Climate

7 Questions EDF Needs to Answer About Hinkley Nuclear Plant

Posted by Kate Blagojevic - 22nd March 2016
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Tomorrow morning, the saga that is Hinkley nuclear power station is set to continue as executives from EDF will face a grilling from MPs in parliament. As the media debate rages about Hinkley, MPs will now put questions to EDF – and other executives from the nuclear industry – about… Read More

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

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

London elections: 3 ideas for the next mayor

Posted by Rosie Rogers - 3rd March 2016
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In just over two months, Londoners will have voted for a new mayor to replace Boris Johnson. But have you wondered – what can the new mayor do to take on the big environmental issues facing the UK’s capital city? Here are three ideas the mayoral candidates should be throwing… Read More