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MPs Challenged to Cut Ties with Polluters

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A new campaign is calling on MPs to break the fossil fuel sector’s “chokehold” on politics in a critical election year. Lawmakers returning to work today (Monday) were greeted with smoke flares and a demand to “Stop Polluting Politics” from a banner hung off London’s Westminster Bridge.

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A Guide to the Anti-Net Zero Forces in Westminster Politics

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This net zero scepticism has quickly entered the upper echelons of Westminster politics, with Prime Minister Rishi Sunak saying that policies to achieve the UK’s legally binding climate targets shouldn’t “hassle” households and should be “proportionate and pragmatic”. It claims to have the support of 140 MPs and “key media”.

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Revealed: Oil and Gas Industry Links of Telegraph Energy and Climate Commentator

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The idea of “an energy transition that will dramatically reduce the use of fossil fuels and achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 is a fantasy”, wrote Blackmon on 16 August. Blackmon’s presence in the Telegraph is the latest example of fossil fuel lobbyists and critics of climate science afforded a mainstream media platform in the UK.

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Liz Truss Hires Anti-Green Aides With Ties to Libertarian Think Tanks

DeSmogBlog

Porter wrote articles in 2011 supporting economic “austerity” and urging then Prime Minister David Cameron, who went on to “ cut the green crap ”, not to be “timid” about cuts to government spending. BP did not respond to multiple requests for comment on whether the company still donates to the group. Let Them Eat Carbon’.

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UK Imported £19.3 Billion in Fossil Fuels from Authoritarian Petrostates in the Year Following Russia’s Ukraine Invasion

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UK fossil fuel imports from authoritarian petrostates surged to £19.3 Petrostates are countries that are economically heavily dependent on fossil fuel production. billion on fossil fuel imports from the year beginning February 2022. billion on fossil fuel imports from the year beginning February 2022.

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A decidedly impartial review of Mark Jacobson’s 100% Clean, Renewable Energy and Storage for Everything

Renewable Energy World

I’ve long viewed Jacobson’s life — and his collaboration with researchers, cultural icons, business leaders and political leaders — as a well-written movie script. This is where Jacobson’s story takes on a cinematic glow, which I wrote about for HuffPost in 2011. Jacobson’s Early Story. The Solutions Project.

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To Save the Amazon, Lula Must Defeat an Old Foe

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In his first speech after staging a stunning political comeback at Brazil’s presidential elections, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva vowed to halt the Amazon deforestation that surged under outgoing rival Jair Bolsonaro. Truss did not meet any other political groups during her trip. He will also have to win a battle of ideas.