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Cross-Party: Over 100 MPs write to Prime Minister calling for net zero emissions by 2050 target

31 July 2018 •

Cross-Party: Over 100 MPs write to Prime Minister calling for net zero emissions by 2050 target

Sir Bernard Jenkin and Alex Sobel step up cross-party push for the government to embrace more ambitious long term emissions target

A group of over 100 MPs from across the political spectrum have now written to the Prime Minister calling for her to back the introduction of a new net zero emission target for 2050. The revelation...

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