Government commits to 80 per cent carbon emission cut

James S Murray
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Miliband endorses climate change committee's recommendation and announces plans to introduce a feed-in tariff

The government is to introduce legally binding targets in the forthcoming climate change bill that will require the UK to cut its carbon emissions by 80 per cent on 1990 levels by 2050. The original...

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