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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Emily Dugan

Sunak government will go down in history as failing UK on climate, Greenpeace says

Women stand in the street with one woman holding a banner that states: 'Rishi! You are betraying your daughters' generation!'
Protesters rally outside Downing Street after Rishi Sunak announced a new round of licences for North Sea drilling. Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images

Rishi Sunak’s government will “go down in history” as the administration that failed the UK on the climate crisis while ministers pursued a dangerous culture war, the heads of Greenpeace have said.

The organisation’s joint executive directors described government briefings against the organisation in the wake of its oil protest at the prime minister’s Yorkshire home as “really dark stuff”, which revealed a worrying trend towards exploiting environmental protests as a wedge issue.

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