[Diggers350] Fracking money launderer - Lord Green of Hurstpeirpoint

[Ram Selva]

Howell had stepped down as a FCO Minister of state in early Sept and is 
now "personal adviser to the Foreign Secretary on Energy and Resource 
Security"

<http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/news/latest-news/?view=News&id=806697082>

Lord Howell appointed as personal adviser to the Foreign Secretary on 
Energy and Resource Security

04 September 2012


n 2012-09-25 13:05, Tony Gosling wrote:

> Lord Howell is a gas lobbyist. He is also Chancellor George Osborne’s
> father in law
> Osborne relative joins the party
> Working alongside Lord Green at the FCO (see above) is Lord Howell.
> Howell is not simply a gas lobbyist – he is also Chancellor George
> Osborne’s father-in-law.
> As a FCO Minister Howell has been enthusiastically promoting UK
> investment in Polish shale gas.
> In early June, Howell met the Polish economy, treasury and foreign
> affairs ministers in Warsaw. He also talked with a the Chief National
> Geologist about “facilitating UK low carbon investment in Poland with
> particular emphasis on shale gas and nuclear”.
> As well as being a minister Howell also works for the British
> Institute of Energy Economics, a oil and gas lobbying group. Sponsors
> include Baroness Hogg’s BG Group.