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Tories are backing high carbon emissions from gas instead of renewable energy

3rd June 2013 Socialist Action 0

By Bridget Robertson

This week the British Parliament will vote on the shape of our energy system for the next 40 years. The vote will lay bare the deep divisions in the British bourgeoisie between those who accept that urgent and transformational change is needed in order to keep the planet inhabitable for humanity, and those prepared in the face of overwhelming evidence of climate change to further bolster vested interests of carbon industries.