MPs slam BBC's skewed climate change coverage

Jessica Shankleman
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MPs accuse BBC of failing to report climate change impartially by giving too prominent a platform to sceptics such as Lord Lawson

The BBC is facing fresh accusations of giving undue weight to climate change sceptics such as Lord Lawson and undermining the scientific consensus on the need to slash carbon emissions - this time from...

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