UK Plan to Cut Carbon in Home Heating Falls Short, Lawmakers Say
- House of Lords panel criticizes boiler-upgrade program
- Hydrogen not a serious option for home heating, committee says
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The UK is failing to deliver on its plans to decarbonize home heating as Britain lags the rest of Europe in cutting one of the biggest sources of carbon emissions.
That’s the key finding in a letter from the House of Lords Environment and Climate Change Committee, which said the UK’s program to upgrade household boilers is on track to use just half of its budget due to a low uptake of grants.