Many thanks to The Independent news paper's exclusive - Backlash grows over Camerons green sellout for the following list of the promises that have gone sour as the Govt back-tracks on environment policies and plans.
Planning New rules will strip away protection of the
countryside from development – the Government has so far resisted a
continuing, widespread campaign against the plans.
Motorway speeds
To the horror of environmental campaigners, the Government is raising
the limit to 80mph, adding more than two million tons a year to carbon
emissions.
Forests Ministers announced last year a
mass sell-off, despite no reference in the Conservative manifesto or
coalition agreement, but a public campaign forced a U-turn.
Green investment bank
A flagship environmental policy has been severely undermined by a
Treasury block on it providing loans. It will not be allowed to borrow
until 2015.
Eco-homes Another legacy of Labour,
but any new homes built with "zero carbon" credentials will not have
carbon emissions from electrical appliances counted, undermining the
definition.
Quangos The Forestry Commission,
Natural England and the Environment Agency have all been prevented from
policy-making, while the Sustainable Development Commission and the
Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution have been axed.
Illegal tropical timber Ministers have scrapped a Conservative manifesto pledge to criminalise the possession of illegal tropical timber.
