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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Adam Barnett and Damien Gayle

GB News chairman has history of dismissing threat of climate crisis

Nigel Farage in the GB News greenroom
Nigel Farage, GB News’s main presenter, has likened his call for a ‘net zero referendum’ to his push for Brexit. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

The new chairman of GB News has a history of sharing articles that dismiss the threat of climate breakdown, it can be revealed, sharpening concerns about the TV channel’s role as a platform for advocates of the continued burning of fossil fuels.

Alan McCormick, a co-founder of Legatum Group, a Dubai-based investment firm and one of the channel’s key funders, tweeted several articles by climate science deniers, an investigation by DeSmog found, including one claiming there was “no scientific proof” that humans were causing the climate emergency.

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