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The law you've never heard of that stops Britain building - and it's not even British
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6:48Now PlayingDowning Street wants to stop green activists from using a little-known international law to tie up major infrastructure projects in the courts using millions of pounds of taxpayer cash, Sky News can reveal.
An obscure international agreement known as the Aarhus Convention, named after Denmark's second city, is delaying some of the biggest industrial projects in the country.
Campaigners who use it, however, say it is a vital tool to hold ministers to their green targets.
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