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12 October 2010: South African energy plan – the lesser of two evils

The South African government has published an energy plan which proposes a decline in the use of coal and six new nuclear power stations. The country is not short of coal, so the government should be...

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28 October 2010: Islington Council’s progress

This week, I was taken on a tour of properties owned by Islington Council. Islington is an area of London with many council home. The borough council was run by the Liberal Democrats until May 2010....

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5 November 2010: Courts block Spanish coal subsidies

Courts have put injunctions on the Spanish government's plans to subsidise Spanish coal. This is welcome. Subsidies should go to coal with CCS, and to renewables.

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28 February 2011: China now leads world on wind power

By the end of 2010, China had 41.8Gw of wind capacity installed. This grew by an impressive 62% in 2010.

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7 October 2011: Has Europe given up fighting climate change?

The EU has long prided itself on leading international efforts to control climate change. Today, the issue is nowhere near the top of the EU’s agenda, having been eclipsed by the economic downturn and...

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1 November 2011: No Dieter, it’s not ‘the wonder gas’

Comment by Robert Webb on Dieter Helm's claim that gas is a cheaper way to cut carbon emissions than renewables.

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10 November 2011: The Energy Internet

Robert Webb comments on the strengths and weaknesses of the 'Energy Internet' vision.

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27 December 2011: Commission’s energy roadmap is a missed opportunity

The European Commission should focus on proposing specific policies, rather than modelling different scenarios. It has done well with its energy efficiency proposal; now it should propose strengthening...

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16 January 2012: Investment in clean energy increases

Global investment in renewables and energy efficiency increased 5% to $260 billion in 2011, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

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26 April 2012: Germany planning several new fossil fuel plants

Germany is planning several new coal and gas power stations - without CCS - to replace its nuclear stations. This is bad for the climate and also a waste of money.

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13 December 2013: UK energy policy going very badly

Friday the 13th - and reasons to be gloomy about UK energy policy

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In Defence of Pragmatism

Climate campaigners should be more pragmatic and more prepared to make compromises. Pragmatism often delivers progress; idealism rarely does.

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Cleaning the neighbourhood: How the EU can scrub out bad energy policy

The EU should not buy electricity from countries with highly-polluting coal power stations, and should instead support efficiency and clean energy in these countries.

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2015 General Election manifestos on climate change

Analyses what the parties standing UK-wide are promising to do about climate change.

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What the new Conservative government means for UK energy policy

Tory manifesto indicates no major change in energy policy, with exception of end to subsidy for onshore wind. But UK engagement with EU energy union looking less likely.

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2015 Lancet Commission report on health and climate change

Key quotes from, and a few of my comments on, the excellent Lancet Commission report

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October 2015: Committee on Climate Change report on electricity scenarios

The Committee on Climate Change sensibly calls for an 'all of the above' approach to decarbonisation.

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27 October 2015: Ghana is a renewables pioneer, but is still not doing enough.

A post by Melody Waterworth on energy in Ghana, where she is currently volunteering.

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19 November 2015: Well done Amber Rudd

UK climate and energy policy are not perfect, but are in significantly better shape this morning than they were yesterday morning

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7 December 2015: UK climate and energy policy: small steps forward, large...

The advance represented by Energy and Climate Secretary Amber Rudd’s ‘reset’ speech on 18 November has been pretty comprehensively destroyed by Chancellor George Osborne.

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