Rich was the UK team’s Deputy Editor from 2020-22 and an Associate Editor until September 2023. He joined the organisation in 2018 as a UK-focused investigative reporter, having previously worked in communications for the climate charity Operation Noah. He has since pursued investigations into climate misinformation, greenwashing, and industry lobbying, which have been covered by the Guardian, Independent and Times. He graduated from Oxford University with a degree in French and Russian in 2015, after which he volunteered with grassroots climate activist groups and worked as a freelance translator.
The UK has been accused of “locking us all into more carbon emissions for decades to come” by giving so much assistance to the sector.
Two of the Russian gas company’s subsidiaries are still active in UK and Dutch waters despite the ongoing Ukraine conflict.
Critics call Michael Hintze’s peerage “indefensible” in light of his long-held ties to the Institute of Economic Affairs and history of funding climate science denial.
The country has sent the second largest number of fossil fuel-linked delegates -- who campaigners accused of being “complicit in Russia’s war crimes” -- to this year's climate talks.
Brazil’s next president will need to confront the ideological legacy of the Instituto Millenium, a think tank that played a leading role in Bolsonaro's finance ministry and helped justify his rollback of environmental protections.
The new Welsh Secretary's blog questions whether human-caused climate change “even exists”.
The Liberal Democrats dismissed Cerulean Winds’ plans to electrify UK fossil fuel extraction as “pathetic”.
DeSmog takes you through the green credentials of each and every cabinet minister.
Donations made during the second quarter of 2022 came from interests in aviation fuel, regional airports and a major airline.
The former Brexit minister, who has been at the forefront of efforts to oppose UK action on climate change, is re-entering government after four years.
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