BBC: Rishi Sunak vows not to add 'unnecessary' costs to meet green targets

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Rishi Sunak vows not to add 'unnecessary' costs to meet green targets

By Paul Seddon
Politics reporter

Rishi Sunak has promised not to "unnecessarily" add costs and "hassle" to households to hit climate targets.

The prime minister said he remained committed to achieving net zero by 2050 but any new measures would have to be "proportionate and pragmatic".

Some of his MPs are demanding a rethink on green policies.

It comes after an unexpected Tory by-election win based on a campaign against the extension of London's clean-air zone.

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1. Climate Change Committee says UK no longer a world leader

Full article: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66032607

28 June
By Justin Rowlatt and Greg Brosnan
BBC News Climate and Science

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.

The government said it was committed to its climate targets.

Committee chairman Lord Deben, a former Conservative environment minister, was particularly critical of the government's policy on new coal and oil projects.

The decision to approve the UK's first new deep coal mine in 30 years in Cumbria last December was "total nonsense", he told the BBC.

Lord Deben was also damning about plans for a major new oilfield off the coast of Scotland. Approval for Rosebank, which could produce an estimated 300 million barrels of oil in its lifetime, is expected soon.

"How can we ask countries in Africa not to develop oil?" Lord Deben said. "How can we ask other nations not to expand the fossil fuel production if we start doing it ourselves?"

Full article: https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-66032607