Lesley Riddoch: The UK's rollback on climate presents an opportunity for Humza Yousaf

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

69% : Green is popular, and the urgency of action is understood - particularly by younger generations.
54% : News that no offshore wind projects have won government contracts one week and boasting about the size of existing installations the next.
46% : Compare and contrast with Denmark whose pro-renewables stance has endured half a century since the OPEC oil crisis - weathering dozens of changes in government.
38% : The Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit say the "sheer number of U-turns speaks of chaos at the heart of government" and former Department of Energy strategy chief Adam Bell predicts the move will go "straight to judicial review" because legally binding carbon targets cannot now be met.

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