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CCC Chair Lord Deben writes to Chris Grayling, expressing 'surprise' Transport Secretary made no mention of climate in Commons address

The government's climate watchdog, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), has weighed in on the row over a third runway at Heathrow. The advisory body wrote to Transport Secretary Chris Grayling last...

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