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The government’s zero-carbon policies will do harm to Britain’s beautiful landscapes

7 March 2020

9:00 AM

7 March 2020

9:00 AM

The government is trying to get onshore windfarms going again, defying the damage they do to unique environments. I am perplexed by how its zero-carbon policies can be reconciled with its wider economic aims of ‘levelling up’ or of fostering a beautiful environment. It is an odd fact that Greens can be extremely hostile to the natural world when it gets in their way.

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