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VIDEO: Why we shut Centrica's office

Posted by petespeller — 30 April 2012 at 5:12pm - Comments

Today 50 Greenpeace activists locked themselves to the doors of the headquarters of British Gas owner Centrica, used the world's biggest energy bill to block the road leading to the car park and occupied an office inside.

Article tagged as: british gas, centrica, climate change, gas, renewable energy, wind

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Centrica HQ shut down with ‘world’s biggest bill’

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Government documents reveal British Gas owner expecting gas supply to shrink

30 April, 2012

Dozens of Greenpeace campaigners have shut down the headquarters of ‘Big Six’ energy company Centrica this morning in a row over rising household energy bills.

The Greenpeace campaigners have blockaded the private road leading to the Windsor-based HQ with a spoof energy bill measuring 260 square feet, which says ‘Your energy bill ripoff is being fuelled by gas hikes’. 

Article tagged as: british gas, centrica, climate change, energy, energy efficiency, gas, renewable energy

New report shows how Big Six energy utilities are spending your money

Posted by Lawrence Carter — 22 April 2012 at 5:53pm - Comments
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Across the UK millions of families and businesses are feeling the economic squeeze.

As anybody who has recently received their bill for last winter will be painfully aware, soaring costs of energy are a huge reason for this.

Shocking new analysis by Bloomberg New Energy Finance for Greenpeace, shows that most of the Big Six energy utilities haven’t been investing money from customer bills in a way that brings energy prices under control and secures a clean energy supply for the UK.

Article tagged as: big six, british gas, centrica, e.on, EDF, energy, energy bill, energy bills, gas, scottish power, sse

Greenpeace Response to Government Gas Fracking Go-ahead

Last edited 17 April 2012 at 11:17am
17 April, 2012

Responding to news that government advisors have given the go-ahead for gas fracking in the UK, Joss Garman, Greenpeace’s senior energy campaigner, said:

“This could be bad news for consumers and would be very damaging for UK efforts to tackle climate change.

“That’s because there’s absolutely no indication that fracking for shale gas will reduce soaring household energy bills, while scientific studies suggest that this kind of gas could be as polluting as coal.

Article tagged as: fracking, gas, hydraulic fracturing, UK

Denmark to go 100% renewables by 2050

Posted by petespeller — 29 March 2012 at 1:24pm - Comments
Middelgrunden offshore windfarm in Denmark
All rights reserved. Credit: Paul Langrock / Zenit / Greenpeace
Middelgrunden offshore windfarm in Denmark

Hot on the heels of Germany’s ambitious renewable energy plans, the Danish government went even further and announced last week that they plan to get half of their country’s total electricity requirement from renewable sources by 2020 and 100% of total energy, including electricity, heating, industry and transport, by 2050.

Article tagged as: budget, climate change, denmark, energy, energy bill, gas, offshore wind, osborne, renewable energy

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Greenpeace Briefing Paper on Big Six Cut in Prices

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Niall Sookoo
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.

Article tagged as: big six, electricity, energy, energy bill, fuel poverty, gas

Panorama provides a narrow view of rising fuel bills

Posted by Lawrence Carter — 8 November 2011 at 2:50pm - Comments

Last night Panorama attempted to answer the question what is fuelling rising energy bills, instead viewers were treated to a steady stream of arguments against renewable energy that went more or less unchallenged.

Article tagged as: energy, fuel bills, gas, renewable energy, wind energy

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