Miliband accuses net zero opponents of ‘nonsense and lies’
Energy Secretary Ed Miliband has said the government will “double down” on its environmental agenda and accused opponents of the move to net zero of “making up nonsense and lies”.
Political opponents in the Conservatives and Reform UK – and some trade unions – have argued that his agenda is putting jobs in traditional industries at risk and have urged a change of course.
The UK is legally committed to moving to net zero carbon emissions by 2050 – a goal set under a previous Conservative government.
Writing in the Observer, Miliband warned that an anti-net zero agenda would not only risk “climate breakdown” but “forfeit the clean energy jobs of the future”.
A green power transition will help secure social justice and national security, Miliband argued.
Source: BBC | Language: English