US president Joe Biden’s climate envoy John Kerry has warned Tory leadership contender Liz Truss not to “jigger” with the UK’s plans to achieve net zero carbon emissions by slashing green levies, which help to pay for the transition to clean energy.
Ms Truss has said that she backs the target of net zero by 2050, but wants to suspend levies, which add 8 per cent to energy bills, in order to do it “in a way that doesn’t harm people and businesses”.
But Mr Kerry said that any savings from tax giveaways would be massively outweighed by the cost of extreme weather if global warming was not reined in.
>“Movements are the motor of change in history. When we come together, we can transform the world. And we must because those in power – the fossil fuel giants, the billionaires and the governments they own – are picking our pockets and stealing our future.”
this dude began his political career arguing against government overreach and the endless war in Vietnam, and turned into the main defender of the endless war in Afghanistan and the attack dog for the biggest, over-reaching-est government in American history. He never even gets to be publicly relevant, in fact this is the first time i've even heard he was part of this cabinet. What a depressing example of american politics.
twitter.com/i/events/1551103856611819520 >Ukrainian refugees in Ireland forced into tents as government blames Britain’s Rwanda policy >An increase in people seeking asylum in Ireland is causing an accommodation crisis that has forced Ukrainians to be put in tents Haha, get fucked. Cry more about it or rejoin the UK
