UK emissions would rise under Tory energy plan, Coutinho says
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"Emissions would go up domestically" under Tory plans, says Claire Coutinho
The Conservative shadow energy secretary Claire Coutinho has admitted carbon emissions would rise in the UK under her party's plan to scrap net zero policies. In a BBC interview, Coutinho defended her party's pledge to axe the law that legally requires the UK government to reduce emissions to net zero by 2050. Coutinho argued net zero had become a "religion" that had increased electricity costs and made climate change "worse" by exportin
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