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Net Zero Secretary Claire Coutinho Took Donation From Climate Science Denial Funder

DeSmogBlog

Hintze, a Conservative peer and hedge fund manager, was one of the early funders of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) , founded by the late Conservative chancellor Nigel Lawson. DeSmog has previously revealed that the Conservative Party received £3.5

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GB News Owner Hires Tory Kingpin’s Oil and Gas Linked Lobbying Firm 

DeSmogBlog

One of the major backers of broadcaster GB News is now employing a leading right-wing lobbying company that has ties to polluting interests. It is curious how certain agencies, including Lynton Crosby’s, end up advising both the Tories and their friends,” Jolyon Maugham, director of the Good Law Project, told DeSmog.

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The Life and Death of a Pioneering Environmental Justice Lawyer

DeSmogBlog

Bespectacled, tall, and barrel-chested, with blonde hair and a beard punctuated by gray, Cole stood confidently before a classroom of conference attendees at a University of Oregon environmental law symposium in 2008, less than a year before his death. Abascal gave Cole a desk and a phone, and Cole got to work. Early Influences.

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Exxon’s models predicting climate change were spot on — 40 years ago

Grist

The chart below shows how global warming projections modeled by Exxon scientists compared to the actual temperature that ensued. The study comes at a time when oil giants are under pressure to curb carbon pollution and prepare for a future powered by renewables like wind and solar. Grist / Jessie Blaeser.

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Tories Have Received £8.4 Million from Fossil Fuel Interests, Polluters, and Climate Deniers Since 2019 Election

DeSmogBlog

million since December 2019 from oil and gas interests, highly polluting industries, and individuals who have expressed or supported climate science denial, DeSmog can reveal. The anti-net zero party Reform UK has received more than £2 million in polluting donations since December 2019, accounting for more than 90 percent of its funding.

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Tufton Street Linked Donors Have Given £630,000 to the Conservatives Since Sunak Became Prime Minister

DeSmogBlog

As revealed by DeSmog this week, a firm owned by a director of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) – one of the UK’s principal climate science denial groups – also donated £20,000 in March to House of Commons Leader Penny Mordaunt and Conservative MP Liam Fox. trillion since the Paris Agreement was signed.

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The Transformation of Earth Day: What Has Changed and What To Expect – Part 2

Green Business Bureau

During this period, president Jimmy Carter supported the drive for new and improved environmental law which continued throughout his term up until 1981. In 1968, the Stanford Research Institute (SRI) delivered a report titled Sources, Abundance, and Fate of Gaseous Atmospheric Polluters. George Bush came into the U.S.

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