Phil Sturgeon
We all know that fossil fuel companies, Conservatives, right-wing media, and Tufton Street are all a circle jerk of corruption and funded climate denial, but it’s nice to see it so meticulously laid out and annotated. #ClimateCrisis #ClimateCorruption https://www.desmog.com/2024/06/12/mapped-tory-network-climate-denial-fossil-fuel-funding/
Mapped: The Tory Network of Climate Denial and Fossil Fuel Funding

Speaking outside Downing Street on 23 May, announcing a general election for 4 July, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak took a swipe at what he dubbed “environmental dogma”. It was a sign of how much has changed since 2021, when the UK hosted the flagship COP26 UN climate summit with a promise “irrefutably to turn the […]

DeSmog
Jun 14, 2024 at 5:37amWeb
Show threadNeil  Jun 14, 2024

@Philsturgeon Interesting.

I'd like to see similar analysis across all parties so there is a balanced insight.

Are you aware of any such work?

Show threadPhil SturgeonJun 14, 2024
@nshephard no but desmog did a brilliant article on Labour MPs taking money for anti heat pump lobbying from British Gas. Tories are by far the worst and as the ones in power it’s obviously far more relevant.
Show threadNeil  Jun 14, 2024

@Philsturgeon Ta, found it (https://www.desmog.com/2023/10/10/gas-executive-cadent-lobbying-slow-climate-action-labour-party-conference/)

Tories may be worst (without seeing others activities its impossible to conclude that) and they are the incumbent government but with elections pending and the high likelihood we will see a new government it is important, to me at least, to have balanced scrutiny of all politicians regardless of party.

Gas Executive ‘Lobbying to Slow Climate Action’ At Labour Party Conference

LIVERPOOL – A senior executive at the UK’s largest gas distributor has been accused of lobbying to slow down climate action after pushing for the use of hydrogen in heating at a Labour Party conference panel on net zero. Tony Ballance, Cadent’s chief strategy and regulation officer, told a packed event on Monday to ignore […]

DeSmog
Show threadPhil SturgeonJun 15, 2024
@nshephard years of experiences dealing with this bullshit gives me the overall opinion that Tories are far worse at this, but I’m not pretending that counts as evidence nor am I interested in the burden of proof. Certainly as Labour have lately become the obvious next government they’re more likely scooping up more oil checks. That’s a given. We don’t have that data yet.