Yeo: the fight for a decarbonisation target is not over yet

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Senior Tory MPs tells newspaper that he is considering tabling an amendment to the Energy Bill that would revive the emissions target for the power sector

The government may be forced to review its controversial decision to delay a proposed decarbonisation target for the power sector, after it emerged that a cross-party group of MPs may table an amendment...

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