'Net zero is not the problem': Boris Johnson mounts defence of green energy as answer to reliance on Russia

Cecilia Keating
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Johnson meets representatives of oil and gas industry on 14 March 2021 | Credit: Boris Johnson, Twitter
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Johnson meets representatives of oil and gas industry on 14 March 2021 | Credit: Boris Johnson, Twitter

Johnson rebuffs criticism of UK's net zero agenda in opinion piece that argues that renewables are the 'quickest and cheapest route to greater energy independence'

The Prime Minister has stressed the importance of scaling up domestic renewable power capacity and accelerating the net zero transition in an opinion piece for the Telegraph this morning, as he argued...

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