Alok Sharma at Whitelee Windfarm COVID security measures are being explored to ensure the Cop26 climate conference can take place in-person, the president of the Glasgow summit has said. In a speech at Whitelee Windfarm, Alok Sharma said he has always championed the need for a physical event. He said authorities are planning for a physical summit but ensuring the safety of delegates and the local community will be paramount . Cop26 will bring together climate negotiators from 196 countries as well as businesses, experts and world leaders at the SEC from November 1-12. Mr Sharma said it will be our last hope of limiting global warming to 1.5C and insisted coal must be consigned to history.
May 14, 2021, 12:06 am
Hydrogen boilers should not be rolled out nationwide to replace gas boilers, campaigners have warned (Joe Giddens/PA)
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Government policy on developing hydrogen as a new clean energy source risks keeping the UK hooked on fossil fuels, climate campaigners have warned.
Groups including E3G, Greenpeace and WWF have written to Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng, warning that the oil and gas industry is trying to lock the UK into fossil fuel-based hydrogen.
AN SNP Common Weal group organiser has launched a David-and-Goliath court battle with a UK Government agency over North Sea oil and gas. An Edinburgh University medical student is also one of three campaigners challenging the Westminster-owned Oil and Gas Authority (OGA) and Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng at the High Court. The trio, represented by prominent legal firm Leigh Day, includes independence activist Kairin van Sweeden, the daughter of an oil worker, and Edinburgh University medical student Mikaela Loach. Together with former refinery worker Jeremy Cox, they’ve applied for a judicial review of the OGA’s new strategy, claiming that proferred tax breaks for big producers put it in conflict with its legal duty to “maximise economic recovery” of oil and gas by making it uneconomical for the UK as a whole.
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