Energy

People Vs Pylons: are anti-net zero groups weaponising genuine concerns? Part 1

At ACT Climate Labs, we’ve been watching how bad faith actors are weaponising local groups and how this risks distracting from public support for more, not less, climate action.

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People Vs Pylons: are anti-net zero groups weaponising genuine concerns? Part 2

In the second part of this series – we share our learnings from tracking a significant rise in misleading content surrounding pylon opposition across the UK.

Misinformation alert: Fossil fuels for 'energy security'

Misinformation alert: Fossil fuels for 'energy security'

With a general election looming, 'energy security' seems to be on every politician's lips. It's even in the name of an entire government department. The phrase has been used to justify all kinds of energy policy - from oil and gas expansion - out

Misinformation Alert: 15 minute cities

Misinformation Alert: 15 minute cities

In late 2022 to early 2023, a traffic calming scheme in Oxford became the centre of an international conspiracy theory. The conspiracy has surfaced again and again online and offline and has even been repeated by UK politicians, including government ministers, who might have been swayed by a vocal minority.