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By: Ed Birkett

Ed Birkett is head of energy and climate at Onward

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  • Giving up on net zero could cost the Tories an election

    ED BIRKETT

    Energy prices are rising to record levels, and households are understandably worried about how they’re going to pay their energy bills. Some opponents of the net zero target have used this as an opportunity to blame green policies for an increase in global energy prices, despite it being clear that high gas prices are the [...]

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    Transport is now the UK’s biggest source of climate-warming greenhouse gases.  While other sectors slash their carbon footprint, our cars alone continue to produce 15 per cent of annual emissions — and the figure is still rising. To tackle this, earlier this year the government announced plans to bring forward a ban on new petrol [...]

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