Miliband steps down as UK energy secretary amid net-zero policy pressure
Ed Miliband, who faced sustained attacks from Conservative and Reform politicians as well as fossil fuel industry groups over his support for net-zero climate targets, has stepped down from his position as Britain's energy secretary.
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Bluesky: @fionaharvey.bsky.social Fiona Harvey · 6h ago · 15 ♥ More here on this relentless anti-Miliband campaigning - by @fionaharvey.bsky.social for the Guardian... www.theguardian.com/politics/202... · @fionaharvey.bsky.social Fiona Harvey · 5h ago · 14 ♥ Miliband - they attack him because they know what he’s done has worked, and attack net zero as it’s against their vested interests. Physics and chemistry remain true whoever is in charge. www.theguardian.com/politics/202... · @fionaharvey.bsky.social Fiona Harvey · 7h ago · 8 ♥ @fionaharvey.bsky.social nails it here. Miliband was attacked not because the green transition was failing, but because it was beginning to work. Now @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social must accelerate it. No backsliding on FF's, no Rosebank or Jackdaw. · @fionaharvey.bsky.social Fiona Harvey · 10h ago · 4 ♥ “He commands respect in international institutions and among the world's most influential governments, but equally among developing countries, workers, scientists and business and civil society leaders," @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu @fionaharvey.bsky.social…
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