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Headline: UNCAPTIONED: Tories Pledge To Scrap UK Climate Change Legislation
Caption: Tories Pledge To Scrap UK Climate Change Legislation. The Conservatives have promised to scrap the UK’s landmark Climate Change Act 2008 and replace it with a strategy focused on “cheap and reliable” energy. The 2008 act, introduced by Labour and later strengthened under Theresa May set legally binding targets to cut carbon emissions by 80 percent by 2050, later updated to net zero by 2050. Kemi Badenoch said Labour’s laws created red tape, added costs, and did little to reduce global emissions, while still aiming to leave “a cleaner environment for our children.” Environmental groups condemned the plan as “national self-harm,” and Labour called it “an economic disaster and a total betrayal of future generations.” Badenoch has previously described the net zero target as “impossible” for the UK, promising to expand oil and gas extraction in the North Sea. Reform UK has also pledged to scrap net zero targets if elected, blaming the policy for higher energy bills and industrial decline. Instructions: THIS VIDEO MUST NOT BE EDITED FOR LENGTH TO COMBINE WITH OTHER CONTENT
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