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MPs call for green skills tsar

Parliamentary committee warns that the UK lacks skills necessary to move swiftly to a low carbon economy

17-Dec-09  The government should appoint a green skillsleader to spur growth in the environmental services sector and within industries such as renewables generation, as well as to help mainstream environmental skills across all sectors, argues the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee (EAC). In a report issued yesterday, entitled Green jobs and Skills, the EAC warns that recent increases in government investment, while welcome, are insufficient to...