Tory star Kemi Badenoch blasts David Cameron’s Brexit ‘dereliction of duty’

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Serica Energy are still hopeful Labour will change its tax approach in the North Sea oil and gas sector - and will look to win over the party's shadow Treasury team 'to a more sensible and moderated position.” POLITICOEurope

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In tomorrow's bumper Politico UK energy & climate newsletter:

◇ Farewell, Chris Stark !
◇ Farewell, Humza Yousaf ?
◇ North Sea bigwigs flutter their eyes at shadow treasury team
◇ Will Drax ever get their carbon capture cash?
◇ Protesters vs. BP

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We covered newbie energy minister Justin Tomlinson's first appearance among the think tanks and energy nerds - who it turns out, was quite the comedian with jokes aplenty. POLITICOEurope

Interesting that Dale Vince's company has given a new £150,000 donation to the influential Starmer-linked think tank Labour Together.

Will give some hope to those who want to see Labour beef-up its green commitments

Graham Stuart steps down as energy minister, ending an eight-year ministerial career.

The Beverly and Holderness MP plans to focus on “campaigning on local issues,” and looks forward to “fighting and winning the seat later this year.” POLITICOEurope

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It’s been an enormous joy and privilege to serve as a minister over most of the last 8 years.

I’m proud of all we have achieved as a government, not least being the first major economy to halve CO2 emissions.

I look forward to supporting the PM from the backbenches.

Offshore wind developers wary of dependence on China to meet net zero goals, even if some of them are too wary to say the country's name.

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And yet government reiterated its view this week that it sees no need to legislate, as I reported here:

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Rishi Sunak warns of possible link to international ‘bad actors’ in Westminster honey trap scandal

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In tomorrow's Politico UK energy & climate email:

□ UN says green policy pits politicians against 'ordinary people'
□ How a Strasbourg climate ruling may shape UK election
□ N Ireland creeps toward clean energy funding
□ Heat zones might help my dog

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Energy minister Anthony Browne wants EV charging to be as commonplace as Wifi - talking up 50,000 public charging units available nationwide....

There are currently 33 million cars on the road.

More in our newsletter this morning for POLITICOEurope

No more 'business as usual' in climate fight, UN boss warns 'slipping' politicians. POLITICOEurope

UN's Simon Stiell uses Chatham House event to warn politicians against downgrading climate policy, fearing we have 'two years to save the world.'

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Words that everyone in politics uses incorrectly.

1. “Fulsome” - if you say someone has given a “fulsome apology”, you are suggesting it was so over the top as to be insincere.
2. It’s not a podium, it’s a lectern, unless the Prime Minister has won an Olympic medal.

Reform UK want to make net zero a central plank of their election bid.

7 in 10 voters back net zero by 2050. Party nonetheless claims it would win a referendum scrapping green goals 'hands down.'

Story by Abby Wallace POLITICOEurope

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