Committee on Climate Change downplays impact of carbon price floor freeze

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Committee accused of putting "blind faith" in EU emissions trading scheme to tackle coal industry renaissance

The debate about the impact of the Chancellor's controversial carbon price floor freeze on the UK's clean energy investment and decarbonisation efforts may still be raging in environmental circles, but...

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