Study: National UK newspapers accused of 'divorcing' net zero from climate change

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ECIU analysis shows growing numbers of articles focused on 'net zero' in the UK do not make any reference to climate change, despite the former offering a solution to the latter

National UK newspapers are increasingly failing to mention climate change in articles focused on 'net zero', indicating that sections of the press are "divorcing" the climate crisis from the scientific...

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