“UK climate policy on a precipice” – report warns
Delays and U-turns on the climate by the last government have left the UK “overly reliant on expensive fossil fuels”, a new report argues this morning.
Ed Miliband becomes new energy secretary
Ed Miliband has been appointed secretary of state for energy security and net zero in the new Starmer administration.
Conservative peer Lord Deben intervenes in High Court legal challenge against government climate plans
Lord Deben, the Conservative peer and former chair of the Climate Change Committee, has made a dramatic intervention at the High Court in support of a legal challenge that accuses the government of breaching the Climate Change Act.
Government at High Court over claims that its climate action plan is “inadequate”
Three organisations are taking the government to the High Court this morning alleging that the UK climate plan is weak and inadequate.
Government faces second legal challenge over ‘unlawful’ climate plans
Three environmental organisations are seeking to take the government to court over its climate plans for the second time.
Government admits climate policies don’t meet emissions targets
UK policies to cut carbon emissions fall short of national and international commitments, the government admitted today.
Government will not appeal against legal ruling that net zero strategy is unlawful
The government has confirmed it will not appeal against the High Court ruling that its Net Zero Strategy is unlawful.
Updated: UK government’s net zero strategy unlawful, court rules
A landmark decision at the High Court has ruled that the government’s flagship plans to cut carbon emissions breach legal obligations.
UK climate policies “on track to deliver legally-binding carbon cuts”, government tells court
The UK strategy for cutting greenhouse gas emissions could exceed targets set by parliament, government lawyers told the High Court today.
Legal challenge over UK government’s climate strategy gets go ahead
Friends of the Earth announced this morning it has permission to proceed with a court challenge against two of the government’s landmark climate strategies.
DRILL OR DROP? 