Climate Committee warns 'dash for gas' more costly than low carbon energy mix

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Report slams Treasury support for gas-focused energy strategy, warns failure to deliver post-2020 policies will push up cost of decarbonisation

The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) will today present the most compelling evidence to date that Treasury plans for a renewed "dash for gas" would present greater economic risks than the development...

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