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

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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. Steve is fully committed to the government’s net zero aims.” Steve has never discussed environmental policy with him.

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

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Researchers at Harvard University and the University of Potsdam in Germany found that Exxon’s estimates from 1977 to 2003 proved to be just as precise as those from independent academics and government scientists. The chart below shows how global warming projections modeled by Exxon scientists compared to the actual temperature that ensued.

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

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

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The Guardian also found that CT Group had earned millions of pounds representing the Saudi Arabian government, which derives 87 percent of its budget from fossil fuels. global warming target established by the 2015 Paris Agreement. This raises a number of interesting political questions.”

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Governments are Acting to Curb the Fires in the Amazon

Green Market Oracle

Governments are responding to the planetary threat posed by the fires in the Amazon. They are also calling out their federal government with much of their anger being directed at Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro. Changing the disastrous course of the Bolsonaro government will be difficult. Everybody for the Amazon."

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Cabinet Ministers Join Outspoken Climate Science Deniers at National Conservatism Conference

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The National Conservatism (NatCon) conference kicks off today in Westminster, London, featuring a roster of high-profile speakers drawn from the upper reaches of the government and the conservative right. million ($2 million) from foundations related to petrochemicals giant Koch Industries from 2004 to 2017.

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The Life and Death of a Pioneering Environmental Justice Lawyer

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government under threat of imprisonment. 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. Credit: Suzanne Tennant.

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