Adam Barnett is DeSmog’s UK News Reporter. He is a former Staff Writer at Left Foot Forward and BBC Local Democracy Reporter.
Despite widespread public support for clean energy and climate action, Nigel Farage’s party is running on an aggressively anti-net zero ticket.
The would-be mayor has claimed that carbon dioxide “is not pollution”.
Warren Stephens made the donation alongside big tech firms and oil giants.
The group plans to attract donations from U.S. backers allied to Donald Trump.
The multi-millionaire Brexit funder has claimed “CO2 and climate change is the ultimate hoax”.
Craig Mackinlay has taken over as the director of the Global Warming Policy Foundation, which has claimed that carbon dioxide has been “mercilessly demonised”.
The Conservative Party leader claims she was always a net zero sceptic, but in government she hailed net zero plans as “crucial” for a “cleaner greener future”.
The tech billionaire is invigorating groups in the U.S. and Europe aiming to sabotage climate action, a DeSmog media analysis shows.
The Reform UK leader reiterated false climate claims at Jordan Peterson’s Alliance for Responsible Citizenship event in London.
The Trump appointee and fossil fuel executive called the transition to renewable energy “lunacy” at an event packed with climate science deniers.
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