Firms call on Tories to back 2030 carbon target for power sector
Businesses say move, backed by Labour and Lib Dems, will
stimulate investment and revitalise ageing energy infrastructure
George Osborne George Osborne’s aides have made clear the
chancellor is against a 2030 target on carbon. Photograph: Oli
Scarff/Getty Images  More than 50 businesses, including
household names such as Asda, Sky and PepsiCo, have called on
the government to put in place a 2030 target on decarbonising
the power sector.  They argue that such a move – already backed
by Labour and the Lib Dems – will stimulate investment and
revitalise the UK's ageing energy infrastructure.  Their call
comes as George Osborne prepares to address the Tory party
conference, a speech that may recall aspects of his oft-repeated
attacks on green policies as a burden on businesses. Osborne's
aides have made clear the chancellor is against a 2030 target on
carbon, and last year he fought successfully to have the UK's
carbon targets for the 2020s reviewe