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Mandatory plans to cut carbon in projects put back on the table

By 2022-06-22T06:00:00

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Conservative MP revives bill shelved in March after original backer was appointed to housing department job

Mothballed proposals to cut carbon emissions in construction projects by amending building regulations have been put back on the table.

Conservative MP Jerome Mayhew has reintroduced a private member’s bill to parliament which would see mandatory limits placed on embodied carbon at the design stage of projects within the next few years.

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