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Government 'Surrenders to Old Guard' Over Energy Plans

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Tomorrow's energy market reforms overshadowed by U-turn on Green Investment Bank

15 December, 2010

Tomorrow the Government will propose reforms to the energy market which aim to kickstart the process of rebuilding Britain's power infrastructure over the coming decades.

But today's Guardian newspaper also reports that Climate and Energy Secretary Chris Huhne is considering downgrading plans for a new 'Green Investment Bank', which would strip it of powers to issue 'green bonds' and leave it with the status of a conventional government fund for an unspecified period of time.

Reacting to the news, Greenpeace policy director Dr. Doug Parr said:

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Briefing: Electricity Market Reform

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15 December 2010

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Using leaks to prevent spills?

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Chevron's projection of a possible oil spill at its Lagavulin drill site in the
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Chevron's projection of a possible oil spill at its Lagavulin drill site in the North Sea

From Chevron to Shell, Nigeria to the North Sea, the slippery mask of big oil was briefly removed this week.

On Tuesday we learned from a leaked internal company report that Transocean – the operators of BP’s Deepwater Horizon rig – had a partial “blow-out” on one of its North Sea rigs only months before the Gulf of Mexico catastrophe.

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