The government has handed tens of millions to similar projects around the country in recent years.

Instead the company’s Canadian arm developed a communications plan to make climate solutions like carbon taxes look economically reckless.

Donations made during the second quarter of 2022 came from interests in aviation fuel, regional airports and a major airline.

The oil industry’s long history of disinformation is well-documented, but PR firms have operated “behind the scenes” for decades, a witness testified.

The labelling will "deceive or confuse" consumers, say experts.

The federal government has broad authority to take action to slash greenhouse gas emissions, according to a new report, including transforming an oft-forgotten Southeast public power corporation into a force for clean energy.

Two are advisors to a well-connected "forum" set up by the BP-funded Institute of Economic Affairs that wants to see UK fracking regulations relaxed.

Green MP Caroline Lucas said climate sceptics and “delayers” should be “nowhere near the prime minister’s top team”.

Graham Stuart MP has championed the UK’s highly polluting wood-pellet burning power station, which is located close to his Yorkshire constituency.

The former Brexit minister, who has been at the forefront of efforts to oppose UK action on climate change, is re-entering government after four years.