The absence of central government leadership and national policy is holding back carbon reduction progress and renewable generation deployment, according to London’s deputy mayor for energy and the environment. Shirley Rodrigues was yesterday speaking to the London Assembly Environment Committee, who pressed her on why the expected pace of carbon reduction had been reduced under the most recent London environment strategy, published last month. When asked by committee chair Leonie Cooper about the potentially less ambitious proposals, Rodrigues explained that these had been readdressed following analysis of progress, or a lack of, under the previous administration and changes in government policy.
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