Greg Barker

"Greenest Government" halves solar subsidies

Posted by petespeller — 31 October 2011 at 2:00pm - Comments

Solar power station in Spain

The self-styled "greenest government ever" has cut feed-in-tariffs for solar power by half, doubling the length of time it will take homeowners to receive payback and risking thousands of jobs in a growing industry in manufacturing and installing solar panels.

Article tagged as: climate change, energy, feed-in tariff, greg barker, solar power

Carbon dating the decision makers

Posted by bex — 2 March 2006 at 9:00am - Comments

David Cameron talks to Stop Climate Chaos supporters

Hundreds of Stop Climate Chaos supporters came together on March 1st to 'carbon date' some of the UK's leading MPs.

They weren't trying to guess the ages of these venerable decision makers; they were borrowing the 'speed dating' format to tell MPs what they thought the government should do about climate change.

Article tagged as: chris huhne, climate change, david cameron, greg barker, margaret beckett, michael meacher, sir menzies campbell, stop climate chaos

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