Britain’s rivers have historically provided habitats for our wildlife, pleasure to our population, as well as coursing through our culture. They flow throughout South Shropshire, just as they flow through our folklore and literature as well as invigorating our famous green landscapes.
Philip Dunne writes for The Times ‘Red Box’ section.
Tomorrow is the International Day of Climate Action. There is no shortage of public enthusiasm for protecting our environment, as is clear from the climate emergency declarations across the country and the recent Climate Assembly UK report, whose members urged a timely path to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The government’s rhetoric is similarly ambitious, pledging to be an environmental world leader and being the first major economy to legislate for net-zero by 2050.
Philip Dunne writes for The House Magazine
Last week the Prime Minister declared his intention to make the UK the ‘Saudi Arabia of wind’ energy, powering every UK home with offshore wind by 2030. This is a visionary ambition. But it misses another massive opportunity - without a substantial rethink of our export strategy, we could fail to grasp the full economic benefits of the brave new world of clean energy which we can lead.