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Nigel Farage, Reform UK's leader. Credit: Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA-ND 2.0)
uk/Polluter Funded Reform Party Backs Oil and Gas Expansion in Manifesto
By Adam Barnett
on
One expert called Nigel Farage’s policies a contract to “bankrupt Britain and condemn future generations to climate catastrophe”.
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak tours a Shell gas plant in Aberdeen in July 2023. Credit: Number 10 (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
uk/Conservative Party Received 40 Percent of its Donations from Fossil Fuel Interests in First Week of Campaign
By Sam Bright and Peter Geoghegan
on
Rishi Sunak’s Tories accepted hundreds of thousands from major donors with financial ties to the oil and gas industry.
Alex Crowley. Credit: GB News/YouTube
Revealed: Firm of Veteran Tory Advisor Is Behind ‘Grassroots’ Anti-Solar Ad Campaign
By Niamh McIntyre and Phoebe Cooke
on
A former Boris Johnson aide with a history of running misleading publicity campaigns is running an ad blitz opposing a renewable energy project.
BP’s Rushabh Shah speaks at the Hydrogen Americas Summit in Washington, D.C. (Credit: Sustainable Energy Council)
‘Thumb on the Scale’: Big Oil Aims to Cash in on Hydrogen Tax Credits – with Natural Gas
By Adam M. Lowenstein
on
At the Hydrogen Americas Summit, fossil fuel giants attempt to redefine “clean” hydrogen, with profits in mind.
55 Tufton Street. Credit: R4vi, CC-BY-SA-2.0
uk/Tory Donors Have Pumped Almost £7 Million into Tufton Street Since 2019
By Peter Geoghegan, Lucas Amin and Sam Bright
on
New documents show the close financial relationship between Conservative Party patrons and anti-climate think tanks.
uk/Mapped: The Tory Network of Climate Denial and Fossil Fuel Funding
By Adam Barnett
on
DeSmog catalogues how oil and gas firms have forged ties with the highest levels of government, the media, and influential think tanks.
Credit: Lindsay Grime.
uk/Climate Obstructionism Runs Deep in the UK — Watch Out for It at the Election
By Freddie Daley and Peter Newell
on
Regardless of who wins next month, fossil fuel interests have multiple levers for influencing policy.
Credit: Pete Reynolds
The False Claims on Food and Farming That May Sway EU Elections
By Clare Carlile, Coen Ramaer, Laura Villadiego, Kevin Carboni, Marta Kasztelan, Katharina Wecker, Rachel Sherrington and Joey Grostern
on
DeSmog analysed misleading statements by farming groups, media influencers, and political candidates in France, Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, and Ireland.
Fossil Fuel Interests Spent Millions to Tank Clean Air Bills in Colorado
By Joe Fassler
on
More than $7 million on ads and ballot initiatives helped to water down a legislative package targeting the state’s ozone pollution crisis, advocates say.
Graham Stringer, Labour MP for Blackley and Broughton, on GB News. Credit: GB News / YouTube
uk/Labour Under Pressure for Reselecting Climate Denial Group Director as Election Candidate
By Sam Bright
on
It’s “a scandal” that the party continues to support Graham Stringer, campaigners say.

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uk/Polluter Funded Reform Party Backs Oil and Gas Expansion in Manifesto
ByAdam Barnett
on
One expert called Nigel Farage’s policies a contract to “bankrupt Britain and condemn future generations to climate catastrophe”.
Nigel Farage, Reform UK's leader. Credit: Gage Skidmore (CC BY-SA-ND 2.0)
uk/Conservative Party Received 40 Percent of its Donations from Fossil Fuel Interests in First Week of Campaign
BySam Bright and Peter Geoghegan
on
Rishi Sunak’s Tories accepted hundreds of thousands from major donors with financial ties to the oil and gas industry.
Series: Defending-UK-Democracy
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak tours a Shell gas plant in Aberdeen in July 2023. Credit: Number 10 (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Revealed: Firm of Veteran Tory Advisor Is Behind ‘Grassroots’ Anti-Solar Ad Campaign
ByNiamh McIntyre and Phoebe Cooke
on
A former Boris Johnson aide with a history of running misleading publicity campaigns is running an ad blitz opposing a renewable energy project.
Alex Crowley. Credit: GB News/YouTube
‘Thumb on the Scale’: Big Oil Aims to Cash in on Hydrogen Tax Credits – with Natural Gas
ByAdam M. Lowenstein
on
At the Hydrogen Americas Summit, fossil fuel giants attempt to redefine “clean” hydrogen, with profits in mind.
BP’s Rushabh Shah speaks at the Hydrogen Americas Summit in Washington, D.C. (Credit: Sustainable Energy Council)
uk/Tory Donors Have Pumped Almost £7 Million into Tufton Street Since 2019
ByPeter Geoghegan, Lucas Amin and Sam Bright
on
New documents show the close financial relationship between Conservative Party patrons and anti-climate think tanks.
55 Tufton Street. Credit: R4vi, CC-BY-SA-2.0
uk/Mapped: The Tory Network of Climate Denial and Fossil Fuel Funding
ByAdam Barnett
on
DeSmog catalogues how oil and gas firms have forged ties with the highest levels of government, the media, and influential think tanks.
Opinion
uk/Climate Obstructionism Runs Deep in the UK — Watch Out for It at the Election
ByFreddie Daley and Peter Newell
on
Regardless of who wins next month, fossil fuel interests have multiple levers for influencing policy.
Credit: Lindsay Grime.
The False Claims on Food and Farming That May Sway EU Elections
ByClare Carlile, Coen Ramaer, Laura Villadiego, Kevin Carboni, Marta Kasztelan, Katharina Wecker, Rachel Sherrington and Joey Grostern
on
DeSmog analysed misleading statements by farming groups, media influencers, and political candidates in France, Germany, Poland, Italy, Spain, the Netherlands, and Ireland.
Series: EU Elections: Food and Farming Misinformation and the Far-Right
Credit: Pete Reynolds
Fossil Fuel Interests Spent Millions to Tank Clean Air Bills in Colorado
ByJoe Fassler
on
More than $7 million on ads and ballot initiatives helped to water down a legislative package targeting the state’s ozone pollution crisis, advocates say.
uk/Labour Under Pressure for Reselecting Climate Denial Group Director as Election Candidate
BySam Bright
on
It’s “a scandal” that the party continues to support Graham Stringer, campaigners say.
Graham Stringer, Labour MP for Blackley and Broughton, on GB News. Credit: GB News / YouTube