MPs warn government can't afford to 'wait and see' if CCS infrastructure materialises

James Murray
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Energy and Climate Change Select Committee slams "snap" decision to pull CCS funding and calls on ministers to deliver alternative strategy

MPs will today accuse the government of jeopardising the UK's climate targets and pushing up the cost of decarbonisation as a result of its controversial "snap decision" to pull £1bn of funding for a carbon...

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