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Nigel Farage Has Accepted £2 Million Since Becoming an MP

The Green Party has accused Farage of being “focused on personal gain and public division”.
The Green Party has accused Farage of being “focused on personal gain and public division”.
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Gulf Royal Family Banks Over €70 Million in EU Farming Funds
By Clare Carlile, Pol Pareja and Alina Mihai
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Campaigners say the CAP system favours large landowners and is “fuelling autocratic regimes”.

Campaigners say the CAP system favours large landowners and is “fuelling autocratic regimes”.
uk/'Mad Men Fuelling the Madness': Meet the Advertising CEOs Boosting Big Oil
ByTJ Jordan
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You might not have heard of them, but a new analysis shows these ad execs have overseen $1.5 billion worth of fossil fuel ads in the U.S. since the Paris Agreement.

You might not have heard of them, but a new analysis shows these ad execs have overseen $1.5 billion worth of fossil fuel ads in the U.S. since the Paris Agreement.
uk/Revealed: British Ad Giant’s Billion-Dollar Greenwash of U.S. Oil Industry
ByTJ Jordan
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DeSmog analysis reveals London-based WPP linked to twice as much oil advertising as American rivals despite its internal climate policy.

DeSmog analysis reveals London-based WPP linked to twice as much oil advertising as American rivals despite its internal climate policy.
Series: Holding the Advertising and Public Relations Industry Accountable for Greenwash and Climate Misinformation
Series: Advertising & PR Industry
Inside the Plot to Cover Europe with Gas-Powered AI Data Centres
ByRei Takver
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Gas turbine manufacturers are confident they will win the battle over whether Europe’s AI boom will be powered by fossil fuels.

Gas turbine manufacturers are confident they will win the battle over whether Europe’s AI boom will be powered by fossil fuels.
Series: Tech vs. Climate
Series: Tech vs Climate
uk/Nigel Farage Attacks X as ‘Dangerous’ Despite His MPs Pocketing £55,000 From Elon Musk’s Platform
ByJoey Grostern
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The Reform leader said his candidates are being racially abused on X, yet his MPs have made big sums from the site.

The Reform leader said his candidates are being racially abused on X, yet his MPs have made big sums from the site.
Series: Defending Democracy from Dirty Money
Series: Defending-UK-Democracy
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uk/Revealed: Reform’s £24 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests
ByAdam Barnett and Sam Bright
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Nigel Farage’s anti-climate party has received two thirds of its income from oil investors.
Nigel Farage’s anti-climate party has received two thirds of its income from oil investors.
Fertiliser and Grain Bosses Bank $66 Million Selling Shares During Iran War
ByClare Carlile
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Industry giants have been accused of ‘enriching shareholders’ while ‘farmers and consumers pay the price’.
Industry giants have been accused of ‘enriching shareholders’ while ‘farmers and consumers pay the price’.
uk/Reform Donor Expands Fossil Fuel Portfolio to £300 Million
ByAdam Barnett
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Hedge fund owner and media boss Jeremy Hosking has increased his oil, gas and coal shares by more than half this year.
Hedge fund owner and media boss Jeremy Hosking has increased his oil, gas and coal shares by more than half this year.
French PR Executive Behind Facebook Network Spreading Heat Pump Hate
ByCécile Marchand
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A string of inauthentic accounts compare clean heating technology to a “lawn mower that never stops” and depict installers as “environmental fraudsters” and “swindlers”.
A string of inauthentic accounts compare clean heating technology to a “lawn mower that never stops” and depict installers as “environmental fraudsters” and “swindlers”.
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Who Funds Reform? Nigel Farage’s Party Received 92 Percent of its Donations from Fossil Fuel Interests, Polluters, and Climate Deniers
Major Donor to Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Owns Russian Assets
Reform’s leader has been criticised in recent days for claiming the west provoked Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
Nigel Farage’s Reform Party Took £135,000 from Climate Science Deniers and Fossil Fuel Interests
All of the anti-net zero party’s funders in 2023 have oil and gas investments or ties to climate science denial.
Farage to Share Stage with Architects of Trump’s Anti-Climate Agenda
The Reform leader will be skipping Parliament again in favour of a conference in Washington DC.

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