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British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during a press conference on the net zero target, in the Downing Street Briefing Room, in central London, Wednesday,
Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announced Wednesday that he's delaying by five years a ban on new gas and diesel cars that had been due to take effect in 2030, watering down climate goals that he said imposed "unacceptable costs" on ordinary people.
The move angered green groups, opposition politicians and large chunks of U.K. industry.
Sunak says Britain remains committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, but in a way that won't "impose unacceptable costs on hard-pressed British families."
The move waters down green pledges the U.K. has made. Sunak says Britain remains committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions to net-zero by 2050, but in a way that won’t ‘impose unacceptable costs’ on ordinary people