Independent: The boss of British Gass parent company has criticised the Government for allowing old, dirty coal stations to qualify for subsidies worth hundreds of millions of pounds in a scheme designed to promote green energy.
Sam Laidlaw, the chief executive of Centrica, said the list of power stations which the Government has just cleared to apply for the scheme contains some of the countrys most polluting stations putting it at odds with its goal of keeping carbon emissions to a minimum.
Mr Laidlaws...