'Coal mines and pesticides': Greta Thunberg slams Johnson's green industrial revolution

Environmentalists have questioned the credibility of the government’s environmental objectives following its decision to permit the use of a normally banned neonicotinoid pesticide and the failure to call in a planning application for a new coal mine.

by Gareth Simkins
Greta Thunberg has laid into the government's approval of a bee-killing pesticide. Photograph: Jonathan Nackstrand/Getty Images
Greta Thunberg has laid into the government's approval of a bee-killing pesticide. Photograph: Jonathan Nackstrand/Getty Images

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