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.@SJAMcBride reveals the hidden RHI scandal 🔥

Stormont has failed to spend £90m in green energy subsidies available from the Treasury to help move people from fossil fuels to green sources of heat

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Subsidies were cut so deep that payments to participants in the scheme dipped below those in Great Britain and the Republic in the aftermath of the scandal. It means the projected £500m overspend on the RHI scheme was reduced to £33m

.@SJAMcBride says that, while the Renewable Heat Incentive was shut to new entrants six years ago, its legacy will hang over Stormont’s efforts to decarbonise Northern Ireland for years to come

✍️ @SJAMcBride: “Many who think they know this story misunderstand the damage the scheme is doing to the environment. Fewer still are aware what they thought was a vast overspend on RHI is in fact a far bigger underspend on the money which could help protect the environment.”

You can read @SJAMcBride's exclusive story from our Environment in Focus series here 🌍 👇

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belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/environme…