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IEA projection of oil consumption peak goes against what many in the industry believe – Share Radio
Share Radio: Let’s take a look at oil, because oil consumption is tipped to peak no sooner than 2040, even if the Paris climate agreement is implemented, that is according to the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Finance, In the media, Interviews, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, Radio, renewables, Security, Sustainability
Tagged Air BNB, batteries, climate, economy, electric vehicles, Elon Musk, emissions, finance, fossil fuel, gas, global warming, IEA, investment, low-carbon, oil, oil price, OPEC, opportunity, Paris, pension, petrol, pressure, Renewables, revenues, risk, security, Shell, tax, transport, Trump, Uber, vehicles
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The End of Oil? – BBC World Service – Newshour Extra – 8 Jan16
The drop in oil price is not doing something that a lot of people thought that it would do, when it fell that low, which is to create a big stimulus to … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Cities, Climate Change, Conflict, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Environment, European, Finance, International, Oil and Gas, People, Politics, renewables, The Human Cost
Tagged agreement, America, Britain, business, capitalism, car, carbon, cars, cheaper, climate, climate change, conflict, corporations, cost, economic, economy, electric, environment, environmental, Europe, extreme weather, fossil fuel, gas, governments, growth, impact, industry, investment, leadership, low-carbon, market, Merkel, Obama, oil, oil price, Paris, pension, political, public, Renewables, revenue, revenues, risk, security, solar, stability, States, tax, technologies, technology, tension, transition, vehicles, weather, wind
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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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WHAT’S IN A WORD 3
John Hutton is Chairman of the Nuclear Industries Association. On August 24th he told the Radio 4 Today audience that “The nuclear programme is going to be built without any state funding at all”. Sitting next … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Business, Domestic, Economics, Economics, Energy, Energy Security, European, Finance, In the media, Nuclear, People, Politics
Tagged ALL PARTY PARLIAMENTARY CLIMATE CHANGE GROUP, American Nuclear Company, bills, board, budget, Chris Huhne, consumers, cost, deluded, economics, economy, EDF, electricity, electricity bill, energy, Energy Secretary, Europe, European Commission, European Court, falsehood, finance, funding, government, guarantee, Hinkley, Hinkley Point, Hutton, income tax, independent, index linked, John Hutton, Keith Parker, levy, liabilities, lie, loan, money, nuclear, Nuclear Industries Association, nuclear industry, nuclear power, public subsidy, Radio 4, renewable, Renewables, renewables subsidy, Sellafield, state, state aid, subsidy, tax, taxation, taxes, taxpayer, Today Program, treasury, truth, waste management
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SOMETHING IS HAPPENING HERE
This piece first appeared in Business Green. Environmentalists have long been vulnerable to their own passions. At times this can make us sound shrill and self-righteous. On other occasions it can blind us to political traps. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Business Green, Campaigning, Climate Change, Corporate Governance, Domestic, Economics, Energy, Energy Security, Environment, European, International, Oil and Gas, Politics, renewables, Sustainability
Tagged agriculture, America, bills, business model, carbon, carbon neutral, carbon price, carbon pricing, Christiana Figueres, climate, climate change, Clinton, consumer, decarbonisation, deforestation, dogma, economy, emissions, energy policy, environmentalists, Europe, Financial Times, investment, leadership, low-carbon, Obama, oil, oil industry, policy, political, pollution, Renewables, risk, tax, taxes, technology, threat, trap, UNFCCC, weather, weather events, zero carbon
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Blue Sky Thinking – BBC Radio 5 Live
I think that government has got far too centralised, it started under Thatcher, was taken further forward by Labour, and the level of centralisation has now really got quite ridiculous. I would want to push … Continue reading
Posted in BBC, Cities, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, People, Politics, Radio, renewables, Sustainability
Tagged accountability, authority, bills, Britain, buildings, business, carbon, carbon emissions, cities, city, climate, community, compet, competitiveness, decentralisation, electricity, emissions, energy, energy system, finance, free market, fuel poverty, government, growth, home, ideas, industry, insulate, insulation, politicians, power, regulatory framework, Renewables, safe, safety, tax
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SQUARING THE CIRCLES
This piece was first published by the Energy and Carbon Blog Amber Rudd’s appointment as Secretary of State for Energy and Climate has been welcomed by environmentalists. This is partly out of relief. There was a real risk … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Business, Campaigning, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, DECC, Domestic, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, European, International, Politics
Tagged Amber Rudd, bills, budget, carbon emissions, Chancellor, clean energy, Climate Act, climate change, Climate Change Comittee, Coalition, community, cuts, DECC, democracy, electricity, electricity bills, energy, Energy Act, energy bills, energy efficiency, energy policy, energy security, environmentalists, Eric Pickles, farmland, fracking, fuel poverty, gas, Green Deal, homes, impact, infrastructure, insulate, investment, investors, jobs, MP, NHS, onshore wind, Parliament, Prime Minister, public, Renewables, revolution, risk, roof top solar, security, shale gas, solar, subsidies, subsidy, tax, Thatcherite, Tory, Whitehall, wholesale gas price, wind farms
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CHANGING THE GAME – A PROGRAMME FOR GOVERNMENT
E3G is publishing ‘Changing the Game’ a 10 point programme for government that will put the environment to work for the economy. For too long Britain’s environmentalists have asked British Governments to do more for the environment. … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Domestic, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, European, Nuclear, Oil and Gas, People, renewables, Sustainability, The Human Cost
Tagged air pollution, Bank of England, battery, Big 6, bills, borrowing, Britain, business, capacity, carbon tax, cars, cities, climate, climate change, competitive, consequences, consumer, cost, demand, disease, economy, efficiency, efficient, electric vehicles, electricity, emissions, energy, Energy Act, energy bills, environment, Environment Agency, Environmental Audit Committee, environmental community, environmentalists, Europe, European, fairness, family, finance, fuel, fuel poverty, future, gas, Green Investment Act, grid parity, growth, homes, honesty, households, housing, incentives, infrastructure, insurance, investment, jobs, NHS, nuclear, Parliament, pensions, policy, political, pollution, prosperity, protection, public, Renewables, resources, risk, safety, security, smart, solar, stability, strategy, tax, technology, transparent, treasury, turbulent, value, volatility, winter fuel
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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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THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
This essay argues that the oil industry will lose the battle for the future. The growth it expects will not occur. The key issue is whether the world makes an orderly or disorderly transition to a carbon neutral energy … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Changing the Politics, Climate Change, Domestic, E3G, Economics, Energy, Energy Efficiency, Energy Security, Environment, European, International, Oil and Gas, renewables, Sustainability
Tagged batteries, BP, business, business as usual, cannabalistic, carbon, carbon neutral, cars, cheaper, climate, Climate Act, climate change, cost, demand, dividends, economy, electric vehicles, electricity, emerging economies, emissions, energy, energy efficiency, Energy Institute, Energy Union, Europe, finance, fuel, future, gas, geopolitical, government, growth, IEA, income, investment, investors, jobs, leadership, market, motor industry, obstacle, OECD, oil, oil industry, oil price, pension, pension fund, policy, population, revenue, risk, safey, security, Shell, stability, storage, stranded assets, tax, taxes, technology, transformation, transition, transport, treasury, volatility, wages, workforce
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