{"id":29448,"date":"2021-07-08T16:42:20","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T15:42:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitelive.org\/?p=29448"},"modified":"2021-07-08T16:42:22","modified_gmt":"2021-07-08T15:42:22","slug":"time-for-dithering-on-new-nuclear-capacity-is-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/?p=29448","title":{"rendered":"‘Time for dithering on new nuclear capacity is over’"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The failure of ministers to include nuclear energy in the government\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Green Financing Framework is \u00e2\u20ac\u0098a grave and short-sighted error\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, if the UK is to meet its 2050 target of net zero emissions, Unite the union has said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unite, which has thousands of members in the energy sector, has written to the chancellor Rishi Sunak today (July 8) asking him to redress this omission in the framework, otherwise questions will be asked as to the government\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s commitment to the nuclear industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the letter to the chancellor, Unite national officer for energy Rob MacGregor wrote, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bIt is a grave and short-sighted error not to include nuclear energy in the financing model. Such an omission calls for serious questions on ministers\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 commitment to the nuclear industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThis failure, if not rectified, will drive a coach-and-horses through the UK government\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s often-repeated pledge to have net zero emissions by 2050.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe government needs to include a comprehensive financial blueprint for the development of \u00e2\u20ac\u0098clean\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 nuclear capacity in the coming decades to bolster the UK\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s fight against the climate change crisis that is already engulfing us, as witnessed by the extreme temperatures and ensuing wild fires in western Canada recently.\u00e2\u20ac\u0165<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commenting on the letter Rob MacGregor said, \u00e2\u20ac\u015bFor a number of years now there has been confusion and ambivalence by government as to the role of nuclear in the future \u00e2\u20ac\u0098clean\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 energy \u00e2\u20ac\u0098mix, as the UK faces up to the twin challenges of the climate crisis, and the increasing demand for energy from industry, commerce and the consumer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00e2\u20ac\u015bThe time for dithering in the highest echelons of government over the financing of new nuclear capacity is over,” he added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unite has consistently argued for a strategy, involving government, energy companies and the unions, to create a new generation of skilled \u00e2\u20ac\u0098green\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 employment\u00c2\u00a0 which underlines the UK\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s commitment to ensure net zero carbon emissions across all forms of energy by 2050.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Shaun Noble<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The failure of ministers to include nuclear energy in the government\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Green Financing Framework is \u00e2\u20ac\u0098a grave and short-sighted error\u00e2\u20ac\u2122, if the UK is to meet its 2050 target of net zero emissions, Unite the union has said. Unite, which has thousands of members in the energy sector, has written to the chancellor Rishi Sunak […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":15851,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[852],"wps_subtitle":"Heat turned up over lack of ministerial commitment to \u00e2\u20ac\u0098green\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 financing of nuclear energy","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29448"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29448"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29448\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29450,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29448\/revisions\/29450"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/15851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unitelive.test.igniteamt.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}