Green Special Relationship: How net zero can drive a new era of UK-US collaboration

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Chris Skidmore MP's speech to the Atlantic Council in Washington DC today calling for close UK-US collaboration on net zero

Nearly four years ago, on 27 June 2019, when I had the privilege of serving as the UK's Energy Minister, I signed the UK's legal commitment to achieve net zero carbon dioxide emissions by 2050 into law....

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