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The chair of the Committee on Climate Change discusses how the climate emergency eventually sunk in for the country's leadership and how, if they fail, he will see them in court.
6 years ago
John McDonnell has said Labour will introduce 2.5 million interest-free loans of up to £33,000 for the purchase of electric cars if it becomes the next government, with a requirement that those benefiting participate in a mass trial of Vehicle-2-Grid technology.
National Energy Action has urged the Treasury to commit £2.8 billion to tackling fuel poverty, if it is to have any chance of hitting its targets to 2025
The UK's success in landing the COP26 conference is a feather in its cap but also leaves the government with nowhere to hide when it comes to committing to action towards net-zero, says David Blackman.
A motion backing Labour's ‘Green New Deal’ has attract more support than any other from local parties ahead of next week's party conference. The twin track programme of state investment and regulation has received more support than a call to oppose Brexit.
Rebecca Pow – the ‘Greenest MP of the Year’ – has replaced Therese Coffey parliamentary under-secretary of state at Defra, with responsibility for water and flooding, as well as the progress of the Environment Bill.
The Liberal Democrats have backed plans to ban all new coal mining and end the sale of new internal combustion engine cars from 2030, as well as pledging to achieve net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045 “at the latest.
Mike Clancy, general secretary of Prospect, does not always see eye-to-eye with his trade union counterparts, including on the subject of nationalisation, which he predicts could be "very, very choppy in terms of outputs and objectives".
Tim Roache, general secretary of the GMB union, has taken a pot shot at the government’s bill payer-funded subsidies for low carbon projects and also criticised the lack of domestic workers in the renewables industry.
