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Exclusive: Influential UK net-zero sceptics funded by US oil ‘dark money’

Net Zero Watch says it won’t take cash from fossil fuel investors – but we discovered a funder with millions in oil

Exclusive: Influential UK net-zero sceptics funded by US oil ‘dark money’
Steve Baker MP, a trustee of the lobby group, has led the opposition to the government's net-zero policies.
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An influential Tory-linked lobby group leading the backlash against the UK government’s net-zero policy has received hundreds of thousands of dollars from an oil-rich foundation with huge investments in energy firms, openDemocracy can reveal.

The Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF), which also campaigns as Net Zero Watch, has also received more than half a million dollars through a fund linked to the controversial billionaire Koch brothers.

The GWPF has long refused to disclose its donors and claims it will not take money from anyone with an interest in an energy company.