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A Guide to the Anti-Net Zero Forces in Westminster Politics

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This net zero scepticism has quickly entered the upper echelons of Westminster politics, with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak saying that policies to achieve the UK’s legally binding climate targets shouldn’t “hassle” households and should be “proportionate and pragmatic”. It claims to have the support of 140 MPs and “key media”.

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Nigel Lawson, Founder of Tufton St. Climate Denial Group, Quits Parliament

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The founder and honorary president of the Global Warming Policy Foundation has announced he will be retiring from parliament. The article neglects to mention that Lawson also set up the influential Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) think tank, a major source of climate science denial and unwavering supporter of fossil fuels.

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Andrew Coyne Helped Run Charity That Gave $6.4M to Climate Crisis Denial Groups

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One of Canada’s top political journalists and pundits served on the board of a foundation that gave $6.4 The libertarian think tank has for decades questioned and downplayed links between industrial activities and global temperature rise. Reducing greenhouse gases cannot achieve significant reductions in future global temperatures.”

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In D.C. Defamation Trial, Climatologist Michael Mann Confronts the Climate Deniers Who Maligned His Work

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The scientist also responded to questions from his lawyer about “ Climategate ,” a 2009 global media frenzy touched off by the release of hacked emails from climate scientists at the University of East Anglia, not long before that year’s United Nations climate conference in Copenhagen. On Monday, former Minnesota GOP Rep.

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Oxford University Professor Condemned for ‘Legitimising Lies and Falsehoods’ of Climate Denial Group

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Emeritus Fellow Professor Peter Dobson has defended his decision to accept a position on the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF)’s academic advisory council, just weeks after his colleague Professor Peter Edwards joined the organisation as trustee. This could lead to a false equivalence in coverage, he warned. “In

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Climate Change and the Record Breaking 2020 Atlantic Storm Season

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As reported by the Washington Post , the phenomenon of rapid intensification is happening more frequently in the Atlantic due to global warming. Like many of his peers, NOAA researcher Jim Kossin thinks warm ocean waters are contributing to the rapid intensification of storms.

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Climate Change and the Record Breaking Atlantic Storm Season in 2020

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As reported by the Washington Post , the phenomenon of rapid intensification is happening more frequently in the Atlantic due to global warming. Like many of his peers, NOAA researcher Jim Kossin thinks warm ocean waters are contributing to the rapid intensification of storms.