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New Youth Climate Lawsuit Launched Against UK Government on Five Year Anniversary of Paris Agreement

DeSmogBlog

Tags: climate lawsuits climate litigation united kingdom Plan B Paris Agreement climate emergency Boris Johnson Read time: 6 mins Three young British citizens and the climate litigation charity Plan B today announced they are taking legal action against the UK government for failing to sufficiently address the climate crisis.

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How the Rise of Populism is Fuelling Climate Science Denial Across Europe

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Tags: Boris Johnson Covering Climate Now 2019 brexit climate deniers Brexit Party Vox European Parliament Its leadership is facing calls to simultaneously increase its ambition to tackle climate change and cut the very regulations that would deliver reductions in globe-warming pollution.

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Boris Johnson to pledge to 'build back greener'

Business Green

Boris Johnson will today deliver a major speech on the government's imminent economic stimulus package, promising to engineer a Roosevelt-style 'New Deal' that will see the UK "build build build" in pursuit of a rapid economic recovery from the coronavirus crisis. Unfortunately, the PM seems to have got off to false start.

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Liz Truss prepares to announce energy price freeze plan

Business Green

And there were conflicting reports over the price tag attached to the new support package. Johnson used his speech to once again tout achievements under his leadership, such as delivering Brexit, supporting Ukraine in its defence against Russia's invasion, and delivering "the fastest vaccine rollout in Europe".

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Reports: Government mulls gas boiler phase out delay amid cost concerns

Business Green

The Sun and Daily Mail both reported this morning that the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, is now mulling a 2040 phase out date for fossil fuel boilers complemented by a strategy where households would be "incentivised" to by a heat pump or hydrogen-ready boiler when their current heating system breaks down.

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The government has made this crisis worse than it needed to be

Business Green

It is also true, as Emmanuel Macron has told the people of France and as Boris Johnson belatedly this week hinted to the people Britain, that sacrifices will have to be made, that we will have to "endure" hardships that are but a fraction of those being bravely faced by the people of Ukraine. Obvious solutions are available.

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'Doesn't add up to a cleaner, greener future': WWF warns UK Budget is failing net zero test

Business Green

Hot on the heels of reports of splits between the Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the Chancellor Rishi Sunak in the Sunday Times at the weekend, yesterday the i newspaper claimed Sunak is "increasingly being singled out" by both government and opposition figures as the principal obstacle to commiting funding towards net zero.