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Is this it? Are we at risk of over-estimating the neo-climate sceptics?

Business Green

Steve Baker and his various allies in Parliament and the press have an established and successful Brexit playbook for taking a fringe concern of limited interest to the public and turning it into a wedge issue so powerful it upends the economic and geopolitical direction of the entire country. This is sage advice.

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How much will net zero cost the UK? The OBR tries answering the trillion-pound question

Business Green

The article also neglects to mention the far higher costs of unmitigated climate change set out in the OBR's analysis, and as such found favour from former Brexit Secretary Steve Baker MP, now of climate sceptic think tank the Global Warming Policy Foundation. ?? — Steve Baker MP FRSA (@SteveBakerHW) July 7, 2021.

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'This is not a scary transition': Six key takeaways from the CCC's net zero progress report

Business Green

As ever, the CCC's assessment of the potential costs of net zero offers a powerful tonic to the loud minority of political and media commentators who have taken to bemoaning the price tags attached to the projects that can help avoid catastrophic climate impacts. That is something the government needs to focus on.".