Burnham Pushed Climate Goals Locally — but Goes Quiet Near Top Job

As Greater Manchester's mayor, Andy Burnham promised to cut the region's carbon pollution to zero by 2038 — 12 years before the UK's national target of 2050. He switched buses to electric and blocked fracking. Now likely to become prime minister, he has said nothing on North Sea oil and gas, and may have skipped climate champion Ed Miliband for chancellor. Green Alliance called the silence "strategic," not a retreat.