Kemi Badenoch's net-zero denial is a dangerous gamble

It seems the existence and quality of the government’s net zero plans are dependent on whether Badenoch is Tory leader, writes DeSmog's Adam Barnett

Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch Pic: UK Parliament/Flickr

Kemi Badenoch likes to style herself as a leader who is not afraid to tell hard truths to the Conservative Party, and to signal a breach with its past mistakes. But rather than come clean about austerity, say, or Brexit – to name two salient examples – Badenoch has decided to attack the Tories f…