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Lack of national transport capacity drives the need for HS2. And the carbon advantage of electrified rail means that HS2 is better than any alternative investment response in climate change terms.
A new report – HS2: Towards a Zero Carbon … Read more › “New report on HS2 highlights its carbon impacts”
Greengauge 21 was asked to provide a key policy component in the UK 2070 Commission’s enquiry into regional inequalities that reported in September 2019. As one of its seven priorities in a call for action, the Commission calls for a … Read more › “Challenging region inequalities: the transport element”
An assessment of Lord Berkeley’s ideas to scale back HS2
Now that he is appointed deputy Chairman of the Government’s Review of HS2, it is worth re-visiting Lord Berkeley’s opinions on the project. He wrote last year to every MP … Read more › “Why HS2 needs to go all the way”
Sadly, environmental campaigners are being drawn into opposing HS2 on the false premise that HS2 is a major threat to England’s ancient woodlands.
So, here’s the truth:
