Brexit powers transfer threat to environment
Reaction to news that powers on environmental protection, fracking licensing, fishing and farming may be transferred to the UK Gov’t at the point of Brexit.
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Reaction to news that powers on environmental protection, fracking licensing, fishing and farming may be transferred to the UK Gov’t at the point of Brexit.
Friends of the Earth Scotland react to 2017/18 Programme for Government. New policies to tackle polluting transport, transition away from high-carbon industry and creation of a National Investment Bank mean it is the greenest ever announced in Scotland.
The UK General Election on 8 June 2017 takes place at a crucial time for our environment. The next government will decide how to meet our Paris Agreement goals to halt global warming, how to tackle the deadly public health crisis of air pollution, and how to build a just, sustainable economy after the age of oil.