Miliband calls full steam ahead for CCS, despite Kingsnorth delay

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As Dong Energy becomes the latest firm to back away from clean coal investment, energy and climate change secretary says recession will not deter plans to build CCS plants in the UK

Ed Miliband today reaffirmed the government's commitment to the development of carbon capture and storage (CCS) plants in the UK, despite E.ON's announcement that it had shelved plans for a new coal plant...

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