We recall an American presidential hopeful apparently willing to take on Koch and big oil.
… apparently willing to take on Koch and big oil. Barack Obama’s decision to give Shell permission to drill for potential oil reserves in the Arctic undermined his … for office: that he would challenge coal, oil and gas monopolies and deliver …
Lord Lawson is today the main voice of climate denial in Britain - and 30 years ago he was personally responsible for the British state losing control over our reserves of fossil fuels. BRENDAN MONTAGUE investigates
… Fakenomics Lord Lawson Fossil Fuels North Sea Oil Conservatives Energy Hayek x Lord Lawson … And his first act was to sell of the oil-producing BNOC run by the state-owned … (GWPF). The privatisation of Britain's oil industry did not have public support. “The …
Fakenomics: ExxonMobil’s made significant contributions to Bush’s election as United States president
… George W Bush elected in 2000 'floating on oil money' Brendan Montague | 5th October 2018 … George W Bush–Dick Cheney partnership was Big Oil’s dream team. Bush, the presidential … candidate, had made his early career though oil exploration in his home state of Texas, …
Brexit campaigner Lord Lawson was not afraid to get the army out - to break an oil workers' strike
… Lawson's 1981 plot to use army against oil workers Brendan Montague | 4th October … Climate Change Policy Environmentalists Oil Industry LEADBURN X Brexit campaigner Lord … not afraid to get the army out - to break an oil workers' strike Lord Lawson courts …
A senior executive at Shell Oil has told how the Greenpeace protests at Brent Spa in 1997 fundamentally changed how the oil company acted in the world. BRENDAN MONTAGUE investigates
… A senior executive at Shell Oil has told how the Greenpeace protests at … Spa in 1997 fundamentally changed how the oil company acted in the world. BRENDAN … media campaign against Shell after the oil company was given permission by the …
Oil-funded lobbyists increased their attacks on climate science as Bill Clinton’s new policy era began. BRENDAN MONTAGUE investigates
… Clinton confronted by oil-funded climate denial Brendan Montague | … Climate Council Global Climate Coalition x Oil-funded lobbyists increased their attacks … new era in climate policy. And, in turn, the oil industry lobbyists would intensify their …
The climate change warning is clear and dire — and the source unexpected.
… 'Time is running out' says oil chief - in 1965 Sharon Kelly | 28th … American Petroleum Institute (API) told an oil industry conference, as he described … Earth's atmosphere by the burning of coal, oil, and natural gas at such a rate that by …
Fakenomics: Fred Smith has been a leading figure in the oil funded US climate denial industry. Here, he reveals the relationship between the energy industry funders and the free market think tanks who attack climate scientists. BRENDAN MONTAGUE investigates
… 'Baptist' Fred Smith sold out to the big oil 'Bootleggers’ Brendan Montague | 5th … Fred Smith has been a leading figure in the oil funded US climate denial industry. Here, … Institute (CEI), was frustrated that oil companies were almost universally failing …
Fakenomics: Shell was among the first major oil companies to admit that burning fossil fuels would lead to climate change. But this was in 1995 - decades after its own scientists started raising the alarm. So was it too little, too late? BRENDAN MONTAGUE investigates
… When Shell Oil *finally* admitted burning fossil fuels … x Fakenomics: Shell was among the first major oil companies to admit that burning fossil … the 1990s presented a new risk: that the oilmen would become isolated from other …
Fakenomics: This is the story of how John Blundell - close friend to US oil billionaires - challenged the young Roger Bate to set up the climate denying 'Environment Unit' inside free-market think tank the Institute of Economic Affairs. BRENDAN MONTAGUE investigates
… How an oil and tobacco funded think tank imported … of how John Blundell - close friend to US oil billionaires - challenged the young Roger … included British Petroleum (BP), the Esso oil company and the US-based …
Fakenomcis: Lord Browne took to the podium at Stanford University on 19 May 1997 and called for oil companies to face the challenge of climate change - more than two decades ago.
