Exclusive: Top green advisor slams Department for Transport renewables efforts

James S Murray
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Porritt warns slow progress on low carbon transport means 45 per cent of electricity mix will have to come from renewables by 2020 to meet EU targets

The government's top sustainability advisor has warned the UK will have to generate far more electricity from renewable sources by 2020 than it is currently planning, as a result of the failure to adequately...

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