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Energy Review update 8

Last edited 17 July 2006 at 12:00am
Publication date: 
17 July, 2006

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Blair's energy review: save nuclear, destroy the climate

Posted by bex — 11 July 2006 at 8:00am - Comments

UK floods

It's now official. Blair wants a new generation of nuclear reactors. The energy review is over and, disappointing as it may be, the conclusion won't come as a surprise to anyone who has been following recent events. The review has been a farce from the beginning: "a rubber-stamping exercise for a decision the Prime Minister took some time ago," according to the chairman of the Trade and Industry Committee.

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"The future is decentralised"

Posted by bex — 7 July 2006 at 8:00am - Comments

Flowers growing in a greenhouse heated through combined heat and power

Remember 1997? Imagine somebody had predicted then that, within a decade, the Conservatives would be advocating "a revolution in green energy" and New Labour would be the only mainstream party still clinging to nuclear power as a central part of their energy policy. You probably wouldn't have rushed down to Ladbroke's.

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UK nuclear reactors are defective, say government inspectors

Posted by bex — 5 July 2006 at 8:00am - Comments

A huge KAPOW projected onto Torness power station

A nuclear expert has called for nuclear reactors in the UK to be "immediately shut down" after secret documents written by government inspectors reveal they contain structural defects.

The documents - which were passed to Greenpeace days before Tony Blair is expected to give the go-ahead to a new generation of nuclear power stations - show that the government's Nuclear Safety Directorate (NSD) has identified cracks in the cores of up to 14 UK reactors, rendering them at increased risk of a radiological accident.

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Blair obsessed with nuclear legacy

Last edited 4 July 2006 at 8:00am
4 July, 2006

Former New Labour advisor says Blair lied to Commons committee

Reacting to Tony Blair's comments this morning in support of new nuclear power stations, Greenpeace executive director Stephen Tindale said:

"Tony Blair wants his legacy to be new nuclear power stations, but his obsession threatens to scupper this country's renewable energy industry. He wants to tie the country into a centralised energy generation system that relies on huge, inefficient, polluting power stations instead of pushing money towards clean cutting edge technologies."

Article tagged as: climate change, energy review, nuclear power, nuclear power plants, press releases, rhetoric versus reality, tony blair

Energy Review update 7

Last edited 30 June 2006 at 12:00am
Publication date: 
30 June, 2006

1. Britain’s new nuclear age?
2. Lib Dems say nuclear is too expensive
3. Environment Agency attacks Blair
4. Sustainable Energy: Tories to outflank Blair?
5. When does a carbon price become a hidden subsidy
6. EDM 2412: nuclear waste trains
7. Scotland leads dash for renewables
8. Terrorism fears over new reactors
9. Radioactive waste report not a ‘green light’
10. Electricity is not the same as energy.
11. Nuclear decommissioning – Caithness-style
12. Uranium – is there enough?
13. Micropower and the law

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Why the European Commission should reject the UK's plan for Phase 2 of European Emissions Trading Scheme

Last edited 29 June 2006 at 8:00am
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29 June, 2006

Summary

The European Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) is intended to allow the EU member states reduce their CO2 emissions in the most cost effective way and in doing so fulfil their obligations under the Kyoto Protocol. The scheme covers nearly half of Europe's CO2 emissions, and is seen as a key plank of both European and member states policy to tackle climate change.

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Energy Review update 6

Last edited 16 June 2006 at 12:00am
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16 June, 2006

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Energy Review update 5

Last edited 22 May 2006 at 12:00am
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22 May, 2006

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