Interesting links, articles, news and blog posts sent out to members on 23/09/22.
News: Activists subvert poster sites to shame aviation and ad industries – Guardian Online
22 September 2022, Damien Gayle. Billboards hijacked across Europe to highlight role of airline emissions in climate crisis:
Press release: UK government lifts shale gas moratorium and confirms support for new oil and gas licensing round- Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy and The Rt Hon Jacob Rees-Mogg MP
22 September 2022. UK government lifts shale gas moratorium