened in the past anyway, and flood prevention and mitigation would be necessary even if the climate ceased warming. Rather than wasting money on subsidies to renewables, how about some flood defences? They work!โ16Owen Paterson. โGreat piece by @mattwridley on how an independent UK’s โfate will depend on how competitive it is. Thereโs one slug of self-inflicted burdens that we are in the process of making much worse, perhaps crippling: our energy policy.โ Tweet by @OwenPaterson, March 9, 2020.
March 4, 2020
Paterson wrote an article for The Telegraph criticising the governmentโs plans to expand onshore wind energy as part of its efforts to reach net zero emissions by 2050. Disputing the effectiveness of wind turbines, Paterson stated: โthe problems of wind turbines go far beyond their being mere eyesores,โ adding: โWind turbines are already close to their maximum theoretical efficiency โ the Betz limit โ and their effectiveness will always be determined by the wind available.โ17Owen Paterson. โForget wind turbines. Here’s how we can meet Net Zero without derailing the economy,โ The Telegraph, March 4, 2020. Archived February 8, 2021. Archive.vn URL: https://archive.vn/uGGML
Paterson also unfavourably compared renewable energy with nuclear energy, describing modular nuclear reactors as: โa proven technology which can provide power much more reliably than intermittent renewable sources.โ
February 19, 2020
Paterson wrote an article for The Telegraph criticising the Environmental Agency (EA)โs response to flooding from Storms Ciara and Dennis, arguing that the decline in dredging and promotion of biodiversity had exacerbated floods.18Owen Paterson. โLeaving the EU is a chance to rethink our disastrous flooding policy,โ The Telegraph, February 19, 2020. Archived February 8, 2021. Archive.vn URL: https://archive.vn/TG6aW
He wrote: โThis self-regarding โenvironmentalโ thinking was, ultimately, responsible for an environmental disaster estimated to have cost over ยฃ100 million. Unable to escape through undredged rivers, the flood waters stagnated, unable to support life and drowning countless land animals and ground-nesting birds.โ
April 7, 2019
Documents showed Paterson had lobbied the Department for International Development to secure contracts for a multinational firm he was being paid to advise. Paterson is paid nearly ยฃ100,000 as a consultant for Randox, a private forensic testing firm.19Rob Evans, David Pegg, Felicity Lawrence. โMP Owen Paterson lobbied government for firm he worked for,โ The Guardian, April 7, 2019. Archived April 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/ze29b
January 22, 2019
A Guardian report revealed that unknown donors had funded nearly ยฃ39,000 worth of trips by Paterson via UK 2020, the thinktank he set up after leaving the cabinet in 2014. The trips included one to the US in November 2018 to campaign for a hard Brexit.20David Pegg, Rob Evans, Felicity Lawrence. โOwen Paterson trips worth ยฃ39,000 funded by unknown donors,โ The Guardian, January 22, 2019. Archived January 25, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/0ubKx
November 15, 2018
Paterson appeared alongside political lobbyist Shanker Singham and former Brexit Secretary David Davis at an event hosted by The Heritage Foundation, discussing prospects for a US-UK post-Brexit free trade agreement.21โBrexit and the Opportunities for the UK-US Trade Relationship,โ The Heritage Foundation, November 15, 2018. Archived January 25, 2021. Archive.vn URL: https://archive.vn/g8dbi
September 19, 2018
Paterson delivered a speech to the Heritage Foundation, a free-market think tank based in Washington DC which has repeatedly spread disinformation about climate change and received funding from ExxonMobil and the Koch Foundation.22โBrexit at the Crossroads: Why U.S. Support for a Far-Reaching Agreement is Vital,โ The Heritage Foundation, September 19, 2018. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
According to the event description, Paterson made the case for how Brexit โcan further strenghten the Special Relationship [between the UK and the US] as a powerful force for free trade and innovation on the world stage.โ23โBrexit at the Crossroads: Why U.S. Support for a Far-Reaching Agreement is Vital,โ The Heritage Foundation, September 19, 2018. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
During his visit to Washington DC, Paterson also visited The White House Writers Group, which describes itself as a โstrategic communicationsโ consulting company. Writing on Twitter, Paterson boasted to have met US government representatives, farmers and industry representatives and discussed โthe downsides for the US of Chequers preventing a US-UK free trade deal and the spectacular gains which such a deal could provide for both countries.โ24โStrategic Communications for a Complex World,โ White House Writers Group. Archived December 28, 2018. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/62G66 25โGreat to be back in Washington. Many thanks @whwg for a fascinating discussion with US Govt representatives, farmers & industry on the downsides for the US of Chequers preventing a US/UK Free Trade Deal and the spectacular gains which such a deal could provide for both countries,โ Twitter Post by user @OwenPaterson, September 18, 2018. Archived .png on file at DeSmog.
