IT AIN’T EASY BEING GREEN FOR COALITION
(Published 9 May 2011)
Progress on the prime minister's pledge to make the coalition the "greenest government ever" has been heavily criticised by environmental leaders, with former government adviser, Jonathon Porritt, saying that the likelihood of the government living up to the promise was "vanishingly remote".
In a report commissioned by Friends of the Earth, Porritt said ministers were failing to deliver on key environmental pledges, and policies had been watered down, delayed or even abandoned.
In the wake of the report, the Friends of the Earth executive director, Andy Atkins, warned that without "real political courage", Cameron's green ambitions would be simply hot air.
According to the research, little or no progress has been made on three quarters of 77 environmental or sustainability policies that were analysed.
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