UK forces all major national planning decisions to address climate mitigation

The British government will now require that all national planning strategies make it clear how they will mitigate climate change. This replaces the practice of reaching strategic infrastructure decisions on a case-by-case basis and is expected to push through more large, nationally significant renewable energy projects. UK Minister John Healey noted that the planning bill “is the key to unlocking the modern green economy and subsequent new jobs and that is why business backs it. We simply can’t create a modern and greener economy using a post-war planning system.” Full story: Business Green