October 9, 2017
Paterson was pictured with Republican Senator for Oklahoma James (Jim) Inhofe and Director of Energy and Environment at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, Myron Ebell. In the photo, Paterson is seen holding a copy of Inhofe’s book โThe Greatest Hoaxโ, which claims global warming is a โconspiracyโ being used to impose more regulations and increase taxes.26โGreat to meet a true conservative @JimInhofe with Myron Ebell @ceidotorg – Real opportunities to work more closely with the USA post-Brexit.โ Tweet by @OwenPaterson, October 9, 2017. Archived .png on file at DeSmog.
October 4, 2017
Paterson delivered a speech to an invited audience at the Competitive Enterprise Institute โ a US thinktank with a history of spreading climate misinformation. In the speech, he said:27โFormer U.K. Environment Secretary Owen Paterson Outlines the Environmental Benefits of Brexit,โ Competitive Enterprise Institute, October 13, 2017. Archived December 28, 2018. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/Lfwc4 28โBrexit: Good for the UK, good for the USA and good for the planetโ (PDF), Competitive Enterprise Institute, October 4, 2017. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
โThe EU has single-mindedly pursued an overly prescriptive interpretation of the โPrecautionary Principle,โ smothering opportunities for innovation in thrall to the emotions of vocal activists rather than scientific evidence and advice.
โThe green blob dominates thinking in Brussels, with generous grants given to green groups so that they will lobby it for regulations which then require large budgets to enforce.โ
Paterson was introduced by Myron Ebell, the instituteโs Director for Energy and Environment. Ebell led President Donald Trumpโs transition team on energy issues, despite admitting he had never spoken to Trump, and is known for spreading climate science denial.29Mat Hope. โUK Climate Science Denying GWPF Hosts Trumpโs Fossil Fuelled โEnvironment Advisorโ Myron Ebell to Deliver Message to Britain,โ DeSmog, January 30, 2017.
March 2017
Paterson signed a letter to the BBC complaining about its coverage of the Brexit referendum. The letter argued the BBC was biased to the โremainโ side of the campaign.30Kyla Mandel. โMPs Who Complained About BBC’s Brexit Coverage Linked to Network of Hardline Euro-Climate Sceptics,โ DeSmog, March 23, 2017. 31โRE: BBC Coverage of Brexitโ (PDF), Julian Knight Member of Parliament for Solihull, March 20, 2017. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
July 2016
Paterson declared his support for Andrea Leadsom in the Conservative party leadership contest following David Cameronโs resignation. Both Paterson and Leadsom have strong ties to a trans-Atlantic network of individuals and groups spreading climate disinformation and pushing for Brexit.32Kyla Mandel. โTory Leadership Race: The UKIP-ers and Climate Deniers Backing Gove and Leadsom,โ DeSmog, July 5, 2016.
