Sam Bright leads DeSmog’s coverage of UK politics. 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.
Financial, ideological and senior staff ties are still channelling the interests of opaquely funded think tanks into the heart of government.
Leader of the Commons Penny Mordaunt is among those to have received funds from a firm owned by a former chair of the Global Warming Policy Foundation.
Campaigners say thereโs โno excuseโ for allowing Veolia North America and the Western States Petroleum Association to sponsor events at the Society of Environmental Journalists gathering.
The governing party has accepted millions in โdirty donationsโ while watering down its net zero commitments.
Mark Pritchard has taken on two new consulting jobs with firms linked to oil and gas in the last six months.
The CEOs of jet fuel suppliers, gas turbine makers, oil and gas companies are among those who made large donations in the last quarter of 2022.
