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Darling finds room for some green measures

Environmental consultancies and NGOs have criticised the amount of funding for green measures in the Budget but it includes significant provisions, including extension of the landfill tax escalator and extra support for offshore wind

23-Apr-09  Policies to encourage offshore windfarms and alternatives to landfill will have caught the eye of those consultants specialising in waste or renewables, but to those looking to the long term, and to observers abroad, the most significant aspect of the Budget is the introduction of statutory carbon budgets - a world first. The Budget included a formal announcement that the Government has adopted the target proposed in December by its Committee on...