Ministers ‘misrepresented’ UK climate advisory body, say scientists
by Helena Horton Environment reporter from World news | The Guardian on (#6FBQX)
Government challenged to explain claim that UK will need 25% of energy to come from fossil fuels in 2050
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The UK government has misrepresented" the Climate Change Committee (CCC) by wrongly claiming it said we would need a quarter of our energy to come from fossil fuels by 2050, scientists have said.
In order to justify signing off new oil and gas licences in the North Sea, ministers have said the country will still require a quarter of its energy to come from gas in 2050, the year the UK is supposed to meet net zero.
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