Labour wants green energy to power most UK homes by 2030
Almost all of Britain’s homes and businesses would be powered by wind, solar and nuclear power by 2030, under bold new green energy plans being outlined by Labour.
Rebecca Long-Bailey, the shadow business secretary, will declare on Tuesday that the party is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions to zero by the middle of the century. The UK’s current goal is an 80% cut by 2050.
Such a move would put the UK ahead of the EU and signal that it intends to be a strong international climate leader post-Brexit.
It would also leapfrog Labour ahead of the Conservatives on climate-change action. The government is shortly expected to instruct its climate advisers to explore what a tougher global-warming goal means for the UK’s domestic carbon targets but has not yet pledged to hit zero emissions.
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on Sep 25 2018. Filed under News at Now, News From Roots, Renewable energy.
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