Mobilising a 'war effort': MPs call on government to go 'further and faster' to bring an end to the fossil fuel age

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Mobilising a 'war effort': MPs call on government to go 'further and faster' to bring an end to the fossil fuel age

The EAC has published a new roadmap detailing how net zero goals could be met - but what does it mean for investors and businesses?

Just hours after Prime Minister Rishi Sunak gave a New Year speech setting out his priorities for 2023 in which he barely mentioned climate action, the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) has today published...

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