Some people, including political leaders, believe that environmental levies add cost to our annual energy bills, subsidising the construction of expensive wind and solar farms, making energy unaffordable for millions of people. Sadly, these people are being mislead, influenced by the large energy suppliers, like British Gas who recently blamed Read more…
Brace yourself, there’s another £17 billion in national spending cuts predicted for this year. Half of the cuts will be to benefits, like the National Health Service. This government has been relentless in pursuing its agenda of protecting their ideology at the cost of poor and vulnerable people, especially the Read more…
On Saturday, The Independent’s Environment Editor, Tom Bawden, weighed the evidence on Fracking, without mentioning the Shale Gas Report undertaken by the researchers at the Tyndall Centre, commissioned by the Co-operative Bank. We can stop extreme methods like shale gas and coal bed methane extraction now. We have a choice. Read more…
The Energy Bill will receive its third reading in the House of Commons today. Included in this bill is Retail Market Reform, creating a fairer market for the consumer by reducing the number of tariffs to four. Except for the special switching tariffs that can be created for any number Read more…