Sam is DeSmog’s UK Deputy Editor. He was previously an investigative journalist at the BBC and has written for the New York Times, The Guardian, The Mirror and others. He is the author of two books.
A Filipino grandma with two million followers is among the hundreds of influencers who have posted content promoting fossil fuel giants.
The fossil fuel company hosted politicians at Wimbledon for the second year in a row.
Conservative peer Lord Wharton advises a supplier of fossil fuel services, and until recently worked for a lobbying firm with ties to the Koch oil and gas empire.
The government was fed research by Policy Exchange that echoed the oil and gas lobby over the transition to hydrogen and carbon capture.
The public is misinformed about Sadiq Khan’s scheme and is widely supportive of policies that impose charges on more polluting vehicles, polling for DeSmog shows.
Some of the world’s biggest polluters are paying social media celebrities and environmentalists to promote their brands to billions of people.
The Northern Research Group has been accused of a ‘clear conflict of interest’ in accepting sponsorship from firms that are major beneficiaries of government spending.
The prime minister praised Policy Exchange, which received $30,000 from oil and gas giant ExxonMobil in 2017, for shaping laws that target green activists.
Former Conservative ministers and high-ranking MPs among those who have backed Net Zero Scrutiny Group’s new attack on green policy
The ex-cabinet minister’s comments have been described as a ‘damning indictment’ of the Conservative government.
