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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

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Labour’s new ambassador to the U.S. founded Global Counsel, a firm with major fossil fuel clients.
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Politicians, donors, think tanks, and media outlets in the UK and U.S. are working increasingly closely to scupper climate policies and promote fossil fuel extraction.
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Claire Coutinho endorsed several figures linked to the Global Warming Policy Foundation, a group that questions established climate science.
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Lord Frost is one of several departures from the Global Warming Policy Foundation, which has links to Tory leader Kemi Badenoch.
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The Conservative leader, who attacked “radical green absolutism” in a Washington DC speech, recently met with a host of influential anti-climate figures.
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Campaigners warn that the UK will face “pressure from American fossil fuel interests” to slow its energy transition.
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Victoria Hewson called the 2050 ambition a “huge own goal” while working for a Tufton Street think tank.
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Jeremy Clarkson spreads well-worn conspiracy theory that casts inheritance farm tax policy as plot to “replace farmers with migrants”.
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The Climate Policy Institute attending the UN summit was founded by a state-backed think tank which has received fossil fuel funding.
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The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 blueprint proposes sweeping anti-climate policies.