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The Energy Bill: decarbonising power by 2030

Last edited 19 December 2012 at 4:32pm

Publication date:

19 December, 2012

A joint briefing from Greenpeace, Friends of the Earth, RSPB, WWF and the Association for the Conservation of Energy

The Energy Bill will shape the energy sources used to power Britain for the next forty years. Over £100 billion investment is now needed over the next decade as a fifth of our older power plants face closure and neglected infrastructure is upgraded. What they are replaced with will have long-standing consequences for the future competitiveness of the economy, energy prices and consumer bills.

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The Energy Bill: decarbonising power by 2030

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The alternative Autumn Statement

Posted by Richardg — 5 December 2012 at 3:34pm - Comments

This morning, the Chancellor George Osborne gave his Autumn Statement. People on Twitter say he's launched a dash for gas that would wreck our climate targets and make us the Dirty Man of Europe all over again.

Article tagged as: energy, energy bill, gas, george osborne, renewables, solar, wind

MPs vow to fight for clean electricity as the Energy Bill is published

Posted by Richardg — 29 November 2012 at 4:32pm - Comments

The government has finally published the long-awaited Energy Bill. There's much to like, but it's still missing that vital commitment to clean electricity.

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Balls well that ends well

Posted by kcumming — 26 November 2012 at 2:28pm - Comments

John Sauven and Ed Balls at Eclipse Energy

left to right: Eclipse Managing Director Chris Cash, Ed Balls and John Sauven

Friday was a brave day for Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls to hug a solar panel. Britain had awoken to the - albeit sensationalist and misleading - headline news that households could be paying £170 a year by 2020 to fund renewable energy projects. (The reality being nearly half that cost and overall savings if we get our act together on energy efficiency). But Ed Balls, MP for Morley and Outwood, pulled up to renewable installation company Eclipse Energy in Leeds enthusiastic, engaged and ready to – literally - embrace clean energy.

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Government kicks clean electricity into the long grass

Posted by Richardg — 23 November 2012 at 5:39pm - Comments

Giant energy bill outside Centrica offices

If a year is a long time in politics, then 2016 is a lifetime away. Yet the government has decided not to commit the UK to clean electricity until after the next election.

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Energy tariffs announcement - Greenpeace response

Last edited 20 November 2012 at 1:14pm

20 November, 2012

Responding to Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Ed Davey's announcement on tariffs, Greenpeace energy campaigner Louise Hutchins said:

“The government can tinker with the tariff system all it likes, but until Britain reduces its reliance on volatile world gas markets, even the cheapest tariff will keep rising.

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#Energygate: What we found and why it matters

Posted by petespeller — 14 November 2012 at 3:44pm - Comments

Today we’ve exposed explosive evidence of the lengths to which some Conservative Party MPs will go to sabotage progress on climate change. We’ve uncovered a plot to dismantle the Climate Change Act and one Tory MP involved in trying to manipulate a by-election to push his own anti-wind agenda.

Article tagged as: energy, energy bill, energygate, george osborne, john hayes, wind farms, wind power

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