News Round-Up
7 May 2024
Outgoing Chief Executive of the Climate Change Committee Chris Stark has accused Net Zero sceptics of waging a "culture war". Not really, says Ben Pile, but the way politicians are pushing it we could end up in civil war.
Former Prime Minister Liz Truss has written in the Telegraph to counter "ludicrous claims" that pursuing Net Zero will boost the economy and drive growth, calling it "patently not true and wishful thinking".
Opposition to Net Zero has belatedly been pushing through, but there is a long way to go. The MPs now standing up for realism could start by coming clean about the inner workings of the green blob, says Ben Pile.
The head of the Government’s climate watchdog told officials to “kill” a negative news story with “technical language”, FOI documents reveal.
The Climate Change Committee's Net Zero plan involves pumping compressed CO2 with the energy of 500 Hiroshima bombs into the ground under our feet every year. Are they mad?
After being caught using data from just one windy year to convince MPs to vote for Net Zero, the Climate Change Committee has been found spinning yet more half-truths and fairy tales to dupe Parliament.
The revelation that the U.K.'s ambitious climate target is based on just one unusually windy year's data threatens to unravel the credibility of the whole Net Zero project.
Rishi Sunak has become engaged in a row with the Climate Change Committee as the advisers claimed his watering down of Net Zero measures will increase the risk of Britain failing to meet its 2050 target.
Kemi Badenoch has spoken to the Sunday Times about the importance of achieving Net Zero in a sustainable manner that doesn't disproportionately impact the most vulnerable members of society.
The terrible truth is that even Sunak's mild watering down of Net Zero may be unlawful, says Allister Heath. The PM needs to change the law.
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