Environment secretary Michael Gove said he is convinced “climate change is a danger” but that efforts to cut greenhouse gas emissions must not come at the expense of economic growth. MAT HOPE of DeSmog UK reports
DeSmog UK maps connections between UK cabinet ministers and Tufton Street lobbyists.
Boris Johnson's cabinet and the lobbying network Mat Hope Richard Collett-White DeSmog UK | 18th February 2020 News DeSmog Westminster Conservative Party Cabinet UK Parliament Tufton Street Lobbying …
One of the Tufton Street groups, the Institute of Economic Affairs, recently hit headlines after undercover reporters filmed its director general appearing to suggest funders could get access to government ministers through the think tank, writes MAT HOPE
Video: Exposing the network pushing deregulation and climate science denial Mat Hope | 11th September 2018 News Clear On Climate 55 Tufton Street Institute Of Economic Affairs Global Warming Policy …
Coal mining companies in SIberia are destroying indigenous communities, before exporting the fuel to the UK. MAT HOPE of DeSmog UK reports
‘Our Rivers are Black with Coal’ — living with Siberia's mines Mat Hope | 29th May 2018 Activism Coal Indigenous Communities Yana Siberia mine Coal mining companies in SIberia are destroying …
It could reduce the pressure on native forests but the rapid expansion in bamboo plantations is in danger of making it the latest in a long line of tarnished 'wonder crops'
Bamboo: can it live up to the 'green gold' hype? Eifion Rees | 30th August 2011 News Bamboo Deforestation Rainforest Energy Wood bamboo2.jpg It could reduce the pressure on native forests but the …
With a new analysis showing UK wind farms operating at just 20 per cent of their capacity in 2010, the potential of wind power has been called into question. Eifion Rees examines the arguments from both sides
Wind industry and Decc urged to come clean on output of wind farms Eifion Rees | 4th May 2011 News Wind Energy Renewables turbine.jpg A lack of technical and economic data on wind farms is making it …
Mourning the loss of your beloved local shop? With a little help from the Community Shops Network, you can set up and run your own shop and post office...
… Food And Farming Society Politics And Economics How To Make A Difference Plunkett …
All you need to know to start putting your money where your mouth is
… 5th November 2010 Ethical Living Politics And Economics Green Living Guides Ethical Finance … by David Boyle and Andrew Simms of the New Economics Foundation charts the rise and fall …
All you need to know to start putting your money where your mouth is
… 5th November 2010 Ethical Living Politics And Economics Green Living Guides Ethical Finance … by David Boyle and Andrew Simms of the New Economics Foundation charts the rise and fall …
Is Boris Johnson's cabinet the most anti-climate action ever?
Johnson's 'extraordinary cull' Mat Hope Richard Collett-White | 5th August 2019 News DeSmog Boris Johnson Cabinet Reshuffle Thought Leaders 26147764939_9b997771fd_o.jpg Is Boris Johnson's cabinet the …
Shell, one of the world’s largest oil companies, has gained privileged access to the UN climate change negotiations while pushing the same unworkable solutions for almost 20 years, internal company documents reveal. MAT HOPE of DeSmog UK investigates
What Shell knew and how it once stalled international climate negotiations Mat Hope | 17th July 2018 News Shell Knew Climate Change Shell Climate Change Negotiations Unfccc Paris Climate Change …
David Cameron's appointment of a 'shops tsar', the controversial Localism Bill, and increasing opposition to supermarkets and other chain stores could mark a turning point in the struggle to save Britain's high streets
… Small Island almost two decades ago; the New Economics Foundation (NEF) coined the term …
Former Prime Minister José María Aznar promoted Nigel Lawson’s climate science denial in Spain.
Nigel Lawson and climate denial in Spain Mat Hope Adolfo Moreno | 3rd July 2019 News Spain Climate Denial DeSmog Nigel Lawson image Former Prime Minister José María Aznar promoted Nigel Lawson’s …
As a new oil-fever gathers pace in Arctic countries such as Greenland the lesson from history is that where there is oil, corruption will quickly follow. Eifion Rees reports
… Arctic Natural World Corruption Politics And Economics Transparency International …
A new database tracks the local-level deals that allow fossil fuel companies to greenwash their image and cheaply purchase a social license to operate within communities in which they have a vested interest. MAT HOPE reports
New database tracks how Big Oil targets small communities Mat Hope | 14th March 2018 Comment Bp Shell Royal Dutch Shell Chevron Greenwash Greenwashing Total schoolspic.jpg A new database tracks the …
Internal documents unearthed by Jelmer Mommers of De Correspondent show oil company Shell knew about the danger of burning fossil fuels for climate change as early as the 1980s. MAT HOPE from DeSmog.uk has the story
Documents reveal Shell knew dangers of fossil fuels and climate change decades ago Mat Hope | 6th April 2018 News Royal Dutch Shell Shell Knew #ShellKnew shellpumps.jpg Internal documents unearthed …
Can national parks and marine protected areas safeguard endangered wildlife against the growing pressures of population growth and climate change?
… condemns the poor to poverty Oxford Economics Professor and former head of … romantic environmentalism and mainstream economics to help poor countries HOW TO MAKE A …
The months-old protest at Preston New Road, Lancashire, is no longer just about fracking, writes Mat Hope. This dispute is now about London versus the North. It is about the government failing 'the people' from which it has become detached. It is about people sensing hopelessness and helplessness and trying to find a means to resist. And it is about holding on, steadfast, in spite of it all, knowing this is the forgotten frontline of a far greater struggle.
Battered but steadfast: dispatch from Lancashire, England's fracking frontline Mat Hope DeSmog.uk | 8th May 2017 News Fracking Protest England UK Corporations Fossil Fuels polar bear and police close …
Some of nature's most majestic creatures are migratory, but their future in a changing world is far from certain, as a stunning new book of photographs makes clear
… An explosive mix of animals, people and economics means that land in Africa is …
A new project at Bath University shows that building with straw is not just eco-friendly, but cheap, easily adaptable and fully recyclable at the end of its life
Using compressed straw as the ultimate eco building material Eifion Rees | 20th November 2009 Activism Energy Home Building Construction Straw Straw Bale Insulation Efficiency balehaus.jpg A new …
The transatlantic network of fossil fuel funded think tanks has been constructed over more than half a century - and has come into its own with the arrival of Donald Trump in the UK and his praise for Boris Johnson. MAT HOPE of DESMOG UK reports
From Trump to May: How a US-UK network pushes climate science denial Mat Hope | 13th July 2018 Comment Donald Trump Theresa May Brexit x The transatlantic network of fossil fuel funded think tanks …