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

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CT Group was founded by political consultant and lobbyist Lynton Crosby in 2002. Hiring CT Group appears to be the latest attempt by the Legatum Group to expand its political influence. This raises a number of interesting political questions.” global warming target established by the 2015 Paris Agreement.

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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. However, a 2023 court case found that the government’s plans only added up to 95 percent of the reductions needed to meet its net zero targets.

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Ofcom Refuses to Investigate GB News Over Climate Conspiracy Theories

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These comments, originally made by Moore and echoed by Birtles, have “absolutely no basis in fact”, according to Bob Ward, policy and communications director at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

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The Life and Death of a Pioneering Environmental Justice Lawyer

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Cole argued that the law was not the ultimate weapon, but only one, and that the overarching goal is political empowerment toward systemic change. Harris said that to address this systemic problem, Cole argued that the law was not the ultimate weapon, but only one, and that the overarching goal is political empowerment toward systemic change.

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

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Climate change and global warming are issues that define our times. This group of stunning islands was at the forefront of the Tsunami destruction in 2004. Environments and weather systems the world over are being altered, threatened and destroyed. People lost their homes, jobs and loved ones.

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

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Cluff was its chairman until 2004, during which Charles Moore, Dominic Lawson, and Boris Johnson were editors. The magazine was edited in the 1960s by the late Nigel Lawson, who would become Thatcher’s chancellor and in later life promote climate science denial through the Global Warming Policy Foundation , based at 55 Tufton Street.

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Top 10 Women of Solar

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In this vision, GRID Alternatives , a non-profit solar installer, was formed in 2004. She has been with SEPA since 1992, when the organization was Utility Photovoltaic Group, leaving for a brief period before returning to SEPA in 2004.