Business giants back calls for power decarbonisation target

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EDF Energy, Heathrow Airport, and Unilever among the latest firms to call on the Prime Minister to deliver a decarbonisation target for 2030

A group of eight leading businesses have today written to Prime Minister David Cameron urging him to incorporate a decarbonisation target for the power sector in the upcoming Energy Bill. The letter,...

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