EU energy giants to challenge climate target plan

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FT reports leading energy companies are to raise concerns over impact of renewables policies

The battle over the future direction of the EU's climate change strategy is to escalate further today, as a group of Europe's leading energy companies prepares to warn that current policies are undermining...

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