Climate Committee urges government to extend CCS to cover gas plants

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Experts warn emission targets will not be met without carbon capture systems for gas plants

The Independent Climate Change Committee has called on the government to extend plans to fit carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology to coal-fired power stations to cover gas-fired power stations....

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