Government lays groundwork for CRC expansion

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New draft regulations for cap-and-trade scheme suggest more firms than first thought will have to provide Environment Agency with energy use data

It might not even come into full effect until next year, but the government is already laying the groundwork for the extension of its Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) legislation to include far more organisations...

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