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20 Oct, 4 tweets, 2 min read
Two of the largest holes in the government's net zero plans in June according to the Climate Change Committee (the government's official decarbonisation watchdog) were on encouraging public diet change and curbing demand for flights....

theccc.org.uk/wp-content/upl…
...Now, in the week of its official Net Zero Strategy document, the Governments states:

"We have no plans whatsoever to dictate consumer behaviour in this way. For that reason, our Net Zero Strategy published yesterday contained no such plans".

bbc.co.uk/news/business-…
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...the CCC's June verdict on the government's performance on encouraging behaviour change on diet and aviation - red for ambition and red for policy (red= falling behind, major risks)

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21 Oct
BREAKING #gascrisis

@BBCNewsnight has seen a letter from gas shipper CNG - which is exiting the wholesale market - to struggling domestic energy supplier firms saying that have only until 30 November to find a new shipper...
...The letter also confirms these domestic supplier firms will NOT be able to transfer any hedges they have with CNG against soaring wholesale gas prices to a new shipper...
...“I am sorry to advise you that hedges are deemed to be an asset of CNG’s wholesale shipping business and must therefore be ring fenced for the benefit of creditors generally. The cannot be novated nor the value of these hedges transferred.”...
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Ben Chu Profile picture
20 Oct
"We have no plans whatsoever to dictate consumer behaviour"

So says the gov, on why it deleted a paper from its Net Zero Strategy doc dump yesterday which suggested ways to change public behaviour (flying less, eating less meat) to hit targets...

bbc.co.uk/news/business-…
...note that in June 2021 the Climate Change Committee (CCC), @theCCCuk, explicitly demanded from the Government:

"Quantified, credible pathways for sectoral decarbonisation, technology deployment and *behaviour changes*"...

theccc.org.uk/wp-content/upl…
...Hard to see how that government statement on *not* encouraging behaviour change fits with that CCC requirement.

CCC reprentatives were pretty warm about the Net Zero Strategy docs yesterday - but keep a close eye on how they treat this latest line from the government.
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19 Oct
"Of course in BEIS [business department] we want to spending more on our individual policies....but in total we're very satisfied with the amounts we've received today", business minister Lord Callanan tells @maitlis on @BBCNewsnight
Lord Callanan on the decision not to announce ban on new gas boiler sales: "It's our ambition to phase gas boilers out from 2035...but we want to make sure the alternatives are in place first"

#Newsnight
On support for steel sector amid the energy price crisis: "Clearly we want to look after these industries as much as we possibly can...I'll leave [colleagues at BEIS and Treasury] to announce the result of any discussion"

#Newsnight
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18 Oct
NEW

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@BBCNewsnight has learned that the Government’s Heat and Buildings Strategy will NOT commit to a legal ban on new gas boiler sales from 2035.

Merely “set an ambition” for no more gas boiler installs after that date.

More on #newsnight on BBC TWO at 22.30
...Some context for this - the Governemnt never explicitly committed to a legal ban.

But this was widely expected by industry, analysts and the media until last week.

See this report from Friday...

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…
...Whether a legal ban makes much difference or not is debatable.

But note that the Government has put the 2050 net zero date in law...
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13 Oct
BREAKING

@BBCNewsnight has learned that gas shipping firm CNG @CNGenergyUK has written to its domestic supplier company customers saying it will no longer be providing them with gas - and they should seek alternative shippers...
...email reads "It is with regret that I have to inform you that we do not have any further option but to exit CNG's wholesale business. This means CNG will no longer be able to provide gas shipping services..."
..."We advise you to seek alternative shipping arrangements through other known gas shippers in the market"...
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13 Oct
Been speaking to sources around Felixstowe today about the logjam of shipping containers at the port....
bbc.co.uk/news/business-…
...Tory party co-chair Oliver Dowden said this morning that the situation is improving & "I’m confident that people will be able to get their toys for Christmas"...
news.sky.com/video/people-w…
...my understanding is that it's more complicated than that.

There has been a bit more breathing space at the port in recent days as some of the 50k plus backlog of containers have been shifted...
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