Responding to Conservative MP Tim Yeo's amendments to the Energy Bill, which would see carbon removed from the UK’s electricity sector by 2030, Greenpeace Energy Campaigner Leila Deen said:
“George Osborne thought he’d buried the plan to clean up our electricity sector and cleared a path for his dash for gas. That Tim Yeo has tabled these amendments, and is backed by hundreds of businesses, investors and civil society groups, is yet another signal that the Chancellor is out of touch on this issue.
“The Liberal Democrats, who caved in to Osborne over the first draft of this Bill, now have a second chance to get on the right side of both their voters and UK businesses by supporting this measure. A 2030 decarbonisation goal is essential if we want clean safe, renewable electricity for decades to come.”
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