First 'Broken Pledges' Raise Fears Over the Green Games ; Olympic Targets for Renewable Energy and a 'London Living' Wage May Not Be Met

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IT IS supposed to be the "greenest Games ever", with its athletes' village a 100 per cent renewable-powered beacon for the globe. It was proclaimed as a "bonanza" for the poor, with a promise to pay a "living wage" to everyone working on it.

In a tight contest, the social and environmental benefits of London's Olympic bid impressed the selectors, and played a major part in winning us the Games.

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First 'Broken Pledges' Raise Fears Over the Green Games ; Olympic Targets for Renewable Energy and a 'London Living' Wage May Not Be Met

Now, however, little more than a year later, the Evening Standard can reveal that those noble commitments have become the first major Olympic pledges that London is going to drop. In that most traditional of Olympic events, breaking your promises to the IOC, we've been impressively quick off th...

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