Rishi Sunak clashes with BBC host over decision to take private jet to make green pledge
‘I’ll be flying as I normally would and that is the most efficient use of my time.’
Climate Change
How Uxbridge emboldened the anti-climate-action Right
Earth has passed from a warming phase into an ‘era of global boiling,’ says the UN chief. Could there be a worst time to drag the existential climate crisis into party politics and debate about potential backsliding on environmental commitments?
Voters care more about the climate than politicians think
Politicians like Sunak seem to have misread the public mood.
Tory peer claims global warming is ‘likely to be beneficial’ to the UK
‘Lord Frost, made all the denialist tropes.’
The government must withdraw from the Energy Charter Treaty to meet its climate obligations
The government’s commitment to the ECT is yet another blatant display of its disregard for the Paris agreement and our Net Zero targets
Campaigners launch all Party election manifesto to save UK nature
The environment will be ‘a major election battleground next year’
Campaigners launch legal action over government’s ‘unlawful’ climate plans
‘Despite having nine months to come up with a lawful strategy, we believe this revised action plan still falls far short of the government’s legal obligations under the Climate Change Act.’
The anti-boycott Bill is a dangerous assault on democracy
Caroline Lucas explains how the Bill is part of a coordinated attack on democratic principles
Tory rhetoric on the climate crisis doesn’t survive contact with reality
The government’s Energy Bill falls well short of what’s needed
Zac Goldsmith resigns with damning letter condemning government ‘apathy’ on climate crisis
Rishi Sunak won’t enjoy reading this resignation letter
