Adam Barnett is DeSmog’s UK News Reporter. He is a former Staff Writer at Left Foot Forward and BBC Local Democracy Reporter.
Citi, JPMorgan and Barclays among โworldโs biggest financiersโ of oil, gas and coal at government summit on green future.
Matthew Lesh will be joining the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), a free market think tank which played a significant role in advocating for a "hard" Brexit and has criticised the government's approach to climate action as expensive and ineffective.
The former Global Warming Policy Forum URL now re-directs to the Net Zero Watch website and the groupโs Twitter account has been renamed.
The former UK chancellor currently works for an investment bank that advised the oil giant on a multibillion-pound purchase of US shale assets from BHP Group in 2018.
The comments were made at an event hosted by the free-market Institute of Economic Affairs, which has reportedly taken funding from oil giant BP for decades.
Rishi Sunak's Treasury has reportedly been "blocking" green policies on infrastructure and home insulation.
A University of Aberdeen spokesperson said its decision to divest was part of a commitment to provide leadership on sustainability issues and support a "just transition" for the energy sector.
Jim McMahon said it was not the "right approach" in a panel discussion at Labour's party conference in Brighton.
Shadow business secretary says the government has no plan for net zero, leaving the country โbumbling aroundโ.
Alan Whitehead said he supported Draxโs burning of trees for energy, despite criticism over its climate impact.
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