UK has approved several fossil fuel projects since Cop26, analysis finds

About 50 schemes are thought to be in pipeline between now and 2025 despite climate pledgesSeveral major UK fossil fuel projects have been approved since Cop26 concluded, an analysis has found, while about 50 schemes are thought to be in the pipeline between now and 2025.Three separate schemes have received some form of approval from government bodies during the six-month period since Boris Johnson's administration hosted the UN climate summit in Glasgow. Campaigners say his government is reaching a crunch point, with three major onshore schemes currently being appealed and the levelling up minister, Michael Gove, set to rule on a number of such applications over the next six weeks. Continue reading...