The Tories attacking the UK’s net zero plans
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🗓️ 18 February 2022
⏱️ 24 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | This is the Guardian. |
| 0:08.2 | Today, a new group of Torium peas dedicated to attacking the government's net zero plans |
| 0:15.4 | is growing in influence. |
| 0:17.4 | But who are they? |
| 0:19.4 | I believe that we have a moral duty to leave this world in a better condition than what we inherited. |
| 0:26.4 | And that's why today we're announcing that we will be ending our contribution to climate change by 2050, |
| 0:31.4 | and legislating for a net zero emissions target. |
| 0:35.4 | June 2019, the then Prime Minister Theresa May committed the UK to reaching new |
| 0:41.4 | plans. |
| 0:43.4 | The move was welcomed by climate campaigners as a positive first step in decarbonising the country, |
| 0:50.4 | with the hope that more ambitious urgent measures would eventually follow. |
| 0:55.4 | May rushed through the legislation as one of her final acts in office, with no significant pushback at the time from fellow |
| 1:01.4 | campaigners. |
| 1:03.4 | The move was welcomed by climate campaigners as a positive first step in decarbonising the country, |
| 1:07.4 | with the hope that more ambitious urgent measures would eventually follow. |
| 1:11.4 | A significant pushback at the time from fellow Conservative MPs. |
| 1:15.4 | But in recent months, there's been a shift occurring in a small wing of the party. |
| 1:23.4 | Some Torium peas have started complaining about the financial cost of net zero measures. |
| 1:30.4 | And a group of MPs, known as the net zero scrutiny group, have put together an organised campaign against the policy. |
| 1:37.4 | The most dramatic and scary IPC scenarios, the extreme ones that lead to disaster and doom, |
| 1:43.4 | aren't going to happen. They are implausible. |
| 1:45.4 | Throwing out misleading claims and blaming it for the worsening cost of living crisis. |
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