Rishi Sunak announces plans to scrap ‘barely there’ net zero policies
Ahead of the UK’s next general election, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced a radical U-turn on his government’s green policies — which many argue barely existed in the first place.
Sunak said he would delay the ban on the sale of new petrol and diesel cars and the plan to phase out diesel gas boilers, citing the need to keep business booming.
The ‘booming businesses’ in question are, of course, fossil fuel companies, which are uncoincidentally key financial supporters of the UK’s Conservative party.
According to a detailed investigation by the Guardian, ‘The Conservative party and its MPs have registered £1.3 million in gifts and donations from climate sceptics and fossil fuel interests since the 2019 general election.’
Despite this widely known alliance, the prime minister reassured the public that he remained ‘absolutely unequivocal’ about his commitment to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2050.
He described his new strategy as ‘more pragmatic, proportionate and realistic,’ without offering any tangible details of said approach.
Does the logic behind all this sound completely ludicrous to you? If yes, you may be pleased to know that climate scientists and environmentalists agree, expressing outrage over this strange slew of decisions, calling them ‘pathetic’ and ‘full of contradiction.’
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