UK Govt seems guided by same policy agenda as ALEC (complete with Doublespeak)

[kristopher]

First they deliberately sabotaged the very effective energy efficiency program they inherited, then they gutted the UK's commitment to renewable energy in favor of nuclear, and now...

David Cameron to rip up green regulations
Prime minister says plans to scrap or amend more than 3,000 regulations will save businesses £850m a year

Rowena Mason, political correspondent
The Guardian, Sunday 26 January 2014

David Cameron will on Monday boast of tearing up 80,000 pages of environmental protections and building guidelines as part of a new push to build more houses and cut costs for businesses.

In a speech to small firms, the prime minister will claim that he is leading the first government in decades to have slashed more needless regulation than it introduced.

Among the regulations to be watered down will be protections for hedgerows and rules about how businesses dispose of waste, despite Cameron's claims to lead the greenest government ever.

Addressing the Federation of Small Businesses conference, Cameron will argue that the new rules will make it "vastly cheaper" for businesses to comply with their environmental obligations.

...No 10 sources insisted that the new rules would not necessarily mean the environment suffers...

http://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/jan/27/david-cameron-green-regulations

[Ghost Dog]

1. "Rowena Mason, political correspondent The Guardian"

Thanks, kristopher.

Indignado.

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