Adam Barnett is DeSmog’s UK News Reporter. He is a former Staff Writer at Left Foot Forward and BBC Local Democracy Reporter.
The new leader of the opposition has regularly criticised the UKโs green ambitions.
The Tory leadership candidate has welcomed the support of a group that claims โthere is no greenhouse effectโ.
Experts accuse Farageโs party of a โdeliberate campaign of misinformation about climate changeโ in the House of Commons.
The final two Conservative candidates have worrying records on green issues.
Nigel Farageโs right-wing populist party is backed by fossil fuel investors, climate science deniers, and radical free market groups in the U.S. and Europe.
Tickets at the event in Chicago cost up to $50,000 for the chance to have dinner with the Reform UK leader.
Paul Marshallโs hedge fund was โturbochargedโ by private equity giant KKR, which has major stakes in oil, gas, and coal.
Tory peer and major party donor Michael Hintze has funded the Global Warming Policy Foundation.
The Tory leadership candidate has criticised the UKโs net zero targets while accepting donations from fossil fuel investors and climate denial funders.
The former business secretary, who is running for Conservative Party leader, has defended net zero U-turns and backed new fossil fuel drilling.
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