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Heat: A policy chasm on the route towards net zero

Richard Lowes, University of Exeter

06 May 2020 •

Heat: A policy chasm on the route towards net zero

Richard Lowes at the University of Exeter argues that the encouraging rhetoric in the government's latest green heat proposals conceals a paucity of ambition that looks to be way off track against the UK's net zero emission goals

BEIS released a suite of documents regarding 'clean heating' policy last Tuesday including most importantly details of what will follow on from the RHI. This policy consultation comes in advance of...

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