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fuel poverty Articles

Fuel poverty unlikely to be eradicated

The Committee on Climate Change published the Fifth Carbon Budget at the end of last month. The CCC was established to advise the British government and devolved bodies on meeting future carbon targets. It makes for an interesting read but beneath the surface there is...

Will Labour learn to love fracking?

Now that the political summer break is finally over there is the opportunity for some healthy debate in the run-up to the TUC and political conferences. Nowhere is this needed more than in the vexed issue of energy. To read the newspapers in the last few months it...

Fighting fuel poverty in Wales

Carwyn Jones has provided Christmas cheer in Wales this month, by tying up the Welsh government’s budget for next year and providing financial stability in Cardiff Bay. After last year’s National Assembly elections Labour were left with 30 seats out of the total of...

Failing the green challenge

Global warming remains the most pressing concern for governments around the world. We are seeing extreme weather patterns, from flooding in Bangladesh to mudslides in China to forest fires in Australia. The average world temperature has increased by 0.74 degrees since 1901. According to geological studies carbon dioxide in our air is at its highest level for 650,000 years.

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