‘I want people to feel optimistic about net zero’: Claire Coutinho defends government policy rollbacks

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    ‘I want people to feel optimistic about net zero’: Claire Coutinho defends government policy rollbacks

    Michael Holder

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    Credit: Rosie Hallam / DESNZ

    Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary insists government remains ‘resolutely committed’ to net zero but that it cannot ‘risk sacrificing the whole climate agenda’ by moving too quickly

    Claire Coutinho has said she wants people “to feel optimistic about net zero”, as the Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary defended the spate of recent green policy changes which experts have warned…

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