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Jul 6, 2018 3 tweets 1 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
Not just commitment to same standards on goods (means efficiency, waste, chemicals, ewaste, etc standards all stay), but also firm commitment to high standards on environment and climate policy. #Chequers
EU is still never going to buy splitting goods and services, but still, what a huge step forward towards some form of pragmatism after so many wasted months.
Although, it could, of course, all fall apart at any time and the Hard Brexiters are not simply going to give up their pursuit of full blown deregulation.

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The BG Take on Corbyn's green plans businessgreen.com/bg/opinion/306… BG+
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There was a half hearted look at the Bullingdon Club, but there's never been any really serious assessment of how our education system and culture informs so much of what follows.
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Really pleased to today launch the all new @BusinessGreen SDG Hub, supported by @BNPParibas businessgreen.com/bg/content-hub…
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ICYM Top read from @makower on the continuing mystery of the media's decision to basically ignore the biggest economic, technical, and environmental story in, well, human history, really. businessgreen.com/bg/opinion/306…
That's not even hyperbole. What stories are bigger? There's the origin story, obviously. The first tribes, then the first states. Exploration. Industrial revolution...
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Just on a point of order that I am sure has been written eleventy trillion times already, the Norway option is entirely compatible with the referendum result and always has been.
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