Independent: A new generation of coal-fired power stations will be built without permanent curbs on emissions, say green groups, who warn that a "whopping loophole" risks a new age of pollution. Ed Davey, the Energy Secretary, claimed last week that his reforms "will ensure we can keep the lights on, bills down and the air clean". His department boasted that the Draft Energy Bill will "provide a regulatory backstop to prevent construction of new coal plants which emit more than 450g/kWh". But buried in...
URL: http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/climate-change/greens-warn-of-a-return-to-era-of-dirty-coal-7791513.html
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