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Major climate science denial group sees its income plummet
Climate emergency sign during the Cop28 global day of action for climate justice at the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, December 9, 2023

BRITAIN’S main club for climate change deniers has seen its donations plummet, campaigning website DeSmog revealed today.

The Global Warming Policy Foundation’s 2023 accounts show that donations have dropped from £346,000 to £201,000.

GWPF was founded by late Conservative chancellor Nigel Lawson in 2009. Its director, Benny Peiser, has said that it was “extraordinary anyone should think there is a climate crisis.”

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