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Government idea to rid gas boilers labeled ‘absurd’

Government idea to rid gas boilers labeled ‘absurd’: The government intention to ‘rip out’ the current gas boilers from 24 million UK homes is ‘utterly absurd’, stated the GMB Union. The union forecasts the projected restriction on new gas boilers set ups could make energy bills higher as well as possible weeks of interruption for…

More fossil fuel & biomass meetings than renewables

More fossil fuel & biomass meetings than renewables: Ministers at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) were reprimanded for meeting fossil fuel as well as bio mass bosses almost 9 times more than their renewable energy equivalent. That’s as reported by the investigative environmental journalism platform DeSmog who looked through the publicly…

Activists bar M25 junctions protesting government’s policy

Activists bar M25 junctions protesting government’s policy: Numerous of motorists were held up in major traffic jams at the junctions of M25 early on Sunday morning, due to climate protests managed by the campaign group Insulate Britain. The group set up the series of demonstrations demanding that the government insulates each British home by 2025.…

Green certificate prices keep rising amid BEIS proposals

Green certificate prices keep rising amid BEIS proposals: The latest research from Cornwall Insight‘s ‘Green certificate survey’ shows Renewable Energy Guarantees of Origin (REGOs) prices have risen significantly in recent months, with average reported prices of £1.35/REGO for Fuel Mix Disclosure (FMD) 2021-22 and £1.41/REGO for FMD 2022-23. This is 228% and 214% higher, respectively,…

Government urged to back green homes or miss net zero

Government urged to back green homes or miss net zero: A body of 14 organisations & businesses has appealed to the government to provide grants to homeowners to carry out green improvements or risk its net zero goals. Endorsements from throughout the housing, construction, financial services as well as energy sector called on policymakers to…

Gas bills rise and emissions shall fall

Gas bills rise and emissions shall fall Recent news states that the government is reportedly considering a potential increase in gas bills in the aim to assist the country’s efforts towards reducing carbon dioxide emissions from fossil-fuel heating systems. According to a report by The Times, this will be part of a carbon reduction scheme…

Market for new-build renewables doubtful to meet net zero

Market for new-build renewables doubtful to meet net zero: The current market and options available for new-build renewables are inadequate to keep the UK on track to its net zero target. According to National Grid Future Energy Scenario (FES), the UK needs approximately 87-113GW (scenario dependent) of renewables capacity by 2030 and 197-231GW by 2050.…

G7 to be carbon-neutral as a result of four projects

G7 to be carbon-neutral as a result of four projects: The government has just announced that the G7 Summit in Cornwall will be accomplished through carbon-neutrality. The event will be hosted from 11th-13th June & will arrange seasonal produce included in its catering, with the goal to source products with a boundary of 100 miles…

Government to ban financing fossil fuel plans overseas

Government to ban financing fossil fuel plans overseas: The UK will halt financing overseas fossil fuel projects starting 31st March, succeeding a trailblazing North Sea Transition Deal settled between the government & the oil and gas sector. This new agreement will have policymakers & industry invest as much as £16b in renewables, hydrogen & carbon…

£150m investment to save tropical rainforests

14th March 2021

Heather Trudeau

BEIS, biodiversity, carbon dioxide emissions, climate change, Efficiency & Environment, Environment, tropical rainforest

£150m investment to save tropical rainforests: The Amazon and Indonesian basins are rainforest regions and communities vulnerable to climate change are set to recieve a new £150 million government investment. This investment is thought to help protect 2/1 million hectares of rainforests, this is eqivalent to the size of Wales, from deforestation. With this investment…

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Government idea to rid gas boilers labeled ‘absurd’

More fossil fuel & biomass meetings than renewables

Activists bar M25 junctions protesting government’s policy

Green certificate prices keep rising amid BEIS proposals

Government urged to back green homes or miss net zero

Gas bills rise and emissions shall fall

Market for new-build renewables doubtful to meet net zero

G7 to be carbon-neutral as a result of four projects

Government to ban financing fossil fuel plans overseas

£150m investment to save tropical rainforests

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