Omg who did this?

taylor is so powerful she has republicans believing in climate change

Painful to read, even more so in the week the former minister responsible - Chris Grayling - is elevated to the Lords for life. Failing upwards as ever.

Good news 👇🏽 "Rayner hands Cornish Lithium site special status to boost British battery-making" Angela Rayner has backed plans to turn a giant disused Cornish clay pit into a lithium mine, so that UK cars can be powered by British batteries telegraph.co.uk/business/2024/…

Government rules out underground cabling in National Grid upgrade theguardian.com/environment/20…

Pretty dreadful opinion piece by Mike Graham in the The Telegraph today about the fabled 'war on motorists' And despite the headline and the fact that EV drivers are motorists too, the piece is mainly a series of baseless attacks on EVs Here's what he got wrong: 🧵

“At this stage, it looks extremely bleak” Oil rich nations are making a concerted effort to stonewall talks on fossil fuel phase out, COP29 negotiators tell Attracta Mooney Aime Williams and I on.ft.com/4dY1gO7

Enjoying this from Chris Stark. businessgreen.com/news-analysis/… BG+

Cumbria coal mine plan quashed at the High Court. Mr Justice Holgate said: "The assumption that the proposed mine would not produce a net increase in greenhouse gas emissions, or would be a net zero mine, is legally flawed."..

Why we are arguably in an even worse position than the already despairing Treasury thinks, and why that means we need an Office for Budgetary Radicalism. businessgreen.com/blog-post/4359…

Interesting insight into Mary Creagh CBE MP thinking on her new nature and circular economy brief. businessgreen.com/news/4359489/e…

Lots more detail and reaction on the Cumbria coal mine ruling from Michael Holder here. businessgreen.com/news/4359519/c…

Big news from Department for Energy Security and Net Zero as it confirms deal to acquire National Grid ESO and launch date for the new publicly owned NESO. businessgreen.com/news/4359578/p…