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

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

DeSmogBlog

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. global warming target established by the 2015 Paris Agreement.

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

Grist

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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Top Tory Think Tank’s North Sea Oil and Gas ‘Vested Interests’

DeSmogBlog

The influential Conservative-linked Centre for Policy Studies (CPS) has been pushing for further North Sea oil and gas drilling while several of its board members hold financial interests in the industry, a DeSmog investigation has found. They provide further evidence that Number 10’s fossil fuel agenda is far from accidental.

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Tug of War: The Impact of Climate Change on Economic Development

Unsustainable

Climate change and global warming are issues that define our times. It is incumbent upon all of us to alter our lifestyles to address this threat, and it is the responsibility of every government to do everything they can to reverse this trend, in spite of the temporary but necessary cost to quality of life.

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Climate Trial Against Oil Giant Eni Opens in Italy

DeSmogBlog

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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Revealed: How Big Dairy Is Milking Net Zero

DeSmogBlog

When Pathways to Dairy Net Zero (P2DNZ) made its debut ahead of the United Nations Food Systems Summit in 2021, it looked like the kind of group that could meet an important but largely neglected area of global climate response. Dairy is a serious, but under-discussed source of planet-warming gases.

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