Experts condemn plan to install thousands of gas boilers across UK
by Fiona Harvey Environment correspondent from Environment | The Guardian on (#5PGNH)
Experts say effective subsidies for new gas boilers run contrary to government targets on cutting greenhouse gas emissions
Energy bill-payers will be asked to subsidise the installation of tens of thousands of new gas boilers across the UK under government plans, at a time when experts say gas boilers should be urgently phased out.
Experts said it was baffling that ministers should be promoting the installation of new fossil fuel boilers, instead of low-carbon dioxide alternatives such as heat pumps.
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