Amber Rudd has announced that increased subsidies will be offered to electricity suppliers from the capacity market auction, and penalties for those providers…
Continue ReadingThe head if the UK’s largest energy lobbying group, Energy UK, has called for Britain to take lessons from Germany’s Energiewende [energy transition]…
Continue ReadingUS: Cutting Emissions Could Save 175,000 Lives by 2030
Written by Danny Lord in Climate Change Government Policy
A paper published by Duke University in North Carolina has claimed that if the US work on dramatically reducing their carbon emissions generally…
Continue ReadingCuadrilla Claims Friends of the Earth ‘Misled’ Regulator
Written by Danny Lord in Climate Change Government Policy
The decision to refuse fracking companies permission to drill in areas of Lancashire has been described by the council as “democracy in action”…
Continue Reading25% of North Sea Oil Rigs “Could be Scrapped in 10 Years”
Written by George Gangar in Government Policy
Industry experts have said that the next decade could see the closure of around 150 oil platforms across UK waters.
Continue ReadingActor Mark Ruffalo, famous for playing the Hulk/Bruce Bannner in the Avengers films, has taken his role as a green superhero rather literally,…
Continue ReadingGeorge Osborne is set to be investigated by the spending watchdog over his recent decision to do away with a carbon capture scheme…
Continue ReadingAmber Rudd Criticised for Poverty Watchdog Appointments
Written by George Gangar in Government Policy
The energy secretary, Amber Rudd, has been heavily criticised for her choices in appointments to the committee that will form her new fuel…
Continue ReadingThe government’s continual axing of various green initiatives is expected to culminate in a debate with the House of Lords as the Conservatives…
Continue ReadingDavid Cameron has responded to criticism of his government’s green energy policies, describing claims of its ineffectiveness “total and utter nonsense”.
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