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CBI comments on the Green Deal and the challenges ahead
There are a number of challenges the Government must tackle if the Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation (ECO) are to deliver cost-effective emissions reductions and drive private sector growth, the CBI said this week. In its response to the Government's consultation on The Green Deal and Energy...
Energy prices debated in House of Commons
The government was accused by Labour of refusing to "stand up to" the energy companies as millions of households fell in to fuel poverty.Shadow energy secretary Caroline Flint said that instead of helping, ministers were "making things worse" as a result of their decisions to cut winter fuel allowance...
Judge orders urgent hearing over solar subsidy
According to The Guardian, the government faced embarrassment on Thursday over its decision to halve solar subsidies when the high court gave leave for a judicial review.
UK government climate advisors call for biomass push
Britain will need a massive expansion of wood-burning stoves, wooden houses, wood-guzzling power stations and other similar technologies if greenhouse gas targets are to be met, the government's advisers on climate change have warned.
Recent article on boiler scrappage written by SBGI Chief Executive Mike Foster for the Progress think tank
A fiscal stimulus that cuts energy bills, saves the planet, protects jobs and raises revenue? Yes it is possible. Back in 2009, in the Pre Budget Report, then Chancellor Alistair Darling announced the UK’s first boiler scrappage scheme. It was modelled on the very successful car scrappage scheme that...
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