Government backing for new oil and coal, airport expansion plans and slow progress on heat pumps show that the UK has lost its leadership on climate issues, a government watchdog warns. The Climate Change Committee (CCC) described government efforts to scale up climate action as “worryingly slow”. It was “markedly” less confident than a year ago that the UK would reach its targets for cutting carbon emissions. Committee chairman Lord Deben, a former Conservative environment minister, was particularly critical of … read more »
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