Energy

Government U-turn: Osborne Drops Plan To Hike Up The Cost Of Solar Panels

Posted by Rebecca Newsom - 22nd March 2016
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On Wednesday last week, chancellor George Osborne unveiled plans to hike up the amount of VAT on solar panels from 5% to 20%. The VAT hike could have been disastrous for the solar industry. It costs around £6,000 to install a 4 kilowatt array of panels (the kind of installation… 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

8 reasons George Osborne needs to let Hinkley nuclear plant go

Posted by Richard Casson - 16th February 2016
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George Osborne wants to build a new nuclear plant in Somerset — Hinkley Point C. If it goes ahead it’ll be the first nuclear power station to come online in the UK in 30 years. But right now it’s increasingly looking like a big if. Because Hinkley is on the… Read More

The 6 Most Kick-Arse Moments of #Frackminster

Posted by India Thorogood - 10th February 2016

This week hasn’t been a normal one at Westminster. On Tuesday, 30 Greenpeace volunteers built a blooming huge fracking rig right on David Cameron’s doorstep. It spewed fire out of the top, leaving passers by confused and amused, and causing a stir with MPs. In case you missed it,… Read More

Why I’m joining Greenpeace’s fracking protest outside Westminster today

Posted by Greenpeace UK - 9th February 2016
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As you read this, I’m stood outside Westminster Palace in London – the home of Parliament and the birthplace of democracy in the UK. In the early hours of this morning, I arrived with a team of Greenpeace volunteers. And as the sun slowly appeared on this grey February day,… Read More

Join us in Lancashire for a rally to say NO to fracking

Posted by Richard Casson - 2nd February 2016
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Last year our movement to stop fracking won a huge victory when Lancashire council voted against Cuadrilla’s bid to drill for shale gas. But now ministers in David Cameron’s government have recalled the decision, meaning that very soon the council could be overruled — and fracking could be given the… Read More