Costs, clarity and Westminster U-turns: Why Scotland has pushed back its clean heating timeline

Cecilia Keating
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Costs, clarity and Westminster U-turns: Why Scotland has pushed back its clean heating timeline

BusinessGreen sits down with Scottish Minister Patrick Harvie to discuss the government's new building decarbonisation proposals

The Scottish government has announced it has pushed back its timeline for decarbonising homes, arguing the delay is partially due to climate policy turbulence in Westminster this autumn. The devolved...

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