Green groups urge Welsh Assembly to beef up sustainability law

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NGOs argue tougher rules required to ensure sustainable development legislation lives up to its billing

A coalition of green NGOs will today call on the Welsh Assembly to make "radical changes" to its proposed sustainable development legislation in order to ensure it lives up to First Minister Carwyn Jones'...

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