Climate change bills in Northern Ireland edge closer to completion
by Tommy Greene from Environment | The Guardian on (#5VZYS)
First legally binding climate act faces race against the clock before Stormont's dissolution next month
Northern Ireland's first legally binding climate act faces a race against time to get passed before the devolved institutions at Stormont are dissolved in the coming weeks.
The second of two climate change bills - introduced by the agriculture minister, Edwin Poots - has moved through consideration stage, with a batch of new amendments prompting more than 25 hours of assembly debate.
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