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UK energy policy 'pulling in opposite directions', MPs warn

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Conflicting policies could harm green energy and drive up emissions and costs, says Energy and Climate Change Committee

UK energy policy risks driving up costs and emissions as the government's electricity market reform (EMR) programme may fail to bring forward lower carbon and more efficient technologies, MPs have warned....

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