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A roundup of progressive news…
A roundup of progressive news…
A roundup of progressive news…
Nick Harvey is a policy officer at the British Ecological Society. The challenges that society faces do not exist independently, they interact and magnify each other. Despite this, it is easy for people working against what they consider to betest
“Firefighters are at the forefront of the climate emergency. The demands of the job are increasing but our resources have been under attack by government cuts for over a decade. 11,500 firefighter jobs have been slashed since 2010.”
The record-breaking temperatures yesterday meant that the fire service in London faced its busiest day since the second world war, as fires raged throughout the country.
The law requires the government to produce detailed climate policies showing how the UK’s carbon budgets will be met.
“We need a prime minister willing to put climate action at the top of the agenda but, so far, despite the searing heat, we’ve barely even had warm words from the candidates,” says Greenpeace UK.
A ‘breakthrough moment’ for climate delay and inaction, means the government will have to revise its climate change strategy to show how emissions reduction targets will be met.
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The views of the party membership are in stark contrast to the concerns of the majority of the country, with a poll in April finding that 64% of all voters supported the government’s plans to hit the net zero target.