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fuel investors: Download the new Indpendent Premium app Sharing the full story, not just the headlines Download now Voters deserve to know who is propping up these election campaigns and, if elected, how they may get preferential treatment with the governing party who has taken their dirty money, according to The Independent. The investigation, by Greenpeace UK's investigative journalism unit Unearthed, and shared with The Independent, also highlights two large donations to the Liberal Democrats from fossil fuel investors. The campaign group raised fears that Boris Johnson's government would be beholden to firms helping to fund the coal, oil and gas industries and making the climate crisis worse . The motives behind these donations are unknown, but there has to be suspicion about whether donors' interests may shape the future government's response to the climate crisis we're in, said Doug Parr, Greenpeace UK's director of policy. Watch more Tories attacked for vile racism' after linking EU migration to terror The analysis comes amid criticism of the Conservatives for passing a legal commitment of net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, but without announcing the measures necessary to achieve it. But the Conservatives said all their donations were properly and transparently declared and argued they had boosted renewables to record levels . Greenpeace went through donations to the Tories during the first three weeks of the campaign, highlighting Jonathan Wood 500,000 whose hedge fund SRM Global is a major investor in Rockhopper Exploration, a British oil and gas firm with offshore licences near the Falkland Islands. perform eplayer Inside Politics newsletter The latest news on Brexit, politics and beyond direct to your inbox Enter your email address Continue Continue Please enter an email address Email address is invalid Fill out this field Email address is invalid Email already exists. The climate crisis has barely been mentioned by the prime minister during the campaign and he boycotted the Channel 4 debate on the issue when he was replaced by a melting ice sculpture. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.