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United Kingdom: Spending watchdog to examine scrapping 1bn carbon capture plan
2016-01-31 16:04:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The National Audit Office is to investigate George Osbornes decision to scrap a 1bn prototype carbon capture scheme which cost the taxpayer at least 60m, a letter seen by the Guardian shows. The spending watchdog said it would be looking into the expenses incurred in running, and then prematurely halting, a CCS auction. It will also examine how the Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decc) plans to secure the countrys future energy needs. In the coming weeks we will begin work looking...
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