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United Kingdom: PM announces green energy tax review
2013-10-23 15:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The Liberal Democrats have accused David Cameron of making a "panicky U-turn" after he announced a review of green energy taxes. The prime minister said household bills were at "unacceptable levels" and promised to "roll back" regulations introduced by Labour. But a senior Lib Dem source said Mr Cameron had got "cold feet" on environmental policy promises. Labour also criticised the PM, but he promised to help cut people's bills. Conservative MP Zac Goldsmith said Mr Cameron and Labour...
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United Kingdom: Npower to increase energy prices by more than 10% in another blow to consumers
2013-10-22 02:45:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: Npower this morning became the third of the Big Six energy giants to hike the cost of bills - but by considerably more than their rivals. The company is raising gas prices by 11.1 per cent and electricity by 9.3 per cent to give some 3.1 million customers a December shock when their bills arrive. On Thursday British Gas announced a 9.2 per cent increase, while the previous week SSE said it will raise prices by 8.2 per cent in November. This mornings announcement means that in total more than...
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United Kingdom: Ed Davey could do with power boost over Hinkley Point C
2013-10-21 22:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Ed Davey, the Lib Dem energy and climate change secretary, announced the contract for the new nuclear power station Hinkley Point C on Monday. You had to feel sorry for him. Caught between the anti-nuclear brigade (of which he was once a prominent member), the climate change fanatics and the Labour party, which is trying to make as much capital out of energy prices as it can, he was reduced to barking angrily. Also it must be pretty rough being a Lib Dem. The party is beginning to look like one...
United Kingdom: We need new nuclear power to keep the lights on, says Ed Davey
2013-10-21 19:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Independent: The Energy Secretary Ed Davey insisted that new nuclear power is essential to keep Britain's lights on as he unveiled a long-awaited agreement to build two more reactors at Hinkley Point - at a cost of 2bn more than previously announced. After months of wrangling, the government has agreed to guarantee the French utility EDF about twice the current market rate for the electricity produced at Hinkley Point C in Somerset. Known as the "strike price", Edf and its Chinese partners will receive...
United Kingdom: With nuclear power: truth is the first casualty
2013-10-21 17:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Ecologist: The Hinckley deal is a disastrous one for the UK, its taxpayers and energy users. We will be locked into a punitively high electricity price, index-linked, from 2025 until 2060, and the cumulative cost of this one nuclear power station will be well in excess of 100 billion, or around 1 billion per year in today's money. Nuclear power brings many casualties. The first of these is the truth. According to the Government, the "deal" announced with EDF and Chinese nuclear companies to build a pair...
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