National Infrastructure Assessment: Green proposals at a glance

Madeleine Cuff
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NIC calls for a sweeping overhaul of UK infrastructure to prepare the country for the impacts of climate change

The National Infrastructure Commission's (NIC) rebuttal of the government's nuclear power policy may have driven the headlines today, but its first ever National Infrastructure Assessment should catch...

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