A Kick Big Polluters Out coalition rally at COP28. Source: Kick Big Polluters Out PRESS RELEASE, 4 NOVEMBER 2024 145 civil society organisations, including Friends of the Earth, War on Want, Global Justice Now and Fuel Poverty Action, have written to Ed Miliband urging him to tackle the “dangerous” influence of the fossil fuel industryContinue reading “‘arsonists influencing fire safety policy’: 145 organisations urge Miliband to protect COP from fossil fuel lobbyists”
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Fossil fuels and political lobbying: an adjournment debate
On Tuesday 30th January 2024, the House of Commons debated the subject of the fossil fuel industry’s political lobbying. From the personal investments of MPs and Peers, to the industry’s privileged access to meetings with Ministers, the debate considered the deep entanglement between the fossil fuel industry and the UK’s politics.
Revealed: climate and energy parliamentary groups have received at least £240K in benefits connected to the fossil fuel industry
Read the full story as covered by DeSmog on 11 December 2023 Fossil Free Parliament and DeSmog have uncovered 12 APPGs with connections to the fossil fuel industry, including three that have received benefits worth more than £240 000 from oil-and-gas-funded think tanks. APPGs – or All-Party Parliamentary Groups – are informal collectives of MPsContinue reading “Revealed: climate and energy parliamentary groups have received at least £240K in benefits connected to the fossil fuel industry”