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Monthly Archive: October 2013

Why the UK’s politics are incapable of governing energy 0

Governance / Politics / UK

Why the UK’s politics are incapable of governing energy

This blog originally appeared on Carbon Brief: http://www.carbonbrief.org/blog/2013/09/why-the-uks-politics-are-incapable-of-governing-energy/  Labour leader Ed Miliband’s conference party announcement about freezing electricity prices has prompted some commentators to claim UK energy policy is now in crisis. And they’re probably...

Government projections fall short of climate change targets 0

EMR / Governance / Politics / UK

Government projections fall short of climate change targets

This blog first appeared on LFF at http://www.leftfootforward.org/2013/09/government-climate-change-targets/#more-73735 Last week’s release of new ‘Energy and Emissions Projections’ from the government highlighted some major concerns with the UK’s electricity policies. Firstly, it revealed that Britain...