Anti-fuel duty campaigner Howard Cox, who has downplayed “alleged man-made causes” of climate change, backed drivers who targeted roads across the UK.

Michael Hintze, an Australian hedge fund manager, will join several other climate sceptics in the House of Lords.

Businessman John Mappin, who has called Russia’s attack on Ukraine a “gift” to the world, is a vocal ally of fringe anti-net zero group CAR26.

The petition was backed by former Brexit Party MEP Lance Forman and conservative commentator Darren Grimes.

From narratives about fossil fuels as a solution to climate advocates as out of touch with reality, here’s how the fossil fuel industry and its allies are weaponizing words to delay climate action.

COP26 misinformation spike prompts call to rein in social media accounts that promote “delayism” and “junk science”.

Blue Sky Strategy, run by anti-BBC campaigner Rebecca Ryan, was listed on the website of a group whose founder calls climate change a “con”.

The petroleum company is under investigation for misleading the public while exacerbating the global plastic pollution crisis.

Alan McCormick has tweeted articles questioning climate science and chairs a foundation that has received funding from fossil fuel interests.

The new policy won’t stop the most dangerous type of climate disinformation: fossil fuel industry greenwashing, argues Jamie Henn.