But the government wants to see the private sector grow in northern England, and it has a plan - green jobs.

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Ecologists were angry with the plan, saying it would destroy Lantau as a green lung and cause irreversible damage to the environment.

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If you have rolled retirement money from an employer into an IRA, consider moving it back into a protected plan, suggests Robert Keebler, a Green Bay, Wis.

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The objectors to the Wellington Road plan had raised concerns over the scale of the development and the fact it is a green-field site.

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Green MSP Robin Harper said it was vital to see what the plan contained and that it must include targets for waste reduction and reuse.

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"It's extraordinary that the Lib Dems are still claiming that they will protect green spaces when they plan to concrete over our countryside with thousands more houses on green field sites, " she said.

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