Customs agents this week arrested nine people in the London area suspected of a multimillion dollar fraud in trading carbon permits, bringing attention to a rich new field for crime sprung from the fight against climate change. The arrest confirmed fears among law enforcement officers that swindlers – operating from the trading floors of Europe to the tropical forests of the Pacific – are being attracted to a market that has grown to more than $100 billion.
The elite agency has been going all out to win positive press for the hosts of the UN climate talks.
One of the sponsors of the UK pavilion has worked with major polluters to help them extract more oil and gas.
The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 blueprint proposes sweeping anti-climate policies.
Former ExxonMobil climate scientist Lindsey Gulden: "It was after I was fired for reporting a garden variety fraud that I really sat back and thought about the implications for climate change."
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