Politicians now talk of climate 'pragmatism' to delay action - new study

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Former Conservative Party leader Rishi Sunak and his successor Kemi Badenoch / Credit: HM Treasury
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Former Conservative Party leader Rishi Sunak and his successor Kemi Badenoch / Credit: HM Treasury

Kemi Badenoch and Nigel Farage insist their approach to the net zero transition is 'pragmatic', but is it just another tactic for delaying climate action?

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch has described her plan to "maximise extraction" of the UK's oil and gas from the North Sea as a "common sense" energy policy. Politicians are using language like...

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