{"id":1022,"date":"2020-02-06T11:38:13","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T17:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/creation.cadeio.org\/archdiocese-of-chicago\/?p=1022"},"modified":"2020-02-06T11:38:13","modified_gmt":"2020-02-06T17:38:13","slug":"petrol-and-diesel-car-sales-ban-brought-forward-to-2035","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/creation.cadeio.org\/archdiocese-of-chicago\/2020\/02\/06\/petrol-and-diesel-car-sales-ban-brought-forward-to-2035\/","title":{"rendered":"Petrol and diesel car sales ban brought forward to 2035"},"content":{"rendered":"

Original article from BBC<\/a><\/p>\n

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A ban on selling new petrol, diesel or hybrid cars in the UK will be brought forward from 2040 to 2035 at the latest, under government plans.<\/p>\n

The change comes after experts said 2040 would be too late if the UK wants to achieve its target of emitting virtually zero carbon by 2050.<\/p>\n

Boris Johnson unveiled the policy as part of a launch event for a United Nations climate summit in November.<\/a><\/p>\n

He said 2020 would be a “defining year of climate action” for the planet.<\/p>\n

The summit, known as COP26, is being hosted in Glasgow. It is an annual UN-led gathering set up to assess progress on tackling climate change.<\/p>\n

Sir David Attenborough said at the launch event at London’s Science Museum that he was looking forward to COP26 and found it “encouraging” that the UK government was launching a “year of climate action”.<\/p>\n

“The longer we leave it… the worse it is going to get,” he said.<\/p>\n

“So now is the moment. It is up to us to organise the nations of the world to do something about it.”<\/p>\n