Huhne
accuses
an
“unholy
alliance
of
short-termists,
armchair
engineers,
climate
sceptics
and
vested
interests”
of
selling
the
UK
economy
short
by
failing
to
recognise
the
economic
benefits
of
clean-energy.
Senior
Conservatives
–
including
Chancellor
George
Osborne,
the
UK’s
finance
minister
–
have
voiced
concern
that
green
initiatives
are
“piling
costs
on
the
energy
bills
of
households
and
companies”.
Huhne’s
hardline
support
for
renewables
is
understood
to
have
upset
many
Conservatives,
the
biggest
party
in
the
coalition
government
currently
running
the
UK.
“We’re
not
going
to
save
the
planet
by
putting
our
country
out
of…
