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Edinburgh faces missing its 2030 climate targets. What happens now?

Edinburgh faces missing its 2030 climate targets. What happens now?

Soaring construction costs and a public spending squeeze are hitting city's environmental ambitions

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Trams to Newhaven are making city transport Greener. Pic: Edinburgh Trams

Edinburgh has a hard-earned reputation as one of the UK’s leading cities for taking action on climate change. Think trams, and the transformation of Granton with Scotland’s largest net zero housing development.

At home, the city council is criticised in perhaps equal part for failin…

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