Rupert Darwall: Net Zero Policies Favour the Super Wealthy While Stifling The Poor

Net zero policies benefit the super wealthy while denying people lower down the means to improve themselves, says a leading policy analyst. Author and senior fellow of the RealClearFoundation Rupert Darwall spoke to Lee Hall, host of NTD’s “British Thought Leaders” programme about green virtue signalling, the death of Britain’s car industry, and wind farm “cons.” “The British economy was deeply scarred by the financial crisis, and its trend growth of productivity has basically flatlined since 2008,” said Mr. Darwall. He noted that 2008 was the same year that Parliament passed the Climate Change Act, which requires the government to set a legally binding target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050....