'Climate solutions will bring down bills and restore nature': green issues and May elections

As Reform vows to block solar and windfarms, energy leaders say renewables offer most secure future, insulating UK from hostile forcesUK politics live - latest updates? May elections: What's at stake across England, Wales and Scotland?The defining issue of Thursday's local elections, feedback from doorsteps suggests, will be the UK's soaring cost of living. But voters should be told about the links between inflation and the effects of fossil fuels and the climate crisis - or the remedies they choose - may make the situation worse, green campaigners have warned.Ami McCarthy, the head of politics at Greenpeace UK, said: "With people's bills and prices soaring from yet another fossil fuel crisis, these local elections have a global context - driven by the Iran war. Continue reading...