London-based front groups pushing for the most deregulated form of Brexit have strong ties to major US libertarian influencers.
The power couple, fossil fuels and Brexit Mat Hope | 23rd November 2018 News Thought Leaders Matthew Elliott Sarah Elliott 55 Tufton Street Brexit Charles G Koch Charitable Foundation Mercer Family …
Coal mining companies in SIberia are destroying indigenous communities, before exporting the fuel to the UK. MAT HOPE of DeSmog UK reports
… with Siberia's mines Mat Hope | 29th May 2018 Activism Coal Indigenous Communities Yana … us against participating in human rights activism.” She told me of encounters with the … us against participating in human rights activism. The FSB threatened us for …
Alt-right website claims 'eco-warrior' was responsible for Gatwick drones - and newspapers follow suit without evidence.
… Gatwick Drones Media Newspapers Terrorism Activism extinction_rebellion_thomas_katan.jpg … it was someone related to environmental activism operating on their own accord was …
Protesting against fracking in the UK is now an imprisonable offence. Without the independent media, no-one would have been there to document this seismic shift in the criminalisation of environmental activism.
… shift in the criminalisation of environmental activism. Last week, three environmental … are not activists, but they understand activism. They are also trained professionals, … reporting from the frontline of environmental activism. It is illustrative of a broader …
The opencast coal mine at Ffos-y-Fran near Merthyr Tydfil in Wales is the UK’s largest - and has produced eight million tonnes of coal. Now Miller Argent, the owner and operator, wants to extend the mine. Banks Mining has applied for planning permission to begin a new mine at Highthorn, in Northumberland. The application will go before Sajid Javid, the Communities Secretary, today. MAT HOPE of DeSmog UK spoke to the people most affected.
… fear not hope Mat Hope | 4th December 2017 Activism Mining Coal Protest Campaigns …
A judge has ordered the eviction of protestors occupying the site of a proposed new coal mine in County Durham. Local residents are putting up one last fight to try and stop the project. MAT HOPE reports
… a new coal mine Mat Hope | 28th March 2018 Activism Coal Mining Banks Group Pont Valley …
The talks are taking place in Poland against a backdrop of mounting urgency and expectations following a report from the UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
UN climate talks: all you need to know Mat Hope | 4th December 2018 News COP24 Katowice Climate Talks UNFCC UN Climate Change x The talks are taking place in Poland against a backdrop of mounting …
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
Gove: climate policy must not come ‘at the expense of economic growth’ Mat Hope | 4th October 2017 News Michael Gove Environment Secretary Climate Economics Conservative Tory 405485.jpg Environment …
A major new investigation exposes how light-touch regulation on London's junior stock market encourages polluting activities in some of the world's most unstable regions, write CHLOE FARAND and MATT HOPE
How ‘light touch’ market regulation encourages exploitation of Africa’s natural resources Chloe Farand Mat Hope | 14th May 2018 News Africa Oil Companies Stock Market Oil in niger delta A major new …
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 …
Lord Lawson, the chairman of the Global Warming Policy Foundation, was invited on to the BBC Radio 4 Today programme, where he mislead listeners about the science of climate change. Should the journalists on the programme have received better training on climate science? Mat Hope reports.
No BBC science reporting course since 2012, documents reveal Mat Hope | 6th November 2017 News Lord Lawson Global Warming Policy Foundation Radio 4 BBC Climate Science. 405663.jpg Lord Lawson, the …
The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF) received hundreds of thousands in US donations in 2017, recently published tax returns show.
Lawson's deniers handed $177k by US donors Mat Hope | 27th November 2018 News Fakenomics Global Warming Policy Foundation Cato Institute David Herro Nigel Lawson Benny Peiser x The Global Warming …
The Museum of Science and Industry has agreed a deal with fossil fuel giant Shell to sponsor a new exhibition - despite campaigners’ repeated calls for publicly-funded museums to drop controversial commercial deals. MAT HOPE reports
Fossil fuel giant Shell to sponsor exhibition at Manchester Science Festival Mat Hope | 15th August 2018 News Royal Dutch Shell #ShellKnew Museum Of Science And Industry Manchester Science Festival …
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 …
An overwhelmingly male cast involved in whipping up support for the Leave includes ministers, political activists, businessmen and strategists.
Brexit: The uncivil war Chloe Farand Mat Hope | 11th January 2019 Comment Brexit Brexit: The Uncivil War James Graham Vote Leave Dominic Cummings Matthew Elliott Boris Johnson Michael Gove Nigel …
Friends of the Earth Scotland conducted an analysis of Scotland’s road pollution, and found 10 streets continued to breach European limits, writes MAT HOPE for DESMOG.UK
Exploring the local problems driving the UK's air pollution crisis Mat Hope | 25th July 2018 News Dundee Derry Londonderry Southampton Newport Air Pollution air-pollution-road-car-children.jpg …