MPs must build more cross-party support for renewables

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As the new Parliament begins, REA chief executive Dr Nina Skorupska argues more MPs must work across party lines to better support renewables

Next year will see the tenth anniversary of the Climate Change Act. Looking back, it was an incredible achievement. Its ambition at the time was fiercely debated, the faith in unproven technologies questioned...

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