Stockport’s first ever Green councillor has urged the authority to ‘up its game’ on climate change, as bosses were accused of lacking ambition.
Coun Gary Lawson gave a somewhat withering assessment of the progress made since the town hall declared a climate emergency back in 2019.
His comments, at Thursday night’s full council meeting, came after a Liberal Democrat motion called for a ‘step change’ to ensure the borough meets its carbon net-zero target by 2038. READ MORE : In response, the Labour administration tabled an amendment calling on members to ‘recognise the progress’ made by the council’s Climate Action Now (CAN) strategy while also pledging to ‘enhance governance and measuring’ of the council’s carbon footprint, among other
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