HS2 legal challenge launched by Chris Packham
by Gwyn Topham from on (#505QY)
Naturalist says approval of high-speed rail project failed to take account of climate impact
A fresh legal challenge to HS2 has been launched by the naturalist and broadcaster Chris Packham, arguing that the UK government's decision to approve the high-speed rail network failed to take account of its carbon emissions and climate impact.
Packham and the law firm Leigh Day said the Oakervee review, whose advice to proceed with HS2 in full was followed by Boris Johnson last month, was "compromised, incomplete and flawed".
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