Analysis by Carbon Brief shows that scrapped climate policies have added nearly £2.5bn to energy bills in the UK
Monday 24 Jan 2022
The changes included gutting energy-efficiency subsidies, effectively banning onshore wind in England and scrapping the zero-carbon homes standard. They were introduced after a November 2013 Sun frontpage reported that then-prime minister David Cameron’s answer to rising energy bills was to “get rid of the green crap”, meaning to cut climate policies.
Read a full report here from Carbon Brief.
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