{"id":282350,"date":"2023-10-07T17:44:32","date_gmt":"2023-10-07T15:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=282350"},"modified":"2023-10-07T17:44:35","modified_gmt":"2023-10-07T15:44:35","slug":"environmentalist-says-all-presidents-prime-ministers-will-delay-gas-car-bans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?p=282350","title":{"rendered":"Environmentalist says &#8216;all&#8217; presidents, prime ministers will delay gas car bans"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"723\" height=\"419\" data-attachment-id=\"282355\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/climatescience.press\/?attachment_id=282355\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0Screenshot-2023-10-07-174249.png?fit=981%2C568&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"981,568\" 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=\"0Screenshot-2023-10-07-174249\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0Screenshot-2023-10-07-174249.png?fit=723%2C419&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0Screenshot-2023-10-07-174249.png?resize=723%2C419&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-282355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0Screenshot-2023-10-07-174249.png?w=981&amp;ssl=1 981w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0Screenshot-2023-10-07-174249.png?resize=300%2C174&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/climatescience.press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/10\/0Screenshot-2023-10-07-174249.png?resize=768%2C445&amp;ssl=1 768w\" 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\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@FoxBusiness\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"40\" src=\"https:\/\/yt3.ggpht.com\/ytc\/APkrFKaPk36XsYQxebxZrHEUR-3Z30LgpAJaYTeH7dJKpg=s48-c-k-c0x00ffffff-no-rj\" alt=\"\">Fox Business<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Copenhagen Consensus President Bjorn Lomborg on Bill Gates claiming innovation will combat climate change, a carbon tax and U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak delaying the ban on gas cars until 2035.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are some smart climate solutions the world should definitely pursue. 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