EVs may be in the fast lane, but the government needs to accelerate renewable fuel progress

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REA's Dr Nina Skorupska welcomes the government's recent investment in green vehicles, but warns more must be done to deliver much needed progress on aviation and biofuels

To use the old cliché, you wait for government announcments on renewable transport and then three come along at once. It appears that after years of inaction in this area the government have woken up to...

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