Turning brown: the environment

Article Abstract:

The British government's championing of environmental measures seem to be at an all time low. Only 3% of the public polled, consider green issues of great importance. Major environmental policy battles loom over the opening of a new nuclear energy plant, and the widening of a superhighway.

Political aspects

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Pure folly: water

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British Office of Water Services director Ian Byatt claimed that water-rate increases necessary to pay for government directives on improved water and sewage treatment would overburden consumers. A tight EC-mandated schedule for sewage improvement causes high costs.

Economic aspects, Water utilities, Finance, Prices and rates, Water quality, Sewage disposal

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Subjects list: United Kingdom, Environmental policy
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