One of the UK's biggest climate denial organizations is Lord Lawson's Global Warming Policy Foundation (GWPF). The UK's Charity Commission recently ruled that the group is guilty of "blurring fact and comment on climate change."
Essentially, the Charity Commission found that the group's aim was not educational — as per its mandate — because of its "promotion of a particular view." As a result, the group has had to spin off a campaigning arm to continue its political advocacy.
While this is good news because it provides strong evidence that climate denial groups the world over shouldn't be considered anything but political campaigners, GWPF's new group will be able to lobby even more now that it's honest about its intent. In fact, the foundation's director claims that, "We are very happy with this development…It allows us to become a campaigning organisation which we never could be before."
The Guardian and Telegraph both cover the story.