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Environment Minister Mary Creagh
THE government will block new incinerators unless they help meet environmental objectives under rules unveiled today.
Developers will have to show that their project either reduce non-recyclable waste sent to landfill or replace older, less efficient incinerators.
The move aims to boost recycling rates, which have stalled at around 45 per cent since 2015.
The Communist Party of Britain’s Congress last month debated a resolution on ending opposition to all nuclear power in light of technological advances and the climate crisis. RICHARD HEBBERT explains why
One of the major criticisms of China’s breakneck development in recent decades has been the impact on nature — returning after 15 years away, BEN CHACKO assessed whether the government’s recent turn to environmentalism has yielded results