Investigative reporters working for Greenpeace UK's Energydesk have uncovered a nexus of senior academics willing to accept large sums of money from fossil fuel companies to write reports and newspaper articles published under their own names and university affiliations, without declaring the funding. Lawrence Carter & Maeve McClenaghan spill the beans ...
Climate 'academics for hire' conceal fossil fuel funding Lawrence Carter Maeve McClenaghan Greenpeace Energydesk | 9th December 2015 News Fossil Fuels Climate Change Science UK US ted-cruz-cut.jpg …
The Institute of Economic Affairs 'Plan A+' report - launched by David Davis and Jacob Rees-Mogg - has been taken down after Charity Commission probe.
IEA withdraws rival Brexit plan Alice Ross Lawrence Carter | 4th December 2018 News Iea Brexit x The Institute of Economic Affairs 'Plan A+' report - launched by David Davis and Jacob Rees-Mogg - has …
The Institute of Economic Affairs has long kept the identity of its funders secret. The oil company BP still gives the climate denying charity cash, it has been confirmed. LAWERENCE CARTER and ALICE ROSS investigate
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The Institute of Economic Affairs' Shanker Singham took visitors from Oklahoma into the heart of government. ALICE ROSS and LAWRENECE CARTER investigate
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Despite a surge of interest in organic gardening, green fingered consumers continue to favour toxic chemicals to combat pests. But are they being exploited by clever marketing and inaccurate labelling? Sarah Bentley investigates
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President Trump's recent executive order could open an area of America's most precious landscapes bigger than Yellowstone to oil drilling and coal mining, write Lawrence Carter & Joe Sandler Clarke. The 27 monuments 'under review' harbour huge volumes of oil, gas and coal: just what's needed to fuel Trump's vision of fossil fuel-led development - never mind the cost to scenery, wildlife, historic sites and indigenous cultures.
Trump's National Monument order could open 2.7 million acres to oil, gas, coal Lawrence Carter Joe Sandler Clarke Greenpeace Energydesk | 12th May 2017 News USA Fossil Fuels Oil Gas Coal Climate …
The UK's official agency for car pollution testing has taken £80 million from the auto industry in ten years, a Greenpeace investigation reveals, while its senior staff and engineers have a 'revolving door' relationship with car makers.
Car pollution regulator's auto industry millions Lawrence Carter Greenpeace Energydesk | 12th October 2015 News Pollution Health Corporations Regulation UK 1024px-vw_west-cut.jpg The UK's official …
IEA boss toured US conservative think tanks to fund the trade unit that wrote the high-profile 'Plan A+' report.
Think tank behind Brexiteers’ trade blueprint chased US funders Alice Ross Lawrence Carter | 28th September 2018 Comment Unearthed Brexit Iea x IEA boss toured US conservative think tanks to fund the …
The nature of Britain's trade deals with the United States after Brexit raises serious concerns about the quality of food on supermarket shelves - and the influence of vested interests in the meat industry, reports LAWRENCE CARTER of EnergyDesk, Greenpeace.
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Between 2011 and 2016 the UK's export finance agency UKEF provided £109m to underwrite exports of equipment to coal mines in Russia, writes Lawrence Carter - despite the agency's commitment not to support 'investment in dirty fossil-fuel energy production'. And that's just a fraction of the £6.9 billion UKEF has lavished on the corrupt, polluting sector since 2000, while it was meant to be backing the clean energy technologies of the future.
Leaked: UK £7 billion export credit for fossil fuel industry violates 'clean energy' pledge Lawrence Carter Greenpeace Energydesk | 16th May 2017 News Finance Politics Fossil Fuels Climate Change UK …
Sarah Bentley reports from the activist camp standing in the way of an open cast coal mine in Shropshire in an area said to have inspired Tolkien's Middle Earth
Activists square up to coal mine threatening 'Lord of the Rings' site Sarah Bentley | 3rd May 2011 Activism Climate Change & Energy Coal Mine Protesters Defend Huntington Lane Carcinogens Coal Dust …
The Export Credit Guarantee Department is accused of underwriting unethical and carbon-intensive business deals in developing countries and operating with a lack of transparency - charges it denies.
How secretive government agency funded BP pipeline blighted by human rights allegations Sarah Bentley | 15th March 2011 News Politics And Economics ECGD WWF Oxfam Jubilee Debt Human Rights …
Global brands, including Coca-Cola, Unilever and Vodafone offer African township residents a ‘lick of paint’ in exchange for turning their homes into advertisements
Top global brands accused over controversial 'painted home' adverts in Africa Sarah Bentley | 25th April 2012 News Coca-Cola Pepsi Advert Africa News Society Unilever Politics And Economics …
Can families play a frontline role in the fight against climate change? The Ecologist meets the parent-child activists who believe they can
Activist families: the parents and children protesting against climate change Sarah Bentley | 21st December 2010 News Families Climate Camp Activism Protest Society familyactivism3.jpg2.jpg More and …
A new campaign group is trying to push through reforms that would give customers a choice in investments and make banks more socially useful. But can it break through the banking bottleneck?
Can Positive Money help fix a fatally flawed banking system? Sarah Bentley | 17th August 2011 Activism Politics & Economics Ethical Banking Positive Money Financial Reform Renewables Climate Change …
Department for International Trade won’t release any of its modelling until after Britain leaves the European Union.
Fox analysis of US trade deal is ‘work in progress’ Lawrence Carter | 14th November 2018 News Liam Fox Trade Brexit Unearthed x Department for International Trade won’t release any of its modelling …
A unique and pristine coral reef in the mouth of the Amazon is threatened by oil drilling planned by oil giants Total and BP, say the scientists who recently explored it. But the oil companies are determined to press ahead despite the risks, writes Lawrence Carter, and Brazil's environment ministry is set to give its approval.
BP, Total oil drilling would endanger newly discovered Amazon coral reef Lawrence Carter Energydesk | 23rd February 2017 News Oil Energy Corporations Regulation Brazil Amazon Coral Reefs Cetaceans …
The Institute of Economic Affairs offered a potential US agribusiness donor the chance to influence a report on 'green Brexit'. ALICE ROSS and LAWRENCE CARTER report
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Fields of wasted crops lie testament to our fussy shopping habits and the refusal of supermarkets to stock edible but less-than-perfect-looking food
Who's to blame for supermarket rejection of 'ugly' fruit and vegetables? Sarah Bentley | 29th December 2011 News Supermarket Food And Farming Food Waste carrot.jpg A 10 per cent loss of crops due to …