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Campaigners warn PM Burnham 'sleepwalking' into climate disaster

Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth urge government to assess the combined climate impact of North Sea drilling, Heathrow expansion, and EV target rollbacks.

newest coverage 11d agosummary written 7d ago3 pieces125 likes & upvotes6 comments Google NewsBluesky

What to know

  • Greenpeace and Friends of the Earth warn that the government is making major climate policy decisions in isolation rather than assessing their combined impact: North Sea drilling, Heathrow expansion, weakened EV mandates, and heat pump grant cuts could collectively produce 402m tonnes of CO2 over 25 years.
  • The combined emissions from these policies would prevent Britain from meeting its carbon budgets and net zero targets, according to the environmental groups.
  • The government responds that reindustrialisation policies will not compromise climate obligations, but no indication of a coordinated review of cumulative impacts has been announced.

Andy BurnhamAndy Burnham Prime MinisterDoug Parr Greenpeace chief scientistImogen Dow Friends of the Earth climate leadJohn HealeyJohn Healey Chancellor

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    Social media amplifies campaigner concerns about policy coordination

    Coverage of the campaigner warning circulated on social media platforms, with posts sharing the Morning Star article about the PM 'sleepwalking' into climate disaster.

    “This administration seems to get the urgency of cutting the emissions causing deadly heatwaves and droughts, but there's a real risk they could still sleepwalk into reversing the strong progress the UK has made so far.”
    — Doug Parr, Greenpeace chief scientist · source
    1. 2 outlets PM ‘sleepwalking’ into climate disaster, say campaigners

      first by Morning Star | The People’s Daily, 12d ago · also Magzter

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    Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth warn PM of cumulative climate impact

    Environmental groups wrote to Prime Minister Burnham highlighting that key government decisions on North Sea drilling, Heathrow expansion, EV targets, and heat pump grants are being assessed separately rather than for their combined emissions impact. The combined emissions from all projects would total 402m tonnes of CO2 over 25 years.