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APRIL 7, 2021

government under threat of imprisonment. government has failed to protect their human rights by failing to “engage, consult, acknowledge and promote the self-determination” of Kivalina and the Louisiana tribes. “By government has placed these Tribes at existential risk,” the complaint claims. Credit: Suzanne Tennant.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2023

The news follows the government’s approval of the major Rosebank oilfield and the issuing of new North Sea licences, which the government intends to turn into a mandatory annual process, as announced in this week’s King’s Speech. DeSmog previously revealed that the Conservative Party received £3.5

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FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Italy’s first climate change lawsuit brought by Greenpeace Italy and climate advocacy group ReCommon against Italian oil giant Eni opened with its first hearing on February 16, alleging the company contributed to global warming. to obscure the Italian oil giant’s true contribution to global warming.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Dairy is a serious, but under-discussed source of planet-warming gases. Cows produce methane, a greenhouse gas that absorbs more atmospheric heat than carbon and is currently responsible for 25 percent of all global warming today. But Global North groups dominate. But its problems go well beyond the farm.

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MAY 23, 2024

Over the last year, the governing Conservative Party has watered down its support for the UK’s flagship 2050 net zero emissions target, and has enacted policies to increase fossil fuel extraction. To have the Conservative party of government in their pocket to the tune of £8.4 million is simply outrageous and unacceptable. percent (£4.5

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APRIL 21, 2023

More than half a dozen Tufton Street alumni currently serve as special advisers to the government, while seven ministers have appeared at events hosted by Tufton Street groups since Sunak became prime minister in October. These groups have often acted as a blocker to climate action.

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