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Environmental charity vows to continue legal fight against government
Sam Tobin is at the High Court
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ENVIRONMENTAL charity Plan B said today it was not giving up the fight after legal action to force the government to update its carbon emissions target was thrown out by the High Court.

The charity – along with 11 British citizens aged nine to 79 – sought permission for a judicial review of the government’s refusal to amend the target introduced by the Climate Change Act 2008.

Plan B’s barrister Jonathan Crow QC told the High Court earlier this month that the Act imposes an “express duty” on Business Secretary Greg Clark to ensure Britain’s net carbon account for 2050 is at least 80 per cent lower than in 1990.

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