Anti-Net Zero Populism

Anti-Net Zero groups welcome Sunak’s green U-turn – As civil servants left in disarray

— Rishi Sunak appears to have sided with anti-green MPs as officials are left confused over how the UK will achieve its legal commitment to net zero.

Environment

‘We have to stop demonising oil and gas’, Jacob Rees-Mogg told UAE investment chief

— The ex-cabinet minister’s comments have been described as a ‘damning indictment’ of the Conservative government.

Investigation

Tory MPs accept £20,000 from director of climate science denial group

— Leader of the Commons Penny Mordaunt is among those to have received funds from a firm owned by a former chair of the Global Warming Policy Foundation.

Climate Change

Labour accepted £12,000 from major polluter Drax

— Labour has accepted £12,000 from the UK’s largest carbon emitter, major polluter Drax. Why?

Climate Change

Tory-linked think tank appoints ‘brazen’ climate denier as director

— Tory-linked think tank appoints the author of books which claim that environmentalism is part of a “totalitarian” plan to control the public and human-made climate change is a “myth”.