UK Lawmakers Call for Government to Justify Green Policy Retreat
- Committee wants cost-benefit analysis of delaying green plans
- Delays included pushing back sale of non electric cars to 2035
The Houses of Parliament in London.
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British lawmakers have called on the government to provide a cost-benefit analysis of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s decision to roll back some of the UK’s climate policies.
The Energy Security and Net Zero Committee has written to Secretary Claire Coutinho, saying that it can’t understand how the government’s decision to delay key green initiatives will make anything cheaper for the average person.