Article 5X1BD While the Tories dawdle over Russian gas, we have a £28bn plan to make energy cheap – and green | Ed Miliband

While the Tories dawdle over Russian gas, we have a £28bn plan to make energy cheap – and green | Ed Miliband

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Ed Miliband
from Environment | The Guardian on (#5X1BD)

Insulating homes and investing in wind and solar are the only solutions to the energy crisis. But Johnson is busy pandering to climate deniers

At this perilous moment, we are faced with three interlocking energy crises. An energy security crisis, with the invasion of Ukraine demonstrating to Europe that it must wean itself off Russian gas and oil, and quickly. A price crisis of soaring, sky-high bills. And the climate crisis, which the UN warned just last month is even more advanced and dangerous than we thought.

Some will say we cannot confront all three together. There are voices on the right of politics already growing louder, saying it's necessary to sacrifice or slow down our climate ambitions so we can lock in energy security.

Ed Miliband is the Labour MP for Doncaster North and is the shadow secretary for climate change and net zero

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