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.
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.
An influential group of MPs has accused the government of having no clear plan for funding the transition to net zero emissions by 2050.
The UK Government “lacks a plan” on how to achieve net zero greenhouse gas emissions, despite setting the target in law almost two years ago, a committee of MPs argued today.
The potential cost to the public of decommissioning fracking sites is to be investigated by the government’s spending watchdog.
Owners of fracking sites may be liable for the clean-up if project backers go out of business, MPs said in a report published today.
A Conservative MP said this evening he was disappointed with the response of senior civil servants to his questions on the decommissioning of shale gas wells.