The Guardian view on UK energy policy after Paris: Amber Rudd must flick the trip switch | Editorial
by Editorial from on (#XPFB)
The energy secretary played a positive part in positive global discussions. She must now rethink and fix the government's destructive record on climate at home
When Laurent Fabius brought down his green gavel in Paris on Saturday, the atmosphere in the hall was said to be electric. The global great and good, even the not-so-good, were all smiles, tears of joy and arms around each other, all of them caught up, at least for that moment, in the hope that they might just have been part of saving the world. It must be hoped that Amber Rudd soaked up her full share of this euphoria, because the UK energy secretary is going to need to draw on deep inspiration if she is to close the yawning gap between the UK's rhetoric at the summit, and the recent UK record back home.
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