FTI Consulting has a long track record of trying to control public narratives around fossil fuels for its clients in an effort to head off climate action. Now a Congressional committee wants answers.

The new law's methane emissions penalty "was weakened so that it applies to basically no one," said one climate campaigner.

"Sen. Schumer is sacrificing frontline communities and our clean energy future, all to placate a coal baron," said one organizer, referring to the majority leader's side agreement with Sen. Joe Manchin.

Climate campaigners are concerned over Jane Toogood’s role in a company that sells technology to produce hydrogen from methane.

The Vermont senator nevertheless supported final passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, calling it "a step forward" on climate and drug prices.

Campaigners say action on climate change is in jeopardy if MPs such as climate science denier John Redwood are granted key posts.

British Airways owner IAG led the list of buyers last year, analysis shows.

The protesters attempted to draw attention to the urgent need for large-scale climate action and pressure Democrat legislators to act.

Draft standards drawn up by the Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market aim to tighten up a notoriously opaque sector.

A climate scientist said the news that Samuele Furfari, a former EU energy advisor, had joined the Global Warming Policy Foundation showed the organisation was “clutching at straws to defend its fringe and unfounded views”.