The Observer view on the Tories’ shameful record on climate change | Observer editorial
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Since the election, the government has performed a series of dizzying U-turns on its green policies
President Obama reputedly remarked of the forthcoming UN climate change summit: "I'm dragging the rest of the world behind me to Paris." Later this month, 149 nations will congregate to agree national targets for reducing carbon emissions. But Britain, once regarded as a global leader, has relegated itself to the ranks of those reluctantly being pulled along in Obama's wake.
Since the election, the government has performed a series of dizzying U-turns on its green policies. It has announced cuts to subsidies for onshore wind and solar energy; scrapped the zero carbon homes standard; ended the green deal for home insulation; and reversed its promise to exclude national parks from fracking.
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