Petrol lobbyist Howard Cox is “pushing false narratives” on air pollution, said his Green Party rival Zoë Garbett.

His family was devastated when bloggers seeking to discredit him compared him to a sexual predator, Mann told the court.

Donations to the Global Warming Policy Foundation fell markedly, with the group posting a loss of over £150,000.

With more proof of Shell’s climate deception, Rep. Ted Lieu is once again urging the Department of Justice to look into whether fossil fuel companies broke the law.

Michael Mann asserts that conservative pundits defamed him and attempted to discredit his “Hockey Stick” graph in 2012.

The Dubai-based Legatum Group funds multiple organisations that have advocated against climate action.

This week two cabinet ministers met with motoring campaigner and net zero critic Howard Cox, Reform UK’s candidate for London Mayor.

Michael Hintze, one of the early backers of the Global Warming Policy Foundation, also donated to Environment Secretary Steve Barclay in 2023.

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