While Britain has long been a leader in cutting emissions, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak is now implementing a stunning reversal of climate-friendly policies, with new plans to “max out” oil production. Business leaders have joined environmentalists in condemning the moves.
Because being ‘tough on the green crap’ has emerged as a slim lifeline for the conservatives to avoid utter annihilation at the next election.
That’s it. Nothing to do with ethics, morals, economics. Just pure desperate lust for power.