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Going Backwards on Climate Change?

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On Saturday the 7th of May, protesters met onĀ Beeston High Street just outside Nottingham. There was a lively protest attracting much public attention about how the ConservativesĀ have undone actions to limit climate change since they were elected a year ago.

In 2008, the Climate Change Act committed the UK to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050. Recognising the crisis faced and the need for urgent action, all major parties supported it. But since the current government took office on 8 May 2015, there have been a series of major policy reversals taking us backwards on climate action.

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