Updated: Government accused of jeopardising carbon targets with new dash for gas

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Ministers under fire over new gas and road-building plans as poll shows only two per cent of people think government is delivering on "greenest ever" pledge

Only two per cent of people believe the government is living up to its pledge to be the "greenest ever", according to a major new poll released to coincide with a series of government announcements that...

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