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Friends of the Earth anger at Government change on direction on renewable energy Friends of the Earth reacted with anger today to a leaked Government document revealing that the Government is planning to effectively abolish its EU commitments to the expansion of renewable energy. In March of this year, Tony Blair signed up to a European target to source 20% of energy from renewable sources by 2020, but since then the UK Government, despite its rhetoric on climate change, has been actively lobbying to water down the target. Britain has the best wind and marine energy (...)