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Treasury told to end short-termism and ‘green-check’ decisions
The decision to scrap funding for carbon capture and storage (CCS) typifies the Treasury’s lack of long-term thinking, according to MPs.
A report by the environmental audit committee said the same failure to ‘green-check’ decisions could be found in its axing of the zero carbon homes policy.
‘Radical’ flood management model can deliver holistic strategy
MPs have outlined a ‘radical alternative’ model to the government’s planned changes to England’s flawed approach to flood risk management. Andy Nolan examines the proposals and their likely impact
England has seen more frequent and more hard-hitting floods in recent years. They’ve been uncompromising in where they’ve hit and have impacted on the vulnerable, the wealthy and the marginalised. Many major rivers across England have experienced flooding that has resulted in homes being lost, badly damaged and destroyed and in some cases people have lost their lives. Now MPs are calling for an overhaul of flood management to tackle the rising risk to communities from climate change.
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