UK Environment Secretary Hilary Benn has announced tougher legislation to help tackle climate change. He made the announcement shortly after members of parliament had called for a special climate change minister to be appointed.

The bill aims to spread carbon trading further, will create an independent committee to look, among other things, at controlling greenhouse gases other than CO₂. While some have been critical of the new legislation, saying it still doesn’t do enough, the general reception appears to be cautiously optimistic.

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