Helen Catt

6 days ago | climatedepot.com | Marc Morano |Helen Catt

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx20znjejw1oBy Helen CattExcerpt:When the UK became the first major economy in the world to commit to reducing its carbon emissions to net zero by 2050, there was so little disagreement among MPs it was simply ‘nodded through’ without a vote. Six years on, the political climate is very different, the consensus at Westminster has shattered and reaching net zero is fast becoming a political dividing line.

1 week ago | bbc.com | Helen Catt

Climbing of Winston Churchill statue to become a crimeHelen CattReutersThe government will make it a crime to climb on Winston Churchill's statue in Parliament Square, it will be announced today. Offenders could face up to three months in prison and a £1,000 fine for desecrating the monument to Britain's wartime leader.

1 week ago | yahoo.com | Helen Catt

The government will make it a crime to climb on Winston Churchill's statue in Parliament Square, it will be announced today. Offenders could face up to three months in prison and a £1,000 fine for desecrating the monument to Britain's wartime leader. The Churchill statue is not officially classified as one of the UK's war memorials, but Home Secretary Yvette Cooper plans to add it to the list of statues and monuments which it will soon become a criminal offence to climb.

1 week ago | envirolink.org | Helen Catt

When the UK became the first major economy in the world to commit to reducing its carbon emissions to net zero by 2050, there was so little disagreement among MPs it was simply ‘nodded through’ without a vote. Six years on, the political climate is very different, the consensus at Westminster has shattered and reaching net zero is fast becoming a political dividing line. Labour has committed itself to an extra deadline: reaching clean power by 2030.

1 week ago | bbc.co.uk | Helen Catt

Green-minded Tories have said they thought the decision to ditch the target was premature but they hope their party will recommit to decarbonisation. Sam Hall, the director of the Conservative Environment Network, said: "On the centre-right there have been growing concerns around the cost of the transition and the shift to a more statist, interventionist approach to decarbonising."He says he wants to see a more "market-led" solution.