Sam Bright leads DeSmog’s coverage of UK politics. He was previously an investigative journalist at the BBC and has written for The New York Times, The Guardian, The Mirror, and others. He is the author of two books.
Tory peer and major party donor Michael Hintze has funded the Global Warming Policy Foundation.
Campaigners have accused the party of allowing “climate wreckers” to access its flagship annual conference.
Rupert Lowe has been campaigning against climate action while owning a heat pump supplier.
The broadcaster’s in-house content studio has been paid to promote fossil fuel firms and petrostates with a history of persecuting journalists.
The former business secretary, who is running for Conservative Party leader, has defended net zero U-turns and backed new fossil fuel drilling.
Despite growing public support for climate action, former Tory MP Craig Mackinlay has pledged to continue opposing green policies.
Clacton is uniquely exposed to rising sea levels, but local voters are unlikely to find a champion in their new MP.
The Global Warming Policy Foundation has been accused of funding one-sided research attacking net zero policies.
The Conservative candidate has changed his tune on climate action, recently attacking Labour’s net zero policies and arguing for new fossil fuel extraction.
Reform’s leader has been criticised in recent days for claiming the west provoked Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
