The Chancellor must act if the UK is to avoid a coal revival

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Any watering down of the Carbon Price Support mechanism would deal a grave blow to UK decarbonisation efforts, warns Sandbag's Phil McDonald

"Coal is yesterday's fuel," said Claire Perry this week. But decisions on the UK carbon tax in the October Budget could see a temporary coal revival. Yesterday a coalition of environment groups - including...

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