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Government to inject £71m into green redevelopment of former Redcar steelworks

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Business Secretary Andrea Leadsom promises to do 'everything possible to tackle global climate change' as she hails opportunities of green aviation and industry

The government is to assign £71m of new funding to help turn a former Teesside steelworks into a "world-leading" hub for clean energy, hydrogen technologies, and low carbon industry and manufacturing,...

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