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UK Government Plans Climate Change Adaption, UK Consumers Need To Adapt To

Posted on 24. Jun, 2009 by Ross.

The UK Government is preparing a Adaptation Sub-Committee to help Britain prepare for the effects of climate change, Defra announced today.
Meanwhile, a report (PDF) from price comparison company Uswitch is predicting that households have some adapting of their own to do, with the average energy bill set to quadruple by 2020.
Over the past five years, [...]

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Posted on 11. Jun, 2009 by Ross.

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Paltry Energy Efficiency Leaves UK Facing Large Post-Recession Emissions Rise

Posted on 02. Jun, 2009 by Ross.

Recent analysis of the UK reduced electricity consumption implies that energy efficiency measures are still too scarce to impact emissions and competitiveness after the current economic recession.
Electricity use in the UK for the first three months of 2009 dropped by 3.2% compared to the same period the previous year, despite colder mean temperatures. The majority [...]

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UK Cap and Trade Leaves Consumers With Nothing

Posted on 26. May, 2009 by Ross.

Whilst US taxpayers have a massive cap and trade windfall to smile about, UK consumers are largely unaware that they will be left with nothing from the Carbon Reduction Commitment: the UK equivalent to cap-and-trade from which around half the companies involved will actually profit.
Last week, carbon market analysis firm Point Carbon released a report [...]

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UK Government On Energy Efficiency Defensive

Posted on 01. May, 2009 by Ross.

The UK Government has sprung into action today to counter growing disillusionment with their plans to counter climate change as laid out in last week’s first Carbon Budget, as highlighted by npower’s latest survey of business opinions on energy efficiency. More criticism surfaced today from charity Business in the Community, whose latest survey revealed that [...]

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The UK’s Carbon Budget - What It Means For Small And Medium Businesses

Posted on 22. Apr, 2009 by Ross.

Most companies pay attention to the UK’s Budget to see how the government’s new plans for taxation and spending will effect their business. This year, however, the Budget included the world’s first national carbon budget, adding another variable which businesses will have to factor into their outlooks.
The Budget’s environmental section is buried deep into the [...]

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World’s First Government Carbon Budget Announced By UK Chancellor

Posted on 22. Apr, 2009 by Ross.

Today the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer, Alistair Darling MP, made history by releasing the details of a legally-binding greenhouse gas budget to work in tandem with the country’s conventional financial budget. The Budget statement contained budgets for carbon dioxide emissions alongside projections for taxation and spending.
The carbon budgets are expected to run across five-year [...]

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UK Budget Brings Green Rewards To Renewables, Power Companies, Energy Efficiency And Cars

Posted on 22. Apr, 2009 by Ross.

Small-scale renewable energy systems, power companies, energy efficiency products and car firms were the main ‘green’ winners in the UK’s latest Budget in an effort to bolster spending on green initiatives during the economic downturn. Before today, the UK was languishing near the bottom of the world league table for the percentage of economic stimulus [...]

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Universal Carbon Product Labelling Touted By UK Politicians

Posted on 23. Mar, 2009 by Ross.

Every single product that companies buy and sell in the UK could soon have to declare the carbon dioxide emissions associated with the product’s manufacture. That is the new stance of the government’s Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) in a report about to be released.
In a similar move to the recent food labelling initiatives recently enacted [...]

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UK Rail Transport Network Goes Green

Posted on 17. Feb, 2009 by Ross.

Two recent announcements are set to boost the environmental credibility of rail transport in the UK, in marked contrast to the lack of energy-saving initiatives being announced by the British transport system generally in recent months.
Firstly, the UK Department for Transport revealed the purchase of a new fleet of Intercity trains which are faster, lighter [...]

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UK Hurtling Towards Energy Shortage Shutdown

Posted on 05. Feb, 2009 by Ross.

The United Kingdom is still facing a massive energy generation gap in the next decade and the Government is failing to properly address the issue, according to a top industry executive.
In a column in the Financial Times, Andrew Duff - chief executive of RWE NPower, one of the UK’s biggest energy suppliers - outlined some [...]

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