Sam is DeSmogโs UK Deputy Editor. He was previously the Investigations Editor of Byline Times and an investigative journalist at the BBC. He is the author of two books: Fortress London, and Bullingdon Club Britain.
Companies with major oil and gas interests have been given a stage at the UK pavilion in Baku.
The boss of the UKโs largest gas supplier is listed as a representative of an African NGO.
Oil and gas majors are splashing the cash in order to have a presence at the flagship climate talks in Azerbaijan.
One of the sponsors of the UK pavilion has worked with major polluters to help them extract more oil and gas.
The Heritage Foundationโs Project 2025 blueprint proposes sweeping anti-climate policies.
Campaigners say the European Commission has โcompletely embarrassed itselfโ by offering โflimsy excusesโ for taking oil and gas lobbyists to the flagship summit.
A Conservative peer and former UK trade advisor were among those who spoke at the summit.
All Conservative appointees to the Board of Trade have been binned by the new Labour government.
Robert Wilkie was speaking at a conference co-hosted by the group behind the radical Project 2025 agenda.
The former Tory MP appears to have markedly different views to the magazineโs owner, and chairman.
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