> Now Skidmore [who co-wrote Britannia Unchained], has delivered a stinging broadside against the government he is leaving.
> “Renewable energy growth has been hampered by government U-turns and dithering”
> “Homes are leaking heat because of the government’s refusal to enact insulation programmes, and new ones are still being built with no regard to net zero standards.”
> “Transport policy emerges from this critique as more or less an abject mess”
Even more tragically:
> “the review shows in detail how pursuing net zero can bring: green jobs, economic growth to regions in need of levelling-up, health and wellbeing benefits as well as fulfilling the UK’s international climate obligations.”
Review is published tomorrow, it seems.
Didn’t the government put an absolute ton of money in the hands of an inexperienced 3 man business in Penzance to oversee a national net zero framework? What happened with that?
Edit. Thankfully, it got pulled after The Good Law Project sued.
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The bits that caught my eye:
> Now Skidmore [who co-wrote Britannia Unchained], has delivered a stinging broadside against the government he is leaving.
> “Renewable energy growth has been hampered by government U-turns and dithering”
> “Homes are leaking heat because of the government’s refusal to enact insulation programmes, and new ones are still being built with no regard to net zero standards.”
> “Transport policy emerges from this critique as more or less an abject mess”
Even more tragically:
> “the review shows in detail how pursuing net zero can bring: green jobs, economic growth to regions in need of levelling-up, health and wellbeing benefits as well as fulfilling the UK’s international climate obligations.”
Review is published tomorrow, it seems.
Didn’t the government put an absolute ton of money in the hands of an inexperienced 3 man business in Penzance to oversee a national net zero framework? What happened with that?
Edit. Thankfully, it got pulled after The Good Law Project sued.
https://www.cornwalllive.com/news/cornwall-news/place-group-loses-role-70-7765831?int_source=amp_continue_reading&int_medium=amp&int_campaign=continue_reading_button#amp-readmore-target