MPs: 'Lost decade' means UK must now fast-track carbon-capture projects

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Report calls for final investment decision on two UK projects to be made before 2015 election following years of delays

MPs want the future of two carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration projects to be determined before next year's election, after bemoaning a "lost decade" that threatens to derail the creation of...

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