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GEARING UP
for a green gas future
UK households could soon see a total phase-out of udging by recent headlines, you
fossil-fuelled boilers by 2035. That’s the headline would think that net zero spells
the end of gas. National media
recommendation from the Committee on Climate Change stories proclaim the imminent
(CCC), which in June published its latest progress report J death of the gas boiler, one of the
on efforts to cut emissions as we strive for net zero. most emotive casualties in the battle
against climate change.
However, Damien Hawke, Director of Future Networks at While we must dramatically cut our
Cadent, says the story of gas is far from over consumption of methane, the role of
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