Daily climate and energy links - 28th January 2014
Get the daily briefing in your inbox at 9AM - click here to subscribe True greens should embrace fracking, says minister Energy minister, Greg Barker, says "If you are really against climate change,...
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Decoding Obama’s state of the union climate and energy rhetoric - in three...
President Obama has promised the US government will undertake a "year of action", and that includes tackling climate change. For the last couple of years, the president has used his annual state of...
View ArticleDaily climate and energy links - 29th January 2014
Get the daily briefing in your inbox at 9AM - click here to subscribe Norway's sovereign fund halves coal exposure Norway's sovereign wealth fund has halved its exposure to coal producers, its chief...
View ArticleExperts unconvinced latest reforms will save the European carbon market
Policymakers have long asserted that making polluters pay is an effective way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. But with Europe's carbon market floundering, the EU is having to rethink how to go...
View ArticleDaily climate and energy links - 30th January 2014
Get the daily briefing in your inbox at 9AM - click here to subscribe Energy giants' failure to pass on £50 bill cut 'not acceptable', Greg Barker says Energy minister, Greg Barker, has criticised...
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How the cost of energy in the UK compares to other European countries, in...
The cost of energy in the UK is rising, creating concern about the effect on vulnerable households, and prompting calls for government intervention. But do our European neighbours have even bigger...
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The UK was an offshore wind leader in 2013, but how long will it last?
The UK was a world leader in offshore wind in 2013, but a new report casts doubt on how long that might last. The research by industry group, the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), shows the UK...
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Who killed the fuel quality directive?
Is the fuel that powers our cars set to get a lot dirtier? After 2020, the European Union is to drop the Fuel Quality Directive, a measure designed to help clean up transport fuels. Environmental and...
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Household energy through the decades
A lot has changed in 40 years. Disco is now retro, flares are set off at football matches, and the Good Life is a vague aspiration, rather than a TV show. All this you already knew. But did you also...
View ArticleDaily climate and energy links - 31st January 2014
Get the daily briefing in your inbox at 9AM - click here to subscribe Somerset floods: this is a man-made disaster A Somerset apple farmer criticises the Environment Agency for failing to dredge...
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A methane mystery: Scientists probe unanswered questions about methane and...
Climate scientists have a puzzle to solve. Methane is a powerful greenhouse gas and humanity produces lots of it - mainly from burning wood, mining fossil fuels and decaying waste in landfill. But the...
View ArticleDaily climate and energy links - 3rd February 2014
Get the daily briefing in your inbox at 9AM - click here to subscribe Carbon capture backed to cut energy bills Household energy bills would be slashed by £82 a year if the government boosted carbon...
View ArticleIn Brief: Why the UK’s new nuclear deal may fall foul EU law
The UK's plan to build a new nuclear plant has hit a fresh stumbling block after the European Commission sent the government a letter questioning the deal's legality on Friday. We summarise the...
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Polls show shale gas is more popular in theory than practice
Public opposition to shale gas could be rising, despite the government's attempts to promote the fuel, according to recent UK polls. The closer the industry gets to reality - and to people's homes -...
View ArticleDaily climate and energy links - 4th February 2014
Get the daily briefing in your inbox at 9AM - click here to subscribe Conservative MP Tim Yeo loses deselection vote Chairman of the House of Commons Energy and Climate Change Committee, Tim Yeo, has...
View ArticleClimate policy without the greenery: Is this the new face of Conservative...
The Conservatives entered the 2010 elections promising voters that if they wanted to 'go green' they needed to 'vote blue'. But the Conservative party's climate change agenda has suffered a number of...
View ArticleDaily climate and energy links - 5th February 2014
Get the daily briefing in your inbox at 9AM - click here to subscribe Google Earth: how much has global warming raised temperatures near you? Scientists have released an add-on for Google Earth,...
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Government plans to increase road traffic by 40 per cent could hit climate...
The government predicts road traffic will increase by two fifths by 2040 - and it's banning planners from taking climate change into account when deciding whether new roads should be built. The...
View ArticleDaily climate and energy links - 6th February 2014
Get the daily briefing in your inbox at 9AM - click here to subscribe EU Parliament calls for three binding climate targets for 2030 The European Parliament has defied the commission and voted to...
View ArticleDaily climate and energy links - 7th February 2014
Get the daily briefing in your inbox at 9AM - click here to subscribe Prime minister pledges to get flood-hit UK back on the move The prime minister has promised to do "everything possible" to help...
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