Emma Pinchbeck, the CCC's chief executive, told BBC news what had happened at Port Talbot was "foreseeable and preventable", and had "not been the best case study" for what a green transition should look like.
Government ministers should have been better at planning ahead and making sure other green jobs were available locally, the experts said.(CCC) has set out its latest advice on how Wales
- with a push for more electric vehicles, heat pumps and tree planting.The Welsh and UK governments said they had been working together to develop "a strong vision" for the region's future and deliver "our clean energy superpower mission".More than 2,000 jobs were lost at Tata's Port Talbot steelworks following the closure of its blast furnaces in 2024.
, as the company grappled with losses of over £1m a day.It was given a £500m grant by the UK government and is now investing £1.25bn to build a new electric arc furnace by 2027.
This will recycle scrap metal into new steel products, but requires far fewer workers on site.
The changes will haveIn over a dozen interviews, undocumented immigrants said it was a topic of heated discussion in their communities, WhatsApp groups and social media.
Some, like Gabriela, believe it won't impact them at all."I'm not scared at all, actually," she said. "That's for criminals to worry about. I pay taxes, and I work."
"In any case, I'm undocumented," she added. "[So] how would they even know about me?"In an election campaign where immigration loomed large as a major concern of US voters, Trump frequently pledged to deport migrants en masse from US soil from his first day in office if he were to return to the presidency.