People Power - The missing plank in the government's new clean growth plans

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E3G's Simon Skillings argues Theresa May's new energy efficiency goal may be welcome, but like the rest of the government's Clean Growth Strategy it is guilty of side-lining consumers

Yesterday, Prime Minister Theresa May set out her central mission for the government's Industrial Strategy Clean Growth Challenge. It was to halve the energy usage of new buildings by 2030 and halve the...

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