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Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Rishi Sunak has been warned that any attempt to dilute net zero commitments on climate change could cost them crucial seats in the “blue wall” south of England. The PM appeared to shift his tone […] More
Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Rishi Sunak will outline plans to invest in “powering up Britain from Britain” as he meets energy bosses days after his own MPs urged him to ditch green policies in the wake of a key […] More
Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email The UK government has denied reports that it is considering abandoning its crucial £11.6bn climate finance pledge amid widespread outrage and allegations that it has betrayed climate action. The denial comes in response to a […] More
Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Rivers cannot be restored to their highest ecological status without reversing the Industrial Revolution, Environment Secretary Therese Coffey has said. Speaking at the launch of the government’s Plan for Water, Ms Coffey said the River […] More
Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Rishi Sunak’s government is setting out a new clean water plan with a promise of stronger regulation and tougher enforcement for those who pollute rivers, lakes and beaches. But Tory ministers were accused of “taking […] More
Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Plans by Rishi Sunak’s government to boost carbon capture technology and offshore wind have been dismissed “half-baked” and “dangerous lacklustre” by climate campaigners. Chancellor Jeremy Hunt unveiled the scheme – billed as the first step in a […] More
Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email Rishi Sunak’s government will not lay out its response to rival US and EU green industrial strategies until the autumn, chancellor Jeremy Hunt has said. Business leaders are expecting a host of climate and energy […] More
Sign up to the Independent Climate email for the latest advice on saving the planet Get our free Climate email The Conservative government has presided over a “lost decade” and failed to adequately prepare the nation for the impacts of climate change, its own advisers have said. A new report from the Climate Change Committee (CCC) concluded that […] More
