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Greener UK: Campaign groups set out four 'green benchmarks' for Brexit

Michael Holder
Michael Holder
clock 16 October 2018 •
Greener UK: Campaign groups set out four 'green benchmarks' for Brexit

Greener UK sets out four key benchmarks for ensuring a Green Brexit amid increased fears the UK risks crashing out of the EU without a deal

If the government is serious about ensuring a 'Green Brexit' it must plug all the environmental governance gaps that will result from exiting the EU and deliver "significant improvements" to the UK's existing...

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