… University on 19 May 1997 and called for oil companies to face the challenge of climate … by “breaking ranks” with the rest of the oil industry by publicly endorsing the science … take precautionary action now.” However, the oil CEO warned against “dramatic, sudden” …
Lord Lawson, a leading advocate of Brexit and a climate denier, was responsible for the sale of BP in 1987. BRENDAN MONTAGE recalls how Lawson went ahead with the biggest share sale in human history - on the worst possible day
… of BP to the private sector nearly handed the oil company to an Arab state and this means … Sir Peter Walters, the chairman of the oil major, now believes that if Lawson was in … of billions in profits from the sale of the oil company. The chancellor would not …
Scientists were warning about the dangers of climate change even before America discovered and used oil on an industrial scale. Here, we see how in the 1980s it appeared politicians would rise to the challenges it presents. BRENDAN MONTAGUE investigates
… even before America discovered and used oil on an industrial scale. Here, we see how … change in fact predate the discovery of oil. In 1824, Joseph Fourier discovered the … a rotary drill for the first time and sunk an oil well that produced a hundred thousand …
The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) helped Thatcher's rise to power and when she became prime minister she followed their programme. This success allowed the IEA to fundraise from industry giants—including oil and tobacco. BRENDAN MONTAGUE investigates
… Oil and tobacco explain funding of … Von Hayek Nobel Prize Margaret Thatcher Oil And Tobacco x The Institute of Economic … fundraise from industry giants—including oil and tobacco. BRENDAN MONTAGUE investigates …
Fakenomics: Richard D North, an environmental journalist who blamed climate change on consumers rather oil companies, took cash from ExxonMobil.
… who blamed climate change on consumers rather oil companies, took cash from ExxonMobil. … to worry about their emissions, not for the oil companies who supply their fuel… Nor is it remotely clear why, say, oil firms should invest in renewable …
The intimate friendship between free-market libertarian John Blundell and the oil billionaire Koch brothers was also enduring. BRENDAN MONTAGUE investigates
… first climate denier was bag carrier for oil baron Charles Koch Brendan Montague | 11th … free-market libertarian John Blundell and the oil billionaire Koch brothers was also … – a hardline neoliberal think tank funded by oil billionaire Charles Koch – Blundell booked …
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was established by the United Nations to gather the scientific evidence on global warming for world leaders. Immediately, it was attacked by free market think tanks funded by oil. BRENDAN MONTAGUE investigates
… Oil funded, free market think tanks have … attacked by free market think tanks funded by oil. BRENDAN MONTAGUE investigates Michael … the world. IPCC defensive The free market, oil funded climate deniers had already forced …
Fakenomics: Julian Morris was Britain's leading climate denier in 2003 - and his think tank was secretly funded by ExxonMobil.
… The love, the anger and the oil funding Brendan Montague | 22nd October … have bullied two of the world’s three largest oil producers into accepting the basic … heavily funded by ExxonMobil. In 2003, the oil company donated $50,000 to Morris, his …
John Blundell worked for the Institute of Humane Studies in the United States - a think tank funded and controlled by the oil billionaire Koch brothers. He was then hired by the Institute of Economic Affairs - Britain's first think tank - and the birthplace of UK climate denial. BRENDAN MONTAGUE investigates
… most influential think tank hired an oil henchman to its helm Brendan Montague | … - a think tank funded and controlled by the oil billionaire Koch brothers. He was then … , a hardline neoliberal think tank funded by oil billionaire Charles Koch, where he …
Fakenomics: Lord Lawson created Britain's privatised energy industry. He now supports their interests by denying the need for robust climate change policies. But he didn't support everyone who worked for coal, oil and gas companies. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports
… chancellor - attacks miners, sells coal, oil and gas Brendan Montague | 14th August … didn't support everyone who worked for coal, oil and gas companies. BRENDAN MONTAGUE … coal, converting power stations to oil, and hiring truck drivers in case of a …
Fakenomcis: Obama promised to meet climate change challenge – acknowledging resistance from oil monopolies dominating US energy market.
… News Fakenomics Barack Obama President Obama Oil Lobby Washington Shell Exxon Mobil Chevron … challenge – acknowledging resistance from oil monopolies dominating US energy market. … acknowledging that the resistance of the oil monopolies dominating the American energy …
Fakenomics: Lee Raymond is the Texan captain who steered the Exxon ship against the rising tide of climate science.
… Plains and fought his way to the top of the oil giant Exxon. Raymond lived in a … who was a former New York police officer. ‘Oil and gas purist’ According to Steve Coll, … Raymond was also an “oil and gas purist” and, in taking over the …
Fakenomics: Charles and David Koch own the biggest privately held oil company in the world, Koch Industries. They funded economist Friedrich Hayek and his free market think tanks. And those think tanks seeded climate denial in the UK. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reveals all...
… How US oil billionaire Charles Koch sent his emissary … and David Koch own the biggest privately held oil company in the world, Koch Industries. …
Fakenomics: neoliberalism almost broke capitalism - so what might this tell us about free markets and the environment?
… boom, D. H. Lawrence and the Beatles. The oil crisis of 1973, amid increasingly militant … era. Hayek's ideas, channelled through oil funded free market think tanks on both … taxes were slashed, and unions broken. The spoils of the world's last major oil discovery, …