MEPs urge stronger 2030 energy efficiency and renewables targets

Michael Holder
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Busy day in Brussels as MEPs call for 40 per cent energy efficiency target and 30 per cent renewables target for 2030

While shockwaves reverberated around the UK this morning as the nation comes to terms with the referendum result to leave the EU, some positive news for renewables and green campaigners quietly slipped...

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