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Carbon Trust Survives The Spending Review: Waits For Another Review
Posted on 20. Oct, 2010 by Ross.
After months of speculation, the Carbon Trust learnt it’s fate today in the UK coalition government’s Spending Review: that it was up for review.
Firstly, the fears that the Carbon Trust would be axed today proved unfounded, as recently predicted here at Energy-Saving News. With a raft of business support services all axed from the Department [...]
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Carbon Trust Cuts To Fund Green Investment Bank?
Posted on 29. Jun, 2010 by Ross.
According to the Sunday Times, the Carbon Trust is now facing the axe as part of efforts to fund the new green investment bank that successive governments have touted. Whilst green start-ups will be initially excited at the prospect of less red tape and quangos, businesses around the UK look set to lose a vital [...]
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Energy Shortages Ahoy! No New UK Nuclear Before 2017
Posted on 23. Jun, 2010 by Ross.
Remember those two nuclear power plants every year forever that the UK needs to build?
Well, last week’s announcement that the UK government would be cancelling the
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What’s Green In The UK Coalition’s Emergency Budget?
Posted on 22. Jun, 2010 by Ross.
Today’s emergency budget from the UK’s Conservative-Liberal coalition government has been pre-empted in the press as many things. The austerity budget. The bloodbath budget. The brutal budget. A game-changing budget.
But with the coalition parties having most in common with each other on environmental matters, one question begs to be asked: was today’s budget a green [...]
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Avoid the CRC Scheme for 7 More Years! The Super Secret Reason To Act Now
Posted on 12. Apr, 2010 by Ross.
Update: check out our new CRC Strategy Guide!
Been waiting to see why your company needs to act now in order to save hundreds of thousands of pounds? Here’s the answer which no-one else is talking about because they’re too preoccupied with the here and now. Look into the future and see the trouble coming…
Companies in [...]
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Act Now To Minimise Your Risk Under The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme: Business Reason 4
Posted on 09. Apr, 2010 by Ross.
Will the price for carbon credits still be
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Cuts Your Energy Costs: CRC Reason 3 For Immediate Energy Efficiency Action
Posted on 08. Apr, 2010 by Ross.
‘CRC’ stands for ‘Carbon Reduction Commitment‘, and with all the focus of the scheme on carbon accounting it would be easy to be side-tracked into thinking that greenhouse gas emissions were the only thing at stake.
Energy efficiency is not just about carbon reduction.
Energy efficiency is a proven and effective way of reducing costs and defending [...]
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Business Reason No. 2 for Immediate CRC Action: The CRC League Table
Posted on 07. Apr, 2010 by Ross.
Yesterday we discussed reducing your carbon credit burden as a reason for your company to take immediate action under the CRC Energy Efficiency scheme. Today we focus on the reason for action which will give PR departments sleepless nights over future years: the CRC league table.
Reason 2: Get To The Top Of The Table
No company [...]
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Business Reason No. 1 to Act Now In The CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme
Posted on 06. Apr, 2010 by Ross.
The time for talking is over and the time for action has begun. The CRC Energy Efficiency scheme is now in force with the aim of driving UK businesses into lower their carbon emissions through more efficient use of electricity. Many questions remain about the scheme, but we’ve found five resounding answers to one of [...]
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UK’s Carbon Budget 2010 Is Gone With The Wind
Posted on 24. Mar, 2010 by Ross.
A new green investment bank and a new port to service offshore wind farms are some of the only measures announced as part of UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Alistair Darling’s second Carbon Budget, which includes a weaker public sector commitment to emissions cuts than is expected of the private sector.
Last year saw the creation [...]
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New
Posted on 24. Mar, 2010 by Ross.
Alistair Darling’s 2010 Carbon Budget has announced the creation of a new green UK investment bank to help finance investment in the new low-carbon economy, but will the
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