CRC still "lacks ambition", warns EIC

Environmental Industries Commission welcomes Decc's final proposals but says a lower eligibility threshold would have allowed for greater energy efficiency gains

07-Oct-09 The UK government’s latest proposals for the carbon reduction commitment (CRC) will make an insufficient contribution towards the national target to cut emissions by at least 32% by 2020, claims the Environmental Industries Commission (EIC). The EIC says its members regularly report that opportunities to reduce energy demand are particularly high in the large, non-energy intensive organisations covered by the scheme, yet the scheme will cut...

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