uk politics
Rishi Sunak offer to cut VAT on energy ‘threatens climate change targets’
Rishi Sunak’s plan to cut VAT from energy price bills would be “a move in exactly the wrong direction” for climate change, an influentical economic thinktank has warned.
John Kerry warning to Liz Truss not to ‘jigger’ with climate change levies
U.S. climate envoy John Kerry has warned Tory leadership contender Liz Truss not to “jigger” with the UK’s plans to achieve net zero carbon emissions by slashing green levies, which help to pay for the transition to clean energy.
Fertilisers: UK to reward green farming practices as costs surge
Tories pledge six-month prison sentences for climate activists blocking roads
Boris Johnson's government is set to crack down on climate change protests by bringing in six-month prison sentences for activists who block Britain's motorways.
Security ‘tried to eject Jeremy Corbyn’s climate change-denying brother’
Security tried to eject Jeremy Corbyn's climate change-denying brother from a speech being given by the former Labour leader about the environmental crisis.
Climate change: Kerry urges top polluters to cut emissions now
US climate change envoy John Kerry has urged the world's top 20 polluters which create 81% of emissions between them to reduce CO2 immediately.