'Leading by example': Green economy welcomes stretching target to slash UK emissions 78 per cent by 2035

James Murray
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But big questions remain over how the UK will meet hugely ambitious new targets, after government signalled it will not sign off on all the CCC's policy recommendations

The UK government has today approved some of the world's most ambitious decarbonisation targets, effectively rubberstamping a plan that will require the phasing out of gas boilers and internal combustion...

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