FILE PHOTO: U.S. Secretary of Energy Chris Wright speaks in the Oval Office, at the White House, in Washington, D.C., U.S. February 14, 2025. REUTERS/Nathan Howard/File Photo
LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright on Monday called a pledge to achieve net zero carbon emissions by 2050 a "sinister goal", and criticised the British government's attempts to hit clean energy targets.
Former President Joe Biden set a target in 2021 for the United States to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 to help fight climate change, in part by using subsidies to encourage an expansion of clean energy and electric vehicles.
