Thursday, June 09, 2011

Environment white paper is a step in the right direction


The government is beginning to respond to the environmental crisis but the real test will be its wider green policies

It shows what can happen when you keep the pressure up. Stung by the reaction to its efforts to sell off the public forest estate and the furious response to its red tape challenge, the coalition government now looks desperate to prove itself. That's just where we want it.

It is still a long way from being the greenest government ever, not that there's a lot of competition. But its new white paper, published this morning, shows that it's beginning to grasp and respond to some aspects of the environmental crisis.

See full Article.