Kate is a political correspondent at HuffPost UK. Based in Westminster, she covers the day-to-day events occupying parliament while also specialising in the Ukraine war, international relations and unpicking key economic events. She occasionally pops up on the radio to discuss the major political events of the day.
was under intense scrutiny from broadcasters this morning over the tension between his government’s expansion plans and its climate goals.But now he sits in the cabinet which has already given the go ahead to a third Heathrow runway in the name of economic growth.also claimed on Thursday that oil and gas will be a “big part of the future for decades”, hinting that the Rosefield may not be blocked after all.
But Miliband just said they have to go through a “proper objective process” before deciding anything when it comes to Rosebank, and that the Heathrow expansion would have to be in line with the UK’s climate goals.asks Energy Secretary Ed Miliband to explain how the Government’s new infrastructure projects do not run against his climate ambitions.asked if he was actually now in favour of further Heathrow development or if he was “just going along with the crowd”.
But Miliband said he was “part of the decision-making process” and the cabinet has come to a “collective decision”.Miliband told Times Radio today that any Heathrow plans “will have to meet strict environmental standards, be within our carbon budgets and from a climate point of view”. He said: “The drive to clean energy, the drive to net zero is the biggest economic opportunity we have of the 21st century.”for oil and gas extraction in the North Sea during the general election, although it did say it would not withdraw any licences approved by the last government.by a court in Scotland last week because it did not consider the impact of the carbon emissions from the oil produced, meaning a new application for Rosebank needs to be submitted.
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