Tories to ban coal power without CCS

James S Murray
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"Coal doesn't have a future unless it has CCS"

The Conservative Party will next week propose tough carbon emissions standards for new power stations that will effectively ban all coal-fired plants built without carbon capture and storage (CCS) systems....

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