Christian leaders alarmed by climate crisis raise questions over GB News owner’s £28m church donations

Sir Paul Marshall, a hedge fund manager and committed Christian, said recently that the UK had been infected by ‘climate derangement syndrome’. Photograph: CNBC/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal/Getty Images

The co-owner of GB News, a British TV channel accused of broadcasting climate change denial, has donated £28m to influential Church of England institutions that support climate action.

This raises “serious questions”, say Christian leaders, given that Sir Paul Marshall’s views on the climate crisis and those frequently broadcast on the TV channel are “in direct opposition” to the Church of England, which believes that “responding to the climate crisis is an essential part of our responsibility to safeguard God’s creation and achieve a just world”.