Have no doubt: opening a coalmine in Cumbria is a climate crime against humanity | Caroline Lucas

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

65% : The only way to replace fossil fuels in the long term is ambitious investment in renewable energy.
63% : From generating renewable electricity, to retrofitting buildings - these are high-skilled, high-quality, long-term jobs for the future.
58% : And it's happening right now in places like Lewes, where Greens jointly run the council - by pooling resources with neighbouring areas, they're insulating 40,000 social homes across the region, installing renewable energy, and keeping jobs required for those services within the local area.
51% : While early-stage green steel still uses some gas, the process can become zero or very low carbon through the use of hydrogen, produced by electrolysis using renewable energy.
40% : But now, past climate pledges to reduce emissions and phase out coal have been conveniently forgotten, and current clamours have fallen on deaf ears.
33% : The staggering hypocrisy of demanding other countries phase down coal, just when we're phasing it back in again, sends a truly terrible message to global south countries and marks this decision as a climate crime against humanity.

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