Spotlight on Devon County Council and the CRC

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In the last of our series on the CRC, Felicity Caurus looks at how one of the UK's largest county councils is preparing for the legislation

Devon County Council covers a population of 1.14m and is one of many councils required to take part in the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) scheme. In the last financial year, the council burned its...

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