DeSmog UK Conservative Party Conference Special!
Grassroots members attending the Conservative party conference have plenty to discover on DeSmog UK over the coming week. The links on this page will come live as we publish our…
Brendan Montague
How Free Market Economics Was Smuggled into Britain – Alongside Factory Farming
The founder of the Institute of Economic Affairs argued free markets needed honesty. But his own financial success was based on smuggling – and the IEA was itself conceived with…
‘Coal Not Dole’ Remains Rallying Cry for Shadow Climate Secretary Caroline Flint
Labour’s climate policies depend on carbon capture and storage to provide energy and jobs despite serious concerns about the practice. Coal burning will power Britain under a Labour government through…
The ‘Second Hand Dealers in Ideas’ Who Sold Us Neoliberalism
A fateful meeting between economist Friedrich von Hayek and British aristocrat Antony Fisher had lasting consequences—including for the debate about climate change policy. Picture: Fisher with Margaret Thatcher. Friedrich von…
Will Caroline Flint Ignite Labour Climate Change Fight?
Caroline Flint (pictured), of the Labour party, is centre stage with the opportunity to influence the international debate on climate change. Rarely in politics is there such a confluence of…
Labour Silence on Climate Change ‘A Dereliction of Duty’
The business community demands the British government does more to tackle climate change, including sending clear signals to international markets. Ed Miliband must show leadership on the international stage on…
Labour Attacks Climate Denier Lawson for Gas Bills Double Standards
Shadow minister vents fury on eve of world climate summit about environment being blamed for higher gas bills by climate deniers and says privatisation and deregulation are the real culprits…
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…
“Starting With a Mistake, A Remorseless Logician Can End Up in Bedlham”
Hayek achieved his dream of becoming a university academic, but could he really challenge the intellectual prowess and political influence of the master John Maynard Keynes? Friedrich von Hayek had…
Denier Lord Lawson’s Fight Against Wind Farms Proves Quixotic
Lord Lawson and the Global Warming Policy Foundation have blasted foreign owned wind farms but there is one Polish company supported by a Tory lord which is doing very well…
Hayek, Keynes and the Seeds of Denial: "This is the Thing We Need at the Moment – to Fight Keynes!"
Hayek is the intellectual inspiration for neoliberal think tanks and their war against Socialism, government regulation and, today, climate science. But are these tankers really faithful to his ideas? As…
I Bought Richard Tol’s ‘Climate Economics’ So You Don’t Have To – It’s Dull and Dangerous
The Sussex University economist has aligned himself with climate denial and his tweets are highly entertaining – shame this book is so damn conventional. Professor Richard Tol has authored a…
I Bought Richard Tol’s ‘Climate Economics’ So You Don’t Have To – It’s Dull and Dangerous
The Sussex University economist has aligned himself with climate denial and his tweets are highly entertaining – shame this book is so damn conventional. Professor Richard Tol has authored a…
From Neoliberalism to Climate Denial: “You must start with beliefs. Yes, always with beliefs."
The first part of our epic history of climate denial opens with our hero’s harrowing experience during the Battle of Britain and the war against totalitarianism His parachute was engulfed…
Exposed: Lawson’s Climate Denial Donors’ Links to Tobacco and Oil Backed Think Tank
Launch of new Global Warming Policy Forum mired by new revelations linking former chancellor to oil and tobacco-funded climate denial think tank Lord Lawson faces increasing scepticism about the independence…