British manufacturers will save millions of pounds a year as the Government removes tariffs on offshore wind energy components from 1 April.
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If we continue to depend on fossil fuels we end up paying over and over and over again, with no security from future price shocks. No energy security and all of the societal breakdown costs of climate break down which are largely incalculable to be added on top. Don't believe the big oil nonsense!
Net zero target by 2050 will cost less than a single oil shock & bring health & economic benefits while insulating the country against future costs, the CCC have forecast. Each £ invested in reaching net zero yielded between £2 and £4 in benefits.
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Andy Burnham: Duchy of Lancaster response to illegal Wigan waste dump ‘not acceptable’
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"More North Sea drilling will not shield households, building domestic green energy will
"More drilling will mainly boost oil company profits
"Once built, sunlight or wind is free. Prices are stable. Green power is an insurance policy against geopolitical risk"
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The Guardian view on the Iran crisis exposing Britain’s energy vulnerability: clean power offers protection | Editorial
My response today to the Ministerial statement on Energy Markets delivered in relation to the conflict with Iran and rising energy costs.
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Investment in renewables provides much better value for the money.
Earl Russell (LD) praised the “collaborative spirit and cross-party scrutiny” from “across the House.” He celebrated the smokefree generation as “one of the most significant steps any of us will take as Parliamentarians in our lifetime to improve the nation’s health and wellbeing.”
My response today to the Ministerial statement on Energy Markets delivered in relation to the conflict with Iran and rising energy costs.
hansard.parliament.uk/Lords/2026-0...
Oh look at that… with impeccable timing, @evanhd.bsky.social appears to be back talking about heat pumps on the BBC!
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Fracking waste has a mix of chemicals from fracking fluid + others leached from underground.
Arsenic, lead, cancer-causing benzenes, radioactive radium can all be present.
It's being dumped in Pennsylvania landfills.
Mounting evidence says it's getting into rivers:
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Pace of global warming has nearly doubled since 2015, reveals study www.carbonbrief.org/pace-of-glob...
Given Trump's illegal war that is devastating the Middle East and pushing up energy bills, Keir Starmer should advise the King to call off April’s state visit to the US.
A state visit should not be given to someone who repeatedly insults and damages our country.
March 8, 2026 - Tehran at sunrise today. But the sun is hidden behind a sky filled with smoke. After a night of intensive strikes on oil facilities, thick black clouds now hang over the city, turning morning into something that feels like night.
Full story below with @guardianheather.bsky.social @pippacrerar.bsky.social
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Despite the click-bait headline, the article points out that we have multiple sources for our gas supplies.
A classic piece of cynical headline writing.
Just got off the phone after Sec of State of Energy, Ed Milliband, called to discuss in detail the problems people are facing with home energy bills & heating oil. Here's what I fed through. YOUR feedback would be useful...
Multiple news outlets are reporting a US attack on an Iranian #desalination plant.
If verified, this violates international law protecting #water systems during wars, and it sets a dangerous precedent, given intense dependence of Gulf countries on desalination.
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“We want to do for economic planning what Google maps did for traffic planning, so we can give anybody who has an economic question an intelligent and useful answer.”
Shutting an oil well isn’t like turning off a faucet.
It’s a huge engineering risk, difficult to reverse — and an indicator the Kuwaitis don’t see choke points improving anytime soon.
WH official: “We want to seize all the oil from Iran. The long-term benefit is getting massive oil reserves out of the hands of terrorists.”
He made 9 spoken contributions in the House. "I have now decided, having proudly served as a peer for 30 years, that the time is right for me to retire and resign my membership of the Conservative Party."
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The idea the North Sea is some great goldmine waiting to be tapped is entirely at odds with reality.
As the Americans land B1 bombers at RAF Fairford, President Trump is promising a relentless assault. We are being drawn into an offensive war. The PM must spell out to Parliament what constitutes a “defensive” operation and the limits on the use of our bases.
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Oil and gas prices are set on international markets beyond UK control
North Sea is not credible solution:
❌ output too small to make any difference
❌ will decline irrespective of new licences
Renewable generation and net zero tech 🔑 to bring energy independence
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"The UK is one of the least food self-sufficient countries in Europe. Prof Tim Lang: 'We're not thinking about this enough. We're ducking it.'"
Baroness Sheehan raised a stark warning from the repressed national security assessment: nature loss could leave UK GDP 12% lower by 2030.
Read the exchange:
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Households on heating oil already grappling with soaring prices
Iranian blockade of the strategic strait of Hormuz is hitting global fertiliser supply chain.
@PA_Consumer
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