Is the climate crisis one too many to deal with for a prime minister being buffeted with problems such as energy bills and the rising cost of living?
'We needed to send direct message to PM'
Instead, Liz Truss appears set on beginning a new era of fossil fuels in the UK, lifting the moratorium on fracking for shale gas, and preparing to hand out around 100 new oil and gas licenses in the North Sea. Campaigners are worried about what looks to be a loss of conviction on tackling climate change, and today two members of Greenpeace crashed her party conference speech, protesting against fracking among other things.This language is new, and it echoes the terms of a review, ordered by Ms Truss, into the UK's legally enshrined net zero carbon emissions by 2050 commitment.
The purpose of the review is to make sure that the policy is"pro-growth and pro-business" and to"scrutinise the green transition to make sure investment continues to boost economic growth and create jobs as well as increase energy security." The man at the helm of the business department and therefore the clean energy transition and much of the government's climate change policy is Jacob Rees-Mogg.
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