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United Kingdom: David Cameron may speak to Vladimir Putin directly over Arctic 30 arrests
2013-10-28 20:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: David Cameron is prepared to consider contacting Vladimir Putin directly to raise the "very serious issue" of the six Britons who have been detained in Russia following a Greenpeace protest against oil drilling in the Arctic last month. The prime minister told parliament he would personally speak to the Russian president if it would help the plight of the detainees, who learnt last week that the authorities had decided to downgrade their charges from piracy to hooliganism. One of the British...
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United Kingdom: Housebuilders urge David Cameron not to scrap energy efficiency measure
2013-10-28 20:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: A group of more than 40 companies and other organisations have called on the prime minister to keep the only regulation that forces energy firms to fund energy efficiency improvements for low-income households. Spending by utilities under the Energy Companies Obligation (ECO) amounts to about 1.3bn. David Cameron has floated the idea of scrapping the ECO, which his government introduced, to help cut fuel bills. The saving would amount to less than 50 per household per year, on average energy...
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United Kingdom: Ed Davey promises to 'fight like tiger' against Tory attempts to cut green levy
2013-10-28 09:39:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Ed Davey, the Liberal Democrat energy secretary, has promised to "fight like a tiger" against Conservative attempts to cut green levies on gas and electricity bills. The senior coalition minister said he would not let the Tories touch subsidies for renewable energy or the fuel poor, describing it as a "red line", and pledged to beat the target of getting 30 per cent of Britain's electricity from green sources by 2020. He spoke out after David Cameron said he wanted to roll back green charges...
United Kingdom: Lord Stern touts benefits of decarbonisation target ahead of Energy Bill debate
2013-10-28 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Fast-tracking a target to decarbonise the UK's power sector would help avoid a "rapid and expensive transition" towards low carbon energy further down the line that could result in "large-scale scrapping" of fossil fuel power plants, Lord Stern has warned. The noted economist was speaking ahead of today's House of Lords debate on an Energy Bill amendment that would commit the government introduce a 2030 target next year, which he proposed last week along with fellow cross-bench peer, and former...
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United Kingdom: Green taxes will ultimately cut our bills as well as saving energy
2013-10-27 17:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The collateral damage in the great energy debate is mounting by the day. As the party leaders scrabble to come up with something to say in response to public concern about bills, the costs so far include their reputations for sound economics, the investment plans of many businesses and, potentially, the transition to a low-carbon future. Never mind the grandchildren's planet: burn, baby, burn. As bills go up between 8.2% (SSE) and 10.4% (npower), there is no doubt about the pain. The average bill...
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