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Green pressure on decision-making



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MINISTERS are being forced to measure all development and energy decisions against the economic cost of their impact on the environment.
A new "carbon price" has been set which must be factored into the cost of anything contributing to climate change – such as new runways, roads or power stations.

The carbon price has been set in line with the recommendations of Sir Nicholas Stern's report on the economic cost of climate change.



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  • Last Updated: 22 December 2007 7:46 PM
  • Source: Scotland On Sunday
  • Location: Scotland
  • Related Topics: Climate change
 
1

a proud doonhamer,

Dumfries 23/12/2007 00:23:30
Another promise kept.
2

Ted,

Edinburgh 23/12/2007 09:00:46
That's UK Ministers, you fool. If the SNP put a carbon price on their decisions they wouldn't be building more bridges to nowhere, motorway extensions or bypasses.
3

Unimpressed one,

23/12/2007 10:28:16
The latest UK eco-lunacy act that will get the rest of the world splitting their sides laughing. When the hell are we going to realise that this so called 'catastrophic climate change' is a crock of sh*t and the sooner our politicians waken up to that reality the cheaper it will be for all of us?

 

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