Rishi Sunak considering weakening key green policies (www.bbc.co.uk)

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Rishi Sunak is considering weakening some of the government's key green commitments in a major policy shift.

It could include delaying a ban on the sales of new petrol and diesel cars and phasing out gas boilers, multiple sources have told the BBC.

The PM is preparing to set out the changes in a speech in the coming days.

There is no suggestion that Mr Sunak is considering abandoning the legal commitment to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050.

But he is expected to declare that other countries need to bear more of the burden of dealing with climate change.

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[-] Blackmist@feddit.uk 8 points 1 year ago

Seeing another BBC article on it, the following caught my eye.

But a drivers campaign group said it was "delighted" by a potential delay.

Fair Fuel UK said the costs of policy would outweigh the benefits and it was "always doomed to be dropped".

I wonder who Fair Fuel UK are? Sounds like a good honest grassroots drivers group worried about what's going to happen to petrol!

Oh, it's run by somebody called Howard Cox. I wonder who he is...

Oh, he's a Reform UK swivel eyed loon.

What is it with the BBC and going to mentalist Kipper types for their opinions?

[-] Arrakis@feddit.uk 4 points 1 year ago

I mean...with an opinion as fucking stupid as that, it's no wonder he's the only one the Beeb could find to support it.

I hope anyway...

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