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 homeWhen Laurent Fabius brought down his green gavel in Paris on Saturday,the atmosphere in the corridor was said to be electric. The global powerful and good, even the not-so-good, and were all smiles,tears of delight and arms around each other, all of them caught up, or 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 shut the yawning gap between the UK’s rhetoric at the summit, or the recent UK record back domestic. Related: World leaders hail Paris climate deal as major leap for mankind’ Related: Heathrow third runway decision put off until at least summer 2016 Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com