Executive's Green Report Card: Weak, Poor . . . Buried Climate: Pollution Climate: Pollution Damning Report Exposes Major Gaps in Policy
Sunday Herald › April 03, 2007
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ATTEMPTS by ministers to cut the pollution that is wrecking the climate are shot full of gaping holes, according to an expert assessment for the Scottish Executive.
A damning report released in the dying minutes of the Scottish parliament on Friday exposes a long list of "major gaps and weaknesses" in the policies aimed at combating global warming.See the full content of this document
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Executive's Green Report Card: Weak, Poor . . . Buried Climate: Pollution Climate: Pollution Damning Report Exposes Major Gaps in Policy
Failures on aviation, roads, farming, energy and jobs are all highlighted in the report, which makes 35 major recommendations for change. It also takes ministers to task for failing to control pollution from the public sector.
The report's conclusions and the long delay in publishing it have provoked a furious reaction from environmentalists.Ministers have been accused of trying to bury bad news,...See the full content of this document
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