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BBC Radio 5 Live – Government announces independent review of energy prices – 6 Aug 17
5 Live: The government has launched an independent review into the cost of energy, days after British Gas raised energy prices by twelve and a half percent. The study is being carried out by Oxford University professor Dieter … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Business, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, Finance, In the media, Interviews, Oil and Gas, Policy, Politics, Poverty, renewables, Sustainability
Tagged BBC, BBC 5 Live, British Gas, carbon, climate, climate change, consumers, customers, emissions, energy, energy bills, energy efficiency, energy policy, energy price, fuel poverty, gas industry, grants, infrastructure, investment, low income, policy, review, savings, smart grid, zero carbon
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What can we expect from COP21? – BBC World Service – Newshour
It’s just under a month before the start of COP21, the Paris climate change conference, at which global powers will try to achieve a universal and legally binding treaty to … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Business, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Corporate Governance, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, European, Finance, In the media, International, Interviews, Oil and Gas, Radio, renewables
Tagged 2 degrees, BBC, BBC News, business, carbon, climate, climate change, COP, COP21, customers, economy, emissions, fossil fuel, GHG, government, greenhouse gas, Newshour, obligation, Paris, polling, promises, Renewables, security, tax, trade, treaty
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SOMETHING UNDERSTOOD
This article first appeared in BusinessGreen The politics of climate change is changing. Astonished listeners at a recent conference in Paris heard the Saudi oil minister, Ali al-Naimi, announce ‘one of these days we are not … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Business, Business Green, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, European, In the media, Oil and Gas, Politics, renewables, Sustainability
Tagged BP, business, Citi, climate, climate change, Copenhagen, customers, danger, deutsche bank, divestment, Earth Summit, economy, energy, energy markets, Eni, extreme weather, fossil fuel, gas, global divestment campaign, government, industry, oil, oil industry, policy, politics, public, Renewables, Rio, risk, security, Shell, Statoil, two degrees, Unilever, weather, Wood McKensie
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APRES MOI LE DELUGE
Louis XV’s mordant phrase aptly captures the legacy of the Coalition government’s electricity policy. The new government, whatever its composition, will inherit a policy that achieved a rare feat. It … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Campaigning, Climate Change, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Nuclear, renewables, Sustainability
Tagged bills, Britain, business, climate, Coalition, consumers, customers, decarbonisation, DECC, demand, EDF, electricity, Electricity Act, energy, energy policy, Europe, European, European Law, finance, Hinkley, Hinkley Point, investment, nuclear, policy, Renewables, tax, threat, treasury, wages, wholesale
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NO-ONE HOME
This piece first appeared in BusinessGreen There is no-one at home in Britain’s political parties. Increasingly they are empty shells with ever fewer members. On a good day less than 400,000 people belong to all our political … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Business Green, Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, Politics, renewables, Sustainability
Tagged activism, Britain, business, carbon, carbon emissions, Charles Landry, cities, citizens, city, climate, climate change, climate policy, CO2, communities, cost, creative, creative cities, creative city, creativity, customers, damages, development, Earth Summit, economic growth, economy, efficiency, emissions, environment, environmental, Fragile City, governments, green, growth, investment, leadership, MPs, National Trust, policy, political parties, political party, politics, population, poverty, Renewables, resources, risk, Risk Nexus, RSPB, spin, sustainable, sustainable cities, sustainibility, taxes, The Fragile City, Transition Towns, unions, voters, wealth
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MAKERS AND TAKERS
This article first appeared in Business Green. The public discourse on climate policy is asymmetric. It has been dominated by the climate makers. These are the fossil fuel industries and their customers. This has led to … Continue reading
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