'Home grown trees': Government launches Timber in Construction Roadmap to 'lock up' built environment emissions

Stuart Stone
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Government unveils new strategy to cut emissions from homes and buildings through the use of 'home grown trees'

The government has today published a new roadmap designed to increase the use of timber in the construction industry in an effort to significantly reduce built environment emissions, "lock up" carbon in...

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