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Eight key takeaways from the Committee on Climate Change's progress report

Madeleine Cuff
Madeleine Cuff
clock 28 June 2018 •
Government is failing to get right simple policies such as tree planting, which will be vital for hitting carbon targets, says the CCC
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Government is failing to get right simple policies such as tree planting, which will be vital for hitting carbon targets, says the CCC

The government's climate watchdog has some words of warning for Ministers

Last week the chief executive of the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) Chris Stark, warned Energy and Clean Growth Minister Claire Perry it was prepared to act as the "institutional pain in the arse" to...

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