UKMissing the targetsGreen media outlet BNEF warned that the UK would miss its 2030 decarbonisation target. Given that the target is largely fantasy, that was not much of a surprise. Meanwhile, the Scottish Conservatives said that, on current trends, Net Zero would not be achieved north of the border until 2080. Given the green tinge exhibited by Northern Tories, it wasn’t entirely clear if they viewed this as a good or a bad thing. At a more local level, a study found that three quarters of small businesses will not hit Net Zero by 2050. Exeunt energy workersIn a sign of growing unease about Net Zero on the left, Labour grandee Brian Wilson discussed the need for an urgent reset of energy policy. As if to prove the point, a survey by Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce found that energy workers are leaving the country in alarming numbers, and pubs and restaurants warned that a proposed new recycling levy would put many of them out of business. The government appeared unmoved. Just go to jailFour green activists were jailed for plotting to disrupt Manchester airport. Around the country, few tears were detected. You pay againMinisters conceded that tenants would probably end up picking up the tab for all the government’s latest wheezes to decarbonise the housing stock. Money for nothingThe Seagreen Offshore windfarm continues to spend far more time being paid to switch itself off than it does earning revenue by selling electricity.
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