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uk/How the Voices of Tufton Street Brexit Lobbyists and Climate Science Deniers Become Embedded in the Mainstream Press
ByChloe Farand
onSep 11, 2018 @ 01:36 PDT

As the deadline looms for a final Brexit agreement between the EU and the UK, the Leave and Remain camps are readying for a second campaign over the nature of the UKโ€™s future relationship with theย ...
uk/Santander Forced To Distance Itself From Climate Science Denial Conference
ByChloe Farand
onSep 4, 2018 @ 08:30 PDT

Santander has been forced to distance itself from a climate science denial conference after its logo was published on the eventโ€™s website without the bankโ€™sย knowledge. The bank, which is one of t...
uk/โ€˜People Have Been Frightened Into Silenceโ€™ โ€” Campaigners Warn of Threat to Rights from Oil Drilling Injunction
ByChloe Farand
onSep 3, 2018 @ 22:17 PDT

โ€œDissent is not aย crimeโ€. That is the battle cry of a group of six women campaigners defending their right to protest against a fossil fuel company which sought a wide-ranging injunction to restri...
uk/French Environment Minister Nicolas Hulot in Shock Resignation over Lack of Action
ByChloe Farand
onAug 28, 2018 @ 02:54 PDT

French environment minister Nicolas Hulot has resigned live on national radio in a surprise move that will come as a blow to President Emmanuel Macronโ€™s greenย credentials. Hulot, a former broadcas...
uk/Economists for Free Trade: Meet the 'Independent Experts' with Ties to Climate Science Denial Pushing a No Deal Brexit
ByChloe Farand
onAug 9, 2018 @ 16:01 PDT

A pro-Brexit campaign group with ties to a neoliberal transatlantic network and climate science denial is emerging as a potentially influential player pushing for environmental deregulation and a โ€œ...
uk/Government Recruits Fracking Commissioner to 'Facilitate Communication' With Residents
ByChloe Farand
onJul 25, 2018 @ 05:05 PDT

The UK government is recruiting a shale gas commissioner to โ€œfacilitate communicationโ€ with residents and push what is sees as the benefits of a new fossil fuel industry. The position was announced...
uk/How Hard-Brexit Thinktank the Institute for Economic Affairs Helps Climate Science Deniers Push a Deregulation Agenda
ByChloe Farand
onJul 25, 2018 @ 02:06 PDT

A thinktankย has been helping climate science deniers push their agenda on government ministers through its lobbying activities for a UK-US free trade deal, which could see the UK import products su...
Mapped: Whistleblower Accuses Nine Organisations of Colluding over Hard Brexit
ByChloe Farand
onJul 23, 2018 @ 08:15 PDT

Nine right-wing organisations including think tanks pushing disinformation about climate change have been accused of mounting a coordinated campaign to push for a hard Brexit, according to courtย do...
uk/New Health Secretary Matt Hancock Receives an Annual ยฃ4,000 Cash Bundle From Climate Science Denier Funder
ByChloe Farand
onJul 11, 2018 @ 05:30 PDT

The new health secretary Matt Hancock has received ยฃ18,000 from a key donor to the UKโ€™s climate science denial think tank over the last four years, according to official governmentย figures. Hanco...
uk/Introducing Dominic Raab โ€” The New Brexit Secretary with Ties to the UK's Climate Science Denial Network
ByChloe Farand
onJul 9, 2018 @ 04:29 PDT

Dominic Raab has been appointed Secretary of State for Brexit following David Davisโ€™ resignation. He is a hardline Brexiteer with links to an extended network of individuals and organisations pushi...