Chloe Farand

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onSep 11, 2018 @ 01:36 PDT

As the deadline looms for a final Brexit agreement between the EU and the UK, the Leave and Remain camps are readying for a second campaign over the nature of the UK’s future relationship with the ...
onSep 4, 2018 @ 08:30 PDT

Santander has been forced to distance itself from a climate science denial conference after its logo was published on the event’s website without the bank’s knowledge. The bank, which is one of t...
onSep 3, 2018 @ 22:17 PDT

“Dissent is not a crime”. That is the battle cry of a group of six women campaigners defending their right to protest against a fossil fuel company which sought a wide-ranging injunction to restri...
onAug 28, 2018 @ 02:54 PDT

French environment minister Nicolas Hulot has resigned live on national radio in a surprise move that will come as a blow to President Emmanuel Macron’s green credentials. Hulot, a former broadcas...
onAug 9, 2018 @ 16:01 PDT

A pro-Brexit campaign group with ties to a neoliberal transatlantic network and climate science denial is emerging as a potentially influential player pushing for environmental deregulation and a “...
onJul 25, 2018 @ 05:05 PDT

The UK government is recruiting a shale gas commissioner to “facilitate communication” with residents and push what is sees as the benefits of a new fossil fuel industry. The position was announced...
onJul 25, 2018 @ 02:06 PDT

A thinktank has been helping climate science deniers push their agenda on government ministers through its lobbying activities for a UK-US free trade deal, which could see the UK import products su...
onJul 23, 2018 @ 08:15 PDT

Nine right-wing organisations including think tanks pushing disinformation about climate change have been accused of mounting a coordinated campaign to push for a hard Brexit, according to court do...
onJul 11, 2018 @ 05:30 PDT

The new health secretary Matt Hancock has received £18,000 from a key donor to the UK’s climate science denial think tank over the last four years, according to official government figures. Hanco...
onJul 9, 2018 @ 04:29 PDT

Dominic Raab has been appointed Secretary of State for Brexit following David Davis’ resignation. He is a hardline Brexiteer with links to an extended network of individuals and organisations pushi...