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United Kingdom: Green heating scheme delayed again until spring 2014
2013-03-27 10:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: A programme offering payments to householders who install renewable heat technologies will be pushed back until spring 2014, the government confirmed today, while also unveiling a new national heat strategy. Details of how the domestic renewable heat incentive (RHI) scheme will work and tariff levels will now be published in the summer, the date the government said last year the programme would start. Energy and Climate Change Minister Greg Barker said the government remains "committed to introducing...
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United Kingdom: Rising energy bills will be reduced with climate policies, Ed Davey says
2013-03-27 07:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The impact of rising household energy bills will be greatly reduced by climate change policies which could save consumers around 166 by 2020, according to the energy and climate secretary, Ed Davey. Analysis by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (Decc) published on Wednesday showed that 85% of the present average 1,250 bill cannot be controlled by the government because it is determined by international gas and electricity prices, transmission and metering costs. After energy companies...
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United Kingdom: Landfill bans could save 2.5bn a year
2013-03-27 03:39:51| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Banning food, textiles, wood and plastic from landfill could save resources worth 2.5bn a year and help companies avoid 1bn of landfill costs, think-tank Green Alliance will say today. New research by the group shows that policies preventing cars and electronics being dumped in landfill have improved recycling rates significantly and advocates extending these regulations. It states that the UK recovered around a quarter of unwanted mobile phones in 2010 and that this figure is set to rise...
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United Kingdom: Tackling climate change doesn't cost the earth
2013-03-27 01:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: Government has a duty to help keep bills down -- and that's what we've been doing. There's a lot of help available to the most vulnerable, such as cold weather payments and the Warm Homes Discount. But my Department has been concentrating on keeping bills as low as possible over the long-term - and for everyone. Some people think climate change policies on things like wind farms are what are behind high bills. But they couldn't be more wrong. The biggest single thing driving bills higher is...
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United Kingdom: 'Disappointment' at failure to reach flood insurance deal
2013-03-26 20:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Telegraph: The Association of British Insurers (ABI) and the Government have been in talks over a new strategy, which would provide a pot of money raised from insurance premiums for paying claims in the event of serious flooding. Mr Paterson told the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee: "We really are working on this in a very intense manner, but there is no point coming up with an agreement just for the sake of it. We've got to get it right. He went on: "I think they are as disappointed as...
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