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‘Global warming is not a problem’ says Net Zero Watch Board Member Lord Lawson During COP26

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A board member of a new MP-backed ‘Net Zero Watch’ campaign group has said today that “global warming is not a problem”, defended burning fossil fuels, and said carbon dioxide’s “principal effect” is the growth of plants. Net Zero Watch and the Global Warming Policy Foundation did not respond to a request for comment. .

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Labour Candidate Maintains Ties to Climate Denial Group Despite ‘Conspiracy’ Claims

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Benny Peiser , the director of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), claimed at an event on 11 June that “if you have a net zero target then you have to basically control everything in the whole economy: what you eat, what you drive, where you go on holiday”. Neither Stringer nor Peiser responded to our requests for comment.

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$650 million investment is the biggest so far in direct air capture

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” Formed in 2009, Climeworks is a prominent pioneer of DAC technology and describes itself as the most advanced industry player, with the world’s largest direct air capture and storage plant launched in September 2021. C, positively impacting the lives of billions of people. And this is what we will do starting now.”.

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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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Media Repeats Kremlin Anti-Fracking Claims – While Ignoring Russia’s Promotion of Climate Denial

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These include articles plugging the work of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), which is currently working with the Net Zero Scrutiny Group to use Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to demand more fossil fuel extraction. A November 2009 piece on RT titled “Global Tricks: Climate change we can’t believe in?”

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‘Brexit Hardman’ Steve Baker MP Joins Climate Denial Group

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Conservative MP Steve Baker has joined the UK’s principal climate science denial group the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF). The GWPF was founded in 2009 to combat what it described as “extremely damaging and harmful policies” designed to mitigate climate change. “In March 2021, polling showed five in six U.K.

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‘Lukewarmist’ Peer Set for Role Scrutinising Government Climate Policy

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The former MP for Hitchin and Harpenden was until last year a trustee of the Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) , a group founded by former Conservative chancellor and climate science denier, Lord Nigel Lawson , to combat what it described as “extremely damaging and harmful” climate policies.

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