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Greenpeace Briefing Paper on Big Six Cut in Prices

Last edited 17 January 2012 at 4:37pm
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Article tagged as: big six, energy, fuel poverty, gas, prices

Energy price reductions won't cut it

Posted by petespeller — 17 January 2012 at 4:35pm - Comments
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Over the last two weeks all of the Big Six energy companies - E.On, RWE, nPower, British Gas, EDF, Scottish Power, and Scottish and Southern Energy - have announced reduction in their prices for gas or electricity. However, our analysis of the reductions in wholesale prices compared to the retail prices show that the Big Six are not passing on the fulls savings to their customers.

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New Mox plant annoucement - Greenpeace response

Last edited 1 December 2011 at 2:54pm
1 December, 2011

Responding to the parliamentary written answer from Charles Hendry at Decc announcing the building a new Mox plant, Dr Douglas Parr, Policy Director at Greenpeace UK said:

“This is crazynomics – the reality is that the nuclear fairytale is a nuclear nightmare. Having announced the closure of a Mox plant because it was colossally inefficient and because there was no market for its service the government now wants to build another one that will fast become a hugely expensive white elephant.

Article tagged as: climate change, energy, MOX, nuclear power

Osborne's plan for the UK: pollute our way to growth

Posted by petespeller — 1 December 2011 at 11:19am - Comments
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George Osborne launched an assault on green measures in his Autumn Statement that reads as if it were written by the UK’s biggest polluters. Tax breaks for heavy polluters, renewed support for airport expansion, opening the countryside to development, more roads and a freeze on fuel duty  - all this adds up to the dirtiest budget in recent history.

Article tagged as: airport expansion, autumn statement, energy, osborne, pollution, roads

Greenpeace direct action at transport ministry ends with 16 arrests

Last edited 28 November 2011 at 5:09pm
28 November, 2011

Sixteen environmental activists were arrested outside the Department for Transport in London today after they used chains, plywood boards and cars to blockade the entrances “to stop officials and Ministers lobbying for tar sands.” The two main doorways into the Ministry were closed off for more than seven hours until police arrested the campaigners for alleged aggravated trespass.

Article tagged as: canada, climate change, department for transport, energy, FQD, oil, tar sands

Ministry blocks anti-tar sands law, so we block ministry's front door

Posted by jamie — 28 November 2011 at 12:13pm - Comments

Right now, 50 activists are blockading the Department for Transport with two immobilised cars parked in front of the entrance. Why? Because our government is trying to scupper EU legislation that will block tar sands oil - the dirtiest, most polluting form of oil there is - from being sold at UK petrol pumps.

Article tagged as: canada, climate change, department for transport, energy, oil, tar sands, transport

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