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Quite a Chain of Consequences for a Chicken Farmer!
Antony Fisher founded the think tanks in Britain that first promoted climate denial. His dramatic life story is a vital morality tale for those concerned about climate change. Picture: Antony (right)...
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How Julian Morris Led the British Charge Against Climate Science in 2003
Our latest DeSmog UK epic history series post looks at Julian Morris’s ExxonMobil-funded, climate sceptic publication Adapt or Die.Julian Morris, the president and founder of the International Policy...
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How the Free Market Friendship Between Julian Morris and Roger Bate Came to...
This DeSmog UK epic history post recalls the falling out between long-term friends and free marketeers Julian Morris and Roger Bate.The free market International Policy Network (IPN) was launched amid...
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That Time When an International Free Market Think Tank Attacked The Kyoto...
This DeSmog UK epic history post looks at how Julian Morris’s free market think tank spread its influence in its attack on the Kyoto Protocol.The free marketeer, Julian Morris, and his team at his...
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How an ExxonMobil-Funded Think Tank Took Over a Scientific Journal
This epic history series post reveals how the ExxonMobil-funded International Policy Network think tank took over a scientific publication as “guest editor”.The real coup de grâce for Julian Morris...
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That Time When a Koch-Funded Washington Lawyer Made a Secret Plan to Derail...
This DeSmog UK epic history post recalls the transatlantic effort by the European sceptic Benny Peiser and Washington lawyer Chris Horner to bring down the Kyoto Protocol.Prior to teaming up with Lord...
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How One UK Climate Denial Think Tank's Links to ExxonMobil Led to its Downfall
This DeSmog UK epic history post examines the demise of one UK free market climate-denying think tank after its funding was linked to ExxonMobil.Chief executive Rex Tillerson’s decision, made in the...
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Steve Hilton Masterminded Cameron's Climate Crusade - But Was it Just Greenwash?
The International Policy Network was one of the UK’s most prominent climate-denying think tanks but in 2011 it closed its doors as science triumphed over ideology. The DeSmog UK history series...
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How Lord Lawson Used Climate Denial to Stage His Political Comeback
The global economy was in a death spiral and Britain was at the centre of the financial tornado. The legacy of Chancellor Nigel Lawson – reliance on the deregulated and seemingly craven denizens of the...
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Here’s What Happened to the Exxon-funded EU Think Tanks After It Pledged Not...
This is the second part of DeSmog UK’s series mapping Exxon’s ties to EU think tanks and lobby groups. Here we explore what happened to Exxon’s EU think tank ties after it pledged to stop funding...
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