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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Fiona Harvey Environment editor

Time is short for Tories and Labour to show leadership on the climate crisis

A cyclist rides past wind turbines at an onshore wind farm in Llandinam, central Wales
The UK’s Committee on Climate Change has accused the government of dithering about expanding onshore wind. Photograph: Daniel Leal/AFP/Getty Images

The Conservatives are lagging far behind on the climate crisis, that much we know. But the Labour party is not showing the leadership that the country needs on reaching net zero greenhouse gas emissions, the chairman of the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has warned.

Lord Deben, a former Conservative environment secretary, has long been a critic of the government, and recently praised Labour’s stance on opposing new oil and gas licences in the North Sea.

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