'Green Energy Covenant': Government urged to make community benefits a requirement for clean energy projects

Cecilia Keating
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'Green Energy Covenant': Government urged to make community benefits a requirement for clean energy projects

More than three quarters of rural voters support local renewable developments that come with community benefits, fresh polling reveals

The government is facing fresh calls to make investment in local communities a prerequisite for developers of solar, wind, and large grid infrastructure projects, as fresh polling revealed that mandatory...

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