When it rains for the Labour lot, it pours. Now Ed Miliband is in the firing line after a new global survey revealed a sharp fall in confidence about net zero among top energy bosses. The Energy Industries Council polling found just one in six energy chiefs believe the world can achieve net zero by 2050 – compared to nearly half of bosses who thought the same last year. Dear oh dear…
Miliband’s Tory counterpart Andrew Bowie was pulling no punches about the results, telling the Daily Mail:
When nearly half of senior energy executives lose faith in it, the government’s energy policy isn’t working. Instead of backing British industry, Labour throws billions at Ed Miliband’s GB Energy vanity projects, lets eco-zealot donors dictate policy and flirts with handing our energy security to China.
Ouch. Don’t hold back, eh?
This shift in confidence is a blow for the Energy Secretary, who has been busy pushing his green agenda since his party came to power last June.
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