May 2016
Signed a letter calling for the UK government to delay setting a target for its fifth carbon budget, as required by the Climate Change Act, as it would hurt the UKโs international economic competitiveness.33Emily Gosden. โUK climate target will let rest of EU do less, MPs warn,โ The Telegraph, May 14, 2016. Archived December 28, 2018. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/5k21v
January 2016
Paterson declared his intention to campaign for Brexit alongside brother-in-law and GWPF advisor Matt Ridley as part of the Business for Britain group.34Kyla Mandel. โUK Climate Deniers Ridley and Paterson Join the Campaign to Leave the EU,โ DeSmog, January 6, 2016.
October 16, 2014
Shortly after being sacked from government Paterson delivered the annual lecture for climate science denial campaign group, the Global Warming Policy Foundation, which it was later revealed was partly written by brother-in-law and GWPF advisor Matt Ridley.35Brendan Montague. โSacked Environment Secretary Attacks Climate Change Act,โ DeSmog, October 13, 2014. 36Brendan Montague. โSacked Paterson Turns to Broken Banker Ridley for Climate Speech Briefings,โ DeSmog, October 16, 2014.
November 2013
Paterson met with the bosses of a number of oil and gas companies interesting in fracking in the UK. The Department of Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs (Defra) decided to withhold an internal briefing it prepared for Paterson in advance of the meeting.37Kyla Mandel. โOwen Paterson Meeting With Fracking Bosses Remains State Secret,โ DeSmog, December 5, 2014.
Affiliations
- UK2020 โ Former chairman.38โPeople,โ UK2020. Archived December 28, 2018. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/tSw1P
- Global Warming Policy Foundation โ Gave annual lecture, written by Matt Ridley.39Brendan Montague. โSacked Paterson Turns to Broken Banker Ridley for Climate Speech Briefings,โ DeSmog, October 16, 2014.
- Heritage Foundation โ Delivered speech.40โBrexit at the Crossroads: Why U.S. Support for a Far-Reaching Agreement is Vital,โ The Heritage Foundation, September 19, 2018. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
- Competitive Enterprise Institute โ Delivered speech.41โFormer U.K. Environment Secretary Owen Paterson Outlines the Environmental Benefits of Brexit,โ Competitive Enterprise Institute, October 13, 2017. Archived December 28, 2018. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/Lfwc4
Government
According to his profile at his website, Paterson has held the following positions:42โAbout Owen,โ Owen Paterson MP. Archived December 28, 2018. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/ZrGvK
- MP for North Shropshire, May 1997 โ present
- Conservative Whip, 1999-2001
- PPS to the Rt Hon Iain Duncan Smith, Sept 2001 โ Oct 2003
- Shadow Minister for Agriculture, Oct 2005 โ Nov 2006
- Shadow Minister of State for Transport, Nov 2006July 2007
- Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, July 2007 May 2010
- Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, May 2010 Sep 2012
- Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Sep 2012 โ July 2014
Social Media
- Owen Paterson on Linkedin.
- @OwenPaterson on Twitter.
Publications
Some sample publications by Owen Paterson below (view a larger list at his website):
- โPM striking Brexit โdealโ is welcome but there are still causes for concern,โ The Sun, December 10, 2017.
- โAn independent sovereign UK could not be bound by the rulings of a foreign court,โ BrexitCentral, December 3, 2017.
- โHow Britain can take back control of immigration,โ The Times, April 10, 2017.
- โHow we can reset our fisheries policy โ and empower local communities,โ PoliticsHome, January 16, 2017.
- โBrexit could save the elephants. Here’s how,โ The Telegraph, December 8, 2016.
- โThere is overwhelming scientific evidence improving crops by molecular biotechnology techniques is safe,โ Farmers Guardian, November 20, 2016.
- โNow we have ditched Brussels and the CAP, this is how we can make UK farming and fishing great again,โ The Telegraph, September 15, 2016.
- โOwen Paterson: Economic growth is the key to saving the planet,โ The Telegraph, September 20, 2015.
- โThe Bees Are SafeโNow Lift This Pesticide Ban,โ Wall Street Journal, July 22, 2015.
