Scientists and climate advisers condemn Tory environmental record
by Sandra Laville and Matthew Taylor from on (#4V8GD)
Party under pressure on climate crisis as Corbyn says Johnson can not be trusted
The Conservative party's record on tackling the climate crisis has been condemned by leading scientists and former government advisers, as the Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, warned that the forthcoming election was the last chance to halt the escalating emergency.
Experts accused the Conservatives of copying rightwing politicians in the US by deliberately weakening environmental protections. Meanwhile, analysis by Labour reveals that environmental policies put forward since 2017 and opposed by the Tories would have led to emissions reductions of over 70m tonnes a year by 2030 - more than the annual emissions of Portugal.
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