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UK commits to ambitious pollution-reduction plan

MAY 18, 2011
Physics Today
Telegraph : The UK has committed to an ambitious plan to halve greenhouse gas emissions by 2025. To meet the target, the country will have to move to nuclear and wind power, adopt strict energy efficiency measures to make businesses and homes less wasteful, and increase the number of electric cars. Critics warn that such measures could damage the competitiveness of British industry and limit economic growth. Energy secretary Chris Huhne, however, has “promised a support package for industry to help them move to renewable or low energy power,” writes Louise Gray for the Telegraph.
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