Business leaders to step up support for decarb target amendment

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Green trade bodies signal support for bipartisan Energy Bill amendment, as businesses and NGOs prepare decarbonisation target campaign

MPs can expect to face mounting calls from hundreds of businesses and NGOs for them to support an amendment to the Energy Bill requiring the government to set a decarbonisation target by April 2014...

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