The US Energy Secretary's attacks on UK net zero policy are as deluded as they are dangerous

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Fracking baron Chris Wright has increasingly found bedfellows in the UK and Europe for his climate-scepticism and anti-net zero crusade, writes Andrew Warren

The UK's net zero policy is "nonsense" according to US Energy Secretary Chris Wright, who went on to claim in a recent speech that Britain's decarbonisation efforts are leading to a "complete deindustrialisation"...

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