London, Dec 4 (AFP/APP): How to tackle the climate crisis has become a key issue in Britain’s December 12 general election. Here are some of the policies put forward by the main parties: – Conservatives – Prime Minister Boris Johnson, whose campaign is built around delivering Brexit, is pledging to make Britain carbon neutral by 2050 — the least ambitious target date of all the parties. The Tory manifesto is also the lightest in detail and figures for environmental policies. Friends of the Earth even brand some policies “actively damaging”. It specifies £800 million ($1 billion, 940 million euros) to develop carbon capture technology, £500 million to protect the oceans and pledges to quadruple offshore wind capacity by 2030. In its appraisal, Greenpeace scored the Conservatives lowest of the four parties standing nationwide. – Labour – The party promises to invest £250 billion in a “green transformation fund” dedicated to the transition to clean energy and transport and environmental restoration. Its so-called “green industrial revolution” aims to create one million jobs and includes plans to nationalise the electricity and water utility industries. Labour, led by veteran socialist Jeremy Corbyn, also wants to stop companies that fail to act over climate … Continue reading UK election: the parties’ environmental plans