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How green is your Budget?

Posted by Hannah Martin - 17th March 2016
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Yesterday the Chancellor, George Osborne, unveiled his latest budget and Jeremy Corbyn took the Prime Minister to task on his clean energy policies during Prime Minister’s Question Time.  Yesterday’s budget revealed at a sugar tax, a new theatre in Merseyside, and more cuts but what did yesterday’s parliamentary business… Read More

New petition: Stop Hinkley nuclear plant and spend the money on renewable instead

Posted by Richard Casson - 7th March 2016
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If you tuned into the news this morning you might have heard how Hinkley nuclear plant has suffered a further blow. The finance director for EDF, the French energy firm that plans to build the nuclear reactor, has resigned amid rumours that going ahead with the new nuclear plant could… Read More

Why I believe the UK should stay in the EU

Posted by John Sauven - 7th March 2016
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They say you don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone but in reality you do…You just didn’t think you could lose it. We last had an EU referendum in 1975. The vote to stay in was overwhelming. There are dozens of reasons why we all know the UK should… Read More

In Pictures: Flipper flying there under the sea, it’s Dolphin Awareness Month

Posted by Angela Glienicke - 3rd March 2016
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It’s March and it’s Dolphin Awareness Month! Dolphins are extremely intelligent and social animals that live in pods, can swim at a speed of up to 25 miles per hour and maybe able to dive up to 1,000 feet – as well as jump as high as 20 feet out… Read More

Palm oil: who’s still trashing forests?

Posted by Annisa Rahmawati - 3rd March 2016
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How ‘clean’ is the palm oil used by major brands around the world? Today, we’re releasing the results of our investigation into which companies are keeping promises to stop deforestation in Indonesia for palm oil. Take a look now to see who’s keeping up – and who’s lagging way behind. Read More