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Ed Davey’s power station numbers don’t add up
The energy secretary, Ed Davey, sought to address head on today the critics of his new energy bill that is expected to make its way through Parliament this autumn. But as Will Straw observed on Left...
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Now energy companies warn Osborne: Go green or we’ll leave Britain
Seven major energy companies employing 17,500 workers in Britain are threatening to withdraw hundreds of millions of pounds of investment because of a lack of decision making and attempts to...
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Graphic: The increase in energy bills – and how the rise might be steeper...
A new report (pdf) today from the Committee on Climate Change on energy prices and bills of the impacts of meeting carbon budgets reveals the majority (83%) of the increase in energy bills is from...
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On carbon, why is George so hung up on the fax and not the facts?
Kathy Cumming is a press officer for Greenpeace UK In October, 50 major high street brands wrote to the prime minister urging him to support it. In November, eight senior businesspeople, including the...
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The web of political influence that is fueling climate change
Alex Scrivener is a policy officer at World Development Movement The UK financial sector is addicted to carbon. While the world teeters on the edge of irreversible climate change, banks, pension funds...
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Target to decarbonise power sector by 2030 could save every British family...
New analysis published today by the independent Committee on Climate Change shows that every family in Britain could save at least £1,131 and as much as £4,525 if the government adopted a target to...
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Energy of the future: Transforming Germany’s energy system
by the German Embassy in Britain Ensuring a reliable, economically viable and environment-friendly energy supply is one of the great challenges of the 21st century. In 2011 Germany embarked on an...
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We must not let irresponsible deniers delay urgent action on climate change
By Mike Childs, head of policy, research and science at Friends of the Earth The response this week by the usual clique of sceptics and deniers to new research suggesting the short-term rate of global...
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Britain one of only four EU states which saw emissions increase in 2012
The UK was one of just four EU states that saw an increase in carbon emissions between 2011 and 2012, according to a new report. Emissions fell in twenty-three out of 27 EU member states in 2012, with...
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Half of Telegraph readers belief climate change a ‘natural phenomenon’. 98%...
On the back of chairman of the Commons Energy and Climate Change committee Tim Yeo’s comments that climate change may not be man-made after all, the Telegraph have done a poll asking readers if they...
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The fall-out from the carbon bubble bursting could devastate Scotland
TweetThe importance of Scotland’s North Sea energy reserves to the referendum debate was highlighted by the UK cabinet travelling to Aberdeen. The last time the British cabinet met in Scotland was in...
View ArticleEven oil companies support a carbon tax
Tomorrow, global leaders in Bonn will be presented with the preliminary findings of a massive survey by the French government which asked 10,000 people from 79 countries about their views on climate...
View ArticleOsborne’s aversion to renewables is frighteningly short-sighted
This spring budget has an autumnal feel, like a bonfire night rocket whose brave, soaring ascent suddenly becomes a spectacular explosion, with each little bright blue spark dimming as it descends....
View ArticleHow finance connects fracking in Lancashire and the ratification of the Paris...
Image: Mary Crandall Two significant events this week show a world in a tug of war contest. Firstly, the government overturning Lancashire county council’s rejection of a fracking site, paving the way...
View ArticleThe UK cannot delay the adoption of more ambitious climate targets
The world has warmed by one degree, and the mercury keeps rising. Even if nations meet all the pledges they’ve made so far, warming would still increase to three degrees. And so, faced with...
View ArticleCaroline Lucas: It’s time to kick fossil fuels out of UK politics
With 2016 is set to be the hottest year on record and a climate denier elected to the White House, the need for a stronger, more radical climate movement is more urgent then ever. We know that to...
View ArticleHow to make sure Labour’s policies tackle the climate crisis
The extinction rebels have gone home, for now and parliament has declared a climate emergency. What happens next? Specifically, what can parties of the Left do now? Opposition politicians have limited...
View ArticleWe must not let irresponsible deniers delay urgent action on climate change
By Mike Childs, head of policy, research and science at Friends of the Earth The response this week by the usual clique of sceptics and deniers to new research suggesting the short-term rate of global...
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Britain one of only four EU states which saw emissions increase in 2012
The UK was one of just four EU states that saw an increase in carbon emissions between 2011 and 2012, according to a new report. Emissions fell in twenty-three out of 27 EU member states in 2012, with...
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Half of Telegraph readers belief climate change a ‘natural phenomenon’. 98%...
On the back of chairman of the Commons Energy and Climate Change committee Tim Yeo’s comments that climate change may not be man-made after all, the Telegraph have done a poll asking readers if they...
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