Government’s Net Zero U-Turn Faces Major Legal Challenge

The UK government faces a High Court legal challenge over its decision to change and roll back on some of its net zero timetable commitments. Naturalist, BBC TV presenter and campaigner Chris Packham, represented by environment lawyers at the law firm Leigh Day, has applied for a judicial review of the government’s decision to change the net zero timetable to phase out motor vehicles and gas boilers. A Department for Energy Security and Net Zero spokesperson said it rejects Mr. Packham’s claims and will “robustly” defend the challenge. In September, the prime minister said the sale of new fossil fuel cars will not be phased out in 2030 but in 2035 and that only 80 percent of gas boilers will need to be phased out by that date instead of 100 percent....