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Adam Barnett

Adam Barnett covers UK news. He was formerly a staff writer at Left Foot Forward, and a BBC Local Democracy Reporter.

Articles by Adam Barnett

uk/Coverage of Tory MP’s Fuel Duty Letter Ignores Ties to Climate Denier Motoring Lobbyist
ByAdam Barnett
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Robert Halfon MP works with FairFuelUK, a haulage industry-funded lobby group whose founder Howard Cox rejects climate science.
Robert Halfon MP
Analysis
Mapped: How the Net Zero Backlash is Tied to Climate Denial – and Brexit
ByAdam Barnett
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The ties between anti-green politicians, climate denial groups and the backers of “hard” Brexit are extensive.
NZSG image final
uk/Former Telegraph Editor Charles Moore Quits Climate Denial Group
ByAdam Barnett
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Lord Moore has stepped down as trustee of the Global Warming Policy Foundation, which is currently working with backbench MPs to oppose net zero targets.
Lord Charles Moore
uk/New Scientist Festival Shuns Fossil Fuel Sponsorship After Campaign Pressure
ByAdam Barnett
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The festival's shift from BP and Shell partnerships comes as a growing number of cultural institutions have cut ties with oil and gas companies.
Greenpeace climbers on BP oil rig in Cromarty Firth, Scotland, on its way to Vorlich oil field in 2019. Credit: Greenpeace.
uk/Nigel Farage’s 'Net Zero Referendum' Drive is Steeped in Climate Science Denial
ByAdam Barnett
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‘Vote Power, Not Poverty’ co-founder Richard Tice says politicians want to make money from the “green agenda” while Farage has campaigned against climate action for years.
Series: Defending-UK-Democracy
Nigel Farage
uk/Anti-Net Zero MP Steve Baker Took £5k From Chair of Climate Science Denial Group
ByAdam Barnett
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The donation from Global Warming Policy Forum chair Neil Record is the latest connection to emerge between denial groups and anti-net zero MPs.
Steve Baker MP
uk/Tory MP Leading Net Zero Backlash is Linked to Lobbyist With Hidden Fossil Fuel Interest
ByAdam Barnett
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Eight members of the Net Zero Scrutiny Group endorsed a report by Howard Cox opposing the UK’s phase-out of petrol and diesel cars.
Craig Mackinlay and petrol
uk/Church of England Fossil Fuel Ties Revealed Amid Divestment Dispute
ByAdam Barnett
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The Church’s continued ExxonMobil investment was called a "betrayal" by young campaigners.
Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby
Lobbyist Behind The Sun’s Petrol Car Ban Survey Admits He Used 'Loaded' Question
ByAdam Barnett
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The FairFuelUK survey covered by The Sun over the weekend has been dismissed as “fake” by transport campaigners.
Petrol pump. Credit: PxHere.
Jordan Peterson's Climate Expert is Science Denier Funded by Oil-Backed Think Tank
ByAdam Barnett
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The Canadian author has cited S. Fred Singer, an American physicist who argued climate change was natural, after telling podcast host Joe Rogan that climate change could not be modelled accurately.
Jordan Peterson