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Government accused of watering down EU renewables laws again

BusinessGreen.com Staff

24 July 2008 • 3 min read

Leaked documents suggest UK officials are lobbying to weaken EU's new renewables directive

The UK government was today accused of lobbying to water down new EU legislation designed to accelerate the deployment of renewable energy capacity and ensure the bloc's target of generating 20 per cent...

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