Climate science deniers from a US-based thinktank have been working with rightwing politicians in Europe to campaign against environmental policies, the Guardian can reveal. The Heartland Institute, which has links to the Trump administration and has drawn on funding from companies including ExxonMobil and wealthy US Republican donors, has seized on a time when rightwing anti-climate action sentiment has been surging, and has set up a new European base in London.
Nigel Farage and Liz Truss have already dipped their toes into the cesspool of the MAGA mob so i expect they'll be in a hurry to join in with the latest assault on common sense. The next four years should be crucial in maintaining the surge of Green energy policies but instead we'll be forced to endure a Trumpian Culture War on the environment, since the first thing he did was withdraw America from the Paris Accord (again). Big Oil spent half a billion dollars supporting his election and they expect to get their money's worth.
Nigel Farage and Liz Truss have already dipped their toes into the cesspool of the MAGA mob so i expect they'll be in a hurry to join in with the latest assault on common sense. The next four years should be crucial in maintaining the surge of Green energy policies but instead we'll be forced to endure a Trumpian Culture War on the environment, since the first thing he did was withdraw America from the Paris Accord (again). Big Oil spent half a billion dollars supporting his election and they expect to get their money's worth.
