Government floats proposals to phase out coal and oil heating from 2020s

'We will not be heating our buildings in 2050 by setting fire to the same substances that people burned in the Victorian era' government predicts
The government has launched a Call for Evidence on its plans to phase out high-carbon fossil fuel heating systems, such as coal fires and oil burners, over the next decade. In a document released yesterday...
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