- โHow Neil Young, Greenpeace work to starve the worldโs poor,โ New York Post, June 14, 2015.
- โOwen Paterson: Ignore EU scaremongering, the case for GM food is clear,โ PoliticsHome, July 6, 2015.
Other Resources
- โOwen Paterson,โ Wikipedia.
- Owen Paterson interview on BBC’s Any Questions?
Resources
- 1โOwen Paterson,โ LinkedIn. Accessed December 28, 2018. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 2โAbout Owen,โ Owen Paterson MP. Archived December 28, 2018. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/ZrGvK
- 3Andrew Sparrow. โI was sacked by David Cameron to appease ‘the green blob’, says Paterson,โ The Guardian, July 20, 2014. Archived December 28, 2018. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/LIP50
- 4โCertified Copy of an Entry of Marriage,โ General Register Office, December 3, 2014. Retrieved from DocumentCloud. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 5โACADEMIC ADVISORY COUNCIL,โ The Global Warming Policy Foundation. Archived December 28, 2018. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/NaWvA
- 6Brendan Montague. โSacked Environment Secretary Attacks Climate Change Act,โ DeSmog, October 13, 2014.
- 7Brendan Montague. โSacked Paterson Turns to Broken Banker Ridley for Climate Speech Briefings,โ DeSmog, October 16, 2014.
- 8Francis Elliott. โSacked minister sets up think tan,โ The Times, August 9, 2014. Archived December 28, 2018. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/HbV2G
- 9Kyla Mandel. โSacked Environment Secretary Dodges Question on Whether he Will Challenge Conservative Party Leadership,โ DeSmog, November 12, 2014.
- 10Owen Paterson. โWHY BREXIT IS GREAT FOR THE UK AND USA: ECONOMIST FOR FREE TRADE ADVISER RT HON OWEN PATERSON MPโS SPEECH TO HERITAGE FOUNDATION,โ Economists for Free Trade, October 5, 2017. Archived June 26, 2020. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 11โFormer U.K. Environment Secretary Owen Paterson Outlines the Environmental Benefits of Brexit,โ Competitive Enterprise Institute, October 13, 2017. Archived December 28, 2018. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/Lfwc4
- 12โOwen Patersonโs speech on abandoning the 2050 climate change targets โ full text,โ The Spectator, October 15, 2014. Google Cache as of December 19, 2018. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/uMIeT
- 13โThe Future of Europe,โ Owen Paterson MP, April 25, 2016. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
- 14โOwen Patersonโs speech on abandoning the 2050 climate change targets โ full text,โ The Spectator, October 15, 2014. Google Cache as of December 19, 2018. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/uMIeT
- 15Simon Walters. โYou can’t sack me! It’s a smash in the teeth for 12million voters (and I even fought for you over bees): Former Environment Secretary Owen Paterson among a number of sacked ministers to react to ‘male and pale’ reshuffle with fury,โ Daily Mail, July 19, 2014. Archived December 28, 2018. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/mV9Xw
- 16
- 17Owen Paterson. โForget wind turbines. Here’s how we can meet Net Zero without derailing the economy,โ The Telegraph, March 4, 2020. Archived February 8, 2021. Archive.vn URL: https://archive.vn/uGGML
- 18Owen Paterson. โLeaving the EU is a chance to rethink our disastrous flooding policy,โ The Telegraph, February 19, 2020. Archived February 8, 2021. Archive.vn URL: https://archive.vn/TG6aW
- 19Rob Evans, David Pegg, Felicity Lawrence. โMP Owen Paterson lobbied government for firm he worked for,โ The Guardian, April 7, 2019. Archived April 17, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/ze29b
- 20David Pegg, Rob Evans, Felicity Lawrence. โOwen Paterson trips worth ยฃ39,000 funded by unknown donors,โ The Guardian, January 22, 2019. Archived January 25, 2019. Archive.fo URL: http://archive.fo/0ubKx
- 21โBrexit and the Opportunities for the UK-US Trade Relationship,โ The Heritage Foundation, November 15, 2018. Archived January 25, 2021. Archive.vn URL: https://archive.vn/g8dbi
- 22โBrexit at the Crossroads: Why U.S. Support for a Far-Reaching Agreement is Vital,โ The Heritage Foundation, September 19, 2018. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
- 23โBrexit at the Crossroads: Why U.S. Support for a Far-Reaching Agreement is Vital,โ The Heritage Foundation, September 19, 2018. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
- 24โStrategic Communications for a Complex World,โ White House Writers Group. Archived December 28, 2018. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/62G66
- 25โGreat to be back in Washington. Many thanks @whwg for a fascinating discussion with US Govt representatives, farmers & industry on the downsides for the US of Chequers preventing a US/UK Free Trade Deal and the spectacular gains which such a deal could provide for both countries,โ Twitter Post by user @OwenPaterson, September 18, 2018. Archived .png on file at DeSmog.
- 26โGreat to meet a true conservative @JimInhofe with Myron Ebell @ceidotorg – Real opportunities to work more closely with the USA post-Brexit.โ Tweet by @OwenPaterson, October 9, 2017. Archived .png on file at DeSmog.
- 27โFormer U.K. Environment Secretary Owen Paterson Outlines the Environmental Benefits of Brexit,โ Competitive Enterprise Institute, October 13, 2017. Archived December 28, 2018. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/Lfwc4
- 28โBrexit: Good for the UK, good for the USA and good for the planetโ (PDF), Competitive Enterprise Institute, October 4, 2017. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 29Mat Hope. โUK Climate Science Denying GWPF Hosts Trumpโs Fossil Fuelled โEnvironment Advisorโ Myron Ebell to Deliver Message to Britain,โ DeSmog, January 30, 2017.
- 30Kyla Mandel. โMPs Who Complained About BBC’s Brexit Coverage Linked to Network of Hardline Euro-Climate Sceptics,โ DeSmog, March 23, 2017.
- 31โRE: BBC Coverage of Brexitโ (PDF), Julian Knight Member of Parliament for Solihull, March 20, 2017. Archived .pdf on file at DeSmog.
- 32Kyla Mandel. โTory Leadership Race: The UKIP-ers and Climate Deniers Backing Gove and Leadsom,โ DeSmog, July 5, 2016.
- 33Emily Gosden. โUK climate target will let rest of EU do less, MPs warn,โ The Telegraph, May 14, 2016. Archived December 28, 2018. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/5k21v
- 34Kyla Mandel. โUK Climate Deniers Ridley and Paterson Join the Campaign to Leave the EU,โ DeSmog, January 6, 2016.
- 35Brendan Montague. โSacked Environment Secretary Attacks Climate Change Act,โ DeSmog, October 13, 2014.
- 36Brendan Montague. โSacked Paterson Turns to Broken Banker Ridley for Climate Speech Briefings,โ DeSmog, October 16, 2014.
- 37Kyla Mandel. โOwen Paterson Meeting With Fracking Bosses Remains State Secret,โ DeSmog, December 5, 2014.
- 38โPeople,โ UK2020. Archived December 28, 2018. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/tSw1P
- 39Brendan Montague. โSacked Paterson Turns to Broken Banker Ridley for Climate Speech Briefings,โ DeSmog, October 16, 2014.
- 40โBrexit at the Crossroads: Why U.S. Support for a Far-Reaching Agreement is Vital,โ The Heritage Foundation, September 19, 2018. Archived .mp4 on file at DeSmog.
- 41โFormer U.K. Environment Secretary Owen Paterson Outlines the Environmental Benefits of Brexit,โ Competitive Enterprise Institute, October 13, 2017. Archived December 28, 2018. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/Lfwc4
- 42โAbout Owen,โ Owen Paterson MP. Archived December 28, 2018. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/ZrGvK