{"id":282279,"date":"2023-10-07T11:34:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T09:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=282279"},"modified":"2023-10-07T11:34:04","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T09:34:04","slug":"chris-packham-issues-legal-challenge-against-rishi-sunak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=282279","title":{"rendered":"Chris Packham issues legal challenge against Rishi\u00a0Sunak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Tallbloke’s Talkshop<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 6, 2023 by\u00a0oldbrew<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Climate lawfare by carbophobes again. \u2018The ball is in your court, Prime Minister\u2019. At the same time the Scottish Nationalists have reported the PM to the police over comments in his conference speech<\/a>.<\/em>
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Chris Packham<\/a> has sent a legal challenge to the Prime Minister over his decision to delay the phase-out of new gas boilers and petrol and diesel cars, reports The National (via Yahoo News)<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

If Rishi Sunak does not reverse the changes he announced last month, Packham said he will apply to the High Court to challenge this in a judicial review \u2013 arguing that such a delay is unlawful given the Government is required to follow a series of carbon budget plans on the way to becoming net zero by 2050.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Prime Minister said the sale of new fossil fuel cars will not be phased out in 2030 but in 2035 and that only 80% of gas boilers will need to be phased out by that date, instead of 100%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said that because the UK has so far decarbonised faster than other developed countries, it can afford to relax its net-zero policies, telling the country that the approach to net zero is imposing \u201cunacceptable costs on hard-pressed British families\u201d that \u201cno one was ever told about\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Packham said this change of direction was made without any public consultation, without informing parliament or the Climate Change Committee (CCC) \u2013 which advises the Government on how to meet its carbon budgets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the Prime Minister is \u201cplaying populist politics with the future of life on Earth\u201d, adding: \u201cEven before this spontaneous, ill-judged and \u2013 we contend \u2013 unlawful announcement, the UK Government\u2019s plans to meet its legal net-zero commitments were shambolic and destined to failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIts own Climate Change Committee\u2019s last report said that continued delays in policy development and implementation meant reaching those targets was increasingly challenging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIt also highlighted a lack of urgency across government, a worrying hesitancy and lack of political leadership on the climate issue.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Full report\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At the same time the Scottish Nationalists have reported the PM to the police over comments in his conference speech.\u2013 \u2013 \u2013Chris Packham has sent a legal challenge to the Prime Minister over his decision to delay […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":121246920,"featured_media":282282,"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":"Climate lawfare by carbophobes again. \u2018The ball is in your court, Prime Minister\u2019. 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