GB News chairman has history of dismissing threat of climate crisis
by Adam Barnett and Damien Gayle from Environment | The Guardian on (#5Z530)
Revelation Alan McCormick has tweeted articles denying climate science fuels fears of GB News's role as climate sceptic platform
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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