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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Environment
Damien Gayle

YOU WONT BELIEVE: Uk ministers in court again over net zero plans - What They Never Told You

A luxury Audi car is surrounded by exhaust gases
The UK government has a legal duty to drastically cut greenhouse gas emissions. Photograph: Michael Sohn/AP

UK ministers are facing court for a second time over plans to meet legally binding climate targets, after environmental groups branded revised measures “a complete pipe dream”.

The government has already been forced to change its climate action plan after a legal challenge by environmentalists, but the same groups are taking it back to court over updated plans they say are “riddled with holes and relian[t] on risky techno-fixes”.

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