Tough on plastic bags, but it’s not enough Daniel Leal-Olivas/AFP/Getty
Prime Minister Theresa May today unveiled . It contains much talk about protecting wildlife, making the country cleaner and greener, and so on. It all sounds wonderful, but it is mostly waffle.
“The government’s 25-year environment plan is a monumental anti-climax,” the Green Party. “Nothing new, nothing of substance, nothing to tackle climate change.”
Take the plans to reduce plastic pollution, which dominated the headlines. A worthy goal, absolutely. But what will actually be done? A mandatory 5-pence…
Article amended on 23 January 2018
We corrected the likely life-shortening effect of air pollution
