Counting on …. Day 1.203

27th October 2023

Getting to net zero is highly dependent on positive action from governments, which makes the intransigence of our UK government so devastating. There is a group of organisations who comprise  Fossil Free Politics, and assert, 

“We can no longer afford to let the fossil fuel industry undermine our democracy as we try and halt climate chaos, fix our energy system, and protect people and planet. To tackle the climate emergency, and ensure that climate policy is conducted entirely in the public interest, we must cut fossil fuel interests out of politics, similar to existing restrictions on the tobacco industry. Before it’s too late.”

They recently produced a report on the fossil fuel industry’s sustained lobbying effort to undermine the windfall tax. 

A summary of their report can be found here: https://www.desmog.com/2023/10/24/revealed-the-oil-and-gas-lobbying-campaign-to-water-down-windfall-tax/?link_id=1&can_id=b3ac032d15be52a96ddf5454b675707f&source=email-breaking-how-opaque-groups-and-privileged-access-allowed-the-fossil-fuel-industry-to-derail-the-windfall-tax-new-research&email_referrer=email_2089151&email_subject=breaking-how-opaque-groups-and-privileged-access-allowed-the-fossil-fuel-industry-to-derail-the-windfall-tax-new-research