Financial Times: Tony Blair will next week complete a British U-turn over green energy and support an ambitious 20 per cent mandatory target for renewable power as a share of European generation capacity. The British prime minister has overruled his industry minister and will argue at an EU summit that Europe needs binding targets for renewables to show it is serious in fighting climate change. France on Wednesday indicated it could also drop its opposition to mandatory targets, suggesting that …
Blair backs EU renewable energy targets
Financial Times: Tony Blair will next week complete a British U-turn over green energy and support an ambitious 20 per cent mandatory target for renewable power as a share of European generation capacity. The British prime minister has overruled his industry minister and will argue at an EU summit that Europe needs binding targets for renewables to show it is serious in fighting climate change. France on Wednesday indicated it could also drop its opposition to mandatory targets, suggesting that …
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