and the uk is on track to meet only a fifth of its emissions targets by 2035. here s our science editor, david shukman. there s been a spectacular shift away from coal. the power stations burning this cheap, but dirty, fuel being demolished and making way for forests of wind turbines. bbut the government s climate advisers say it ll take a lot more than this for the country to go carbon neutral. when you look at the policies to deliver it, i m afraid we are very off track, very, very substantially off track. really, only about 20% of the policy commitments that the government has made would take us towards that goal of net zero emissions. so, there s a big gap to close, and this is the year they re going to have to do so. so, let s see how the government is doing on its pledge to cut the gases that are driving up temperatures. well, if literally nothing is done, those emissions will basically
the power stations burning this cheap but dirty fuel making way for forests of wind turbines around the coast. britain is the pioneer of this offshore technology, but the government s climate advisers say it ll take a lot more for the country to go carbon neutral. when you look at the policies to deliver it, i m afraid we are very off track, very, very substantially off track. really only about 20% of the policy commitments that the government has made would take us towards that goal of net zero emissions, so there is a big gap to close and this is the year they are going to have to do so. so let s see how the government is doing on its pledge to cut the gases that are driving up temperatures. well, if literally nothing is done, those emissions will basically continue as they are now. and this is the steep downward path that they should be on if the uk is going to meet its target for 2035. but the committee recommends that we are not on that course, that the measures under way now
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the new york times briefly posted senate leaders agree to vote. senate leaders agree to vote that offer possible path to reopen government. i say they briefly posted that headlinete because they quickly took it down when it became clear the republican leader in the senate mitch mcconnell is offering no such thing. hesu keeps putting up actually increasingly conservative, increasingly hard lined versions of the bill that says the president wants tol build a wa between us and mexico and maybe he does want that and maybe senate republicans want that more than anything but just putting up that bill over and over again isha not a path thats ever going to end the shutdown. tomorrow groups across the country will hold a call in day asking people to call their own u.s. senators, just the home state u.s. senators to urge them all, all senators, republican andat democrat to vote for the bill that s already passed the house that would cleanly reopen the government withly no other changes with n
build a wall between us and mexico. and maybe he does want that and maybe senate republicans want that more than anything, but just putting up that bill over and over again is not a path that is ever going to end this shutdown. tomorrow, indivisible groups across the country will host a call-in day, asking people to call their own u.s. senators, just their home state u.s. senators, to urge them all, all senators, republican and democrat, to vote for the bill that s already passed the house that would just cleanly re-open the government with no other changes, with no other policy commitments. we will see if that national call-in day by indivisible makes a difference. i don t know. ultimately here, though, something will have to happen, right? i mean, however much the president and congressional republicans really want to build a wall between us and another country, presumably they will have to agree to re-open the government at some point while they otherwise wage the fight to try to ac