Energy
Measures to clean up power sector won’t be in coalition’s energy law, reveals Huhne
In a letter to today’s paper, the energy and climate change secretary has, in effect, confirmed that the emissions standard won’t be included in the coalition’s first energy bill. Instead, he uses the letter to reaffirm his commitment to bring forward the new green measure “as quickly as possible”.
Is Huhne about to approve new dirty coal stations?
As The Guardian reveals on its front page today, the coalition may be about to U-turn on David Cameron’s flagship […]
Confusion over coalition planning policy and Lib Dem attitude to new nuclear
In an interview about new nuclear power stations on the Today programme this morning, Energy Secretary Chris Huhne said the […]
Tax breaks for Big Oil as coalition breaks with US & EU to back deep sea drilling
Despite the emerging global trend to ban deep sea drilling, as The Independent reports today, the UK has rejected calls for a moratorium in our waters.
New clean energy cuts threaten low-carbon economic progress and new jobs
The Financial Times reported this week that serious and established plans by Siemens to build a wind turbine industry in the UK, with the creation of hundreds of new jobs, are now being threatened by possible new coalition cuts to clean energy budgets.
Green Deal without ‘nudges’ will fail
It would be all too easy for the Government to choose to do nothing in the face of a vocal minority; something which will only lead to the Green Deal failing.