{"id":255437,"date":"2023-05-01T11:40:33","date_gmt":"2023-05-01T09:40:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=255437"},"modified":"2023-05-01T11:40:36","modified_gmt":"2023-05-01T09:40:36","slug":"net-zero-or-busted-shapps-could-face-potential-imprisonment-for-not-having-proper-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=255437","title":{"rendered":"Net zero or busted: Shapps could face potential imprisonment for not having proper plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"416\" data-attachment-id=\"255440\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=255440\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0life-imprisonment.webp?fit=1442%2C830&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1442,830\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"0life-imprisonment\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0life-imprisonment.webp?fit=723%2C416&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0life-imprisonment.webp?resize=723%2C416&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-255440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0life-imprisonment.webp?resize=1024%2C589&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0life-imprisonment.webp?resize=300%2C173&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0life-imprisonment.webp?resize=768%2C442&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0life-imprisonment.webp?resize=1200%2C691&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0life-imprisonment.webp?w=1442&amp;ssl=1 1442w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From <a href=\"http:\/\/Tallbloke's Talkshop\">Tallbloke&#8217;s Talkshop<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">April 26, 2023 by\u00a0<strong>oldbrew<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"380\" data-attachment-id=\"255438\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=255438\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-4.png?fit=1200%2C630&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,630\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"image-4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-4.png?fit=723%2C380&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-4.png?resize=723%2C380&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-255438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-4.png?resize=1024%2C538&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-4.png?resize=300%2C158&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-4.png?resize=768%2C403&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/image-4.png?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 723px) 100vw, 723px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Cue intensified attempts to reach so-called climate targets at inevitably vast public expense. An exercise in futility.<\/em><br>\u2013 \u2013 \u2013<br>Grant Shapps, the Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary has revealed during a meeting of the Environment and Climate Change Committee that he faces the risk of being sent to prison for contempt of court if he fails to deliver on the government\u2019s net zero targets,&nbsp;<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.energylivenews.com\/2023\/04\/26\/jail-or-net-zero-uk-energy-secretary-faces-potential-imprisonment-for-not-having-proper-plan\/\">says Energy Live News<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shapps, who was asked about the current arrangements that support his role in achieving these targets, stated that he has the greatest incentive among his government colleagues and anyone globally to reach these exacting goals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Shapps said: \u201cI have the greatest incentive of anybody in government here and probably anyone globally, for us to reach these very exacting targets because, on a technical basis, I can be sent to prison for contempt of court for not having a proper plan in place.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He emphasised that the Parliament has made it a legal obligation to achieve net zero by 2050 and that he is personally invested in solving this issue.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While Shapps expressed hope that his commitment might encourage his Cabinet colleagues to lend their support, he acknowledged that he may have this the wrong way around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Full article&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.energylivenews.com\/2023\/04\/26\/jail-or-net-zero-uk-energy-secretary-faces-potential-imprisonment-for-not-having-proper-plan\/\">here<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cue intensified attempts to reach so-called climate targets at inevitably vast public expense. An exercise in futility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":255440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[691818056,691819224,691818154],"class_list":{"0":"post-255437","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"hentry","7":"category-uncategorized","8":"tag-climate-change","9":"tag-climate-change-committee","10":"tag-net-zero","12":"fallback-thumbnail"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/0life-imprisonment.webp?fit=1442%2C830&ssl=1","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/paxLW1-14rX","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":245194,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=245194","url_meta":{"origin":255437,"position":0},"title":"Grant Shapps faces Tory mutiny over hydrogen levy plans","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"23\/02\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Do the Tories have a death wish?","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-688.png?fit=1200%2C888&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-688.png?fit=1200%2C888&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-688.png?fit=1200%2C888&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-688.png?fit=1200%2C888&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/image-688.png?fit=1200%2C888&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":251839,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=251839","url_meta":{"origin":255437,"position":1},"title":"Key net zero climate schemes likely to fail, government told","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"08\/04\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Like many other countries, they\u2019ve always been playing in the pie-in-the-sky league on climate policy, built on vague untestable conjectures and unreliable climate models.","rel":"","context":"In \"Climate models\"","block_context":{"text":"Climate models","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?tag=climate-models"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0net-zero-istock-1190148959-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C761&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0net-zero-istock-1190148959-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C761&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0net-zero-istock-1190148959-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C761&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0net-zero-istock-1190148959-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C761&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/0net-zero-istock-1190148959-1.jpg?fit=1200%2C761&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":262328,"url":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=262328","url_meta":{"origin":255437,"position":2},"title":"Government\u2019s new net zero plan might be its most idiotic\u00a0yet","author":"uwe.roland.gross","date":"16\/06\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"I don\u2019t know whether Grant Shapps ever took out a subscription to Look and Learn when he was young, but circumstantial evidence would suggest that he might well have done. 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