Spanish NGOs,incensed at the controversial ‘sun tax’ that charges citizens for creating their own energy, have called for a modern ‘vice-presidency’ on sustainability, and reports El PaisThe five main green organisations operating in Spain have launched an environmental appeal to political parties in the sprint-up to December’s general elections. Friends of the Earth,Ecologists in Action, Greenpeace, or SEO/BirdLife and WWF have stressed the urgent need for any modern government to create a vice-presidency for sustainability,that would be able to coordinate and oversee cross-sector policy making. Continue reading...
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