Ministers consider making UK’s carbon targets easier to meet
by Fiona Harvey Environment editor from on (#6MQJV)
Fears Climate Change Committee's advice not to allow carryover from last carbon budget will be ignored
Ministers are considering plans to weaken the UK's carbon-cutting plans by allowing the unused portion of the last carbon budget to be carried over to the next period.
This would go against the strong recommendation of the government's statutory climate advisers, the Climate Change Committee.
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