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Both BBC TWO and GB News reported on a recommendation from the Energy Security and Net Zero Committee, a group of MPs, that the government should drop the term "net zero" from the department's name and reduce its use in public communications. BBC TWO noted that the committee believes the term has become "weaponised" and toxic due to misinformation from sceptics, as reported in The Times. GB News similarly said the committee suggested making communications "less technocratic" and focusing on wider societal benefits. The coverage then featured contrasting views on the policy. BBC TWO's discussion included a debate over whether the 2050 target is realistic and whether it was properly voted on, with one guest arguing it was passed via a statutory instrument without a vote. GB News featured an interview with Bjorn Lomborg, who argued that net zero is prohibitively expensive and would have minimal impact on global temperatures, while a host countered that the UK has a responsibility due to its historical emissions. Additionally, GB News mentioned that the Climate Change Committee had warned against a third runway and proposed a tax on return flights to Spain.

Key Claims by Channel

Claim
Reported by all 2 channels
The Energy Security and Net Zero Committee recommended that the department drop 'net zero' from its name and reduce its use in public communications.	Reported by BBC Two
Only on one channel
The UK's net zero target became law in June 2019.		Not reported by GB News
The UK government reported that carbon emissions have been reduced by 50% since 1990.		Not reported by GB News
The 2050 net zero target covers only territorial emissions within Britain, not imported emissions.		Not reported by GB News
The committee said the term 'net zero' has become weaponised and toxic due to misinformation from sceptics.	Reported by BBC Two	Not reported by GB News
The Times newspaper reported the story under the headline 'Stop saying Net Zero because it's been weaponised'.	Reported by BBC Two	Not reported by GB News
The Climate Change Committee said a third runway would be catastrophic and suggested increasing return flights to Spain by £150 per person.	Not reported by BBC Two	Reported by GB News
Bjorn Lomborg stated that Britain has the highest electricity prices for industry.	Not reported by BBC Two	Reported by GB News
Bjorn Lomborg stated that if all OECD countries went net zero, it would cost hundreds of trillions of pounds and reduce global temperatures by only 0.1 degree by the end of the century.	Not reported by BBC Two	Reported by GB News

This is a cross-channel consensus summary, not an objective account. Consensus can be uniformly wrong, or omit what only one channel covered.