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The Sunday Telegraph says hundreds of miles of overhead cables and pylons are expected to be “fast-tracked” through the planning system to meet targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero, “despite local opposition”. The broadsheet adds that the government is drawing up “sweeping planning reforms” and that ministers are concerned that the National Grid may not be able to accommodate plans for expansions in wind generation and the use of electric cars and heat pumps.