A private members bill which would legally require the UK to meet climate targets promised by the UK government at the recent COP meeting, and with signed support of over 80 Labour MPs is to be killed, either by talking it out, or by a three line whip on Labour MPs to vote against it.
COP is dead.
Government to refuse to make COP pledges legally binding.
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adam2
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Re: Government to refuse to make COP pledges legally binding.
Trumped one might say. 
"Installers and owners of emergency diesels must assume that they will have to run for a week or more"
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Re: Government to refuse to make COP pledges legally binding.
It was already dead, even before Trump was re-elected.
We must deal with reality or it will deal with us.
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Re: Government to refuse to make COP pledges legally binding.
Exactly. Meanwhile, China and India continue to burn fossil fuels in record amounts.....UndercoverElephant wrote: ↑24 Jan 2025, 11:32It was already dead, even before Trump was re-elected.
. What amazed me is that we had to shut wind turbines down during the recent storm and burn gas to meet the demand. I would have thought we'd have had tons of electricity over the last 48 hours from wind 