Well, yawn. Who exactly is ‘on course’ with this futile carbon dioxide witch-hunt, and what does the phrase even mean – if anything?
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The UK has lost its position as a global leader on climate action and is not doing enough to meet its mid-century net zero target, the country’s climate advisers said today.
Britain in 2019 became the first member of the Group of Seven wealthy nations to set a target to achieve net zero emissions by 2050, requiring major changes in the way Britons travel, eat and use electricity, says Climate Home News.
But strategies in place are unlikely to deliver the required emission cuts and last year’s announcements on new fossil fuel projects have tarnished Britain’s reputation as a climate leader, an annual progress report by the Climate Change Committee (CCC) said on Wednesday.
“The UK has lost its clear global leadership position on climate action,” it said. “We have backtracked on fossil fuel commitments, with the consenting of a new coal mine and support for new UK oil and gas production.”
The impact of climate change is already evident in Britain, which experienced record temperatures over 40C (104F) last year. [Talkshop comment – at two sites, for one day only].
“There is a worrying hesitancy by ministers to lead the country to the next stage of net zero commitments,” CCC Chairman John Gummer said.
Over the last year, the leadership of the UK has passed from Boris Johnson to Liz Truss briefly before the current prime minister Rishi Sunak took over in October. All are from the ruling Conservative Party and there were no public elections held.
The CCC, set up as an independent adviser on climate action to the government, found Britain had fallen behind in areas including improving energy efficiency in buildings, rolling out heat pumps, curbing emissions from industry and increasing the rate of tree planting, which must double by 2025.
Full article here.
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Grant Shapps: ‘Labour is now the political wing of Just Stop Oil’
23 June 2023
Grant Shapps has a one-word distillation for Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer’s proposal to ban new licences for oil and gas drilling if he wins power next year: “Bonkers.”
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/06/23/grant-shapps-labour-energy-policy/
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Jonny Bairstow carries off Just Stop Oil protester who disrupted Lord’s Ashes Test
28 June 2023
England wicketkeeper hauled one almost 50m off field
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/cricket/2023/06/28/jonny-bairstow-just-stop-oil-protest-ashes-test-lords/
It is about time the CCC woke up from their green dream and realised that without adequate reliable power the country is doomed to return to the 1500’s with all the same problems from that time – no cars, no high rise apartments (no lifts), little or no fresh vegetables, no out of season food, if you want to travel you either walk or ride a horse. I could go on but that is what ‘net zero’ leads to, sorry.
requiring major changes in the way Britons travel, eat and use electricity
Requiring? Sounds ominous.
So pur supposed leadership was setting more stringent targets than everybody else. What an idiotic claim. These people are not just climate fantasist, they really believe all their words and targets and action plans are things.
Supply Chain Bottlenecks Threaten UK’s Offshore Wind Dreams
By City A.M – Jun 29, 2023
Britain risks failing to to meet its offshore wind ambitions, unless over £100bn is invested across the sector by the end of the decade, an industry body has warned.
Renewable UK has urged the government to invest more in manufacturing and help ease supply chain bottlenecks, to unlock vast amounts of private capital at risk of moving to rival markets such as the EU and US – which have more favourable subsidy climates.
https://oilprice.com/Alternative-Energy/Wind-Power/Supply-Chain-Bottlenecks-Threaten-UKs-Offshore-Wind-Dreams.html
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‘Subsidy climates’ 😆 – they mean taxpayer-funded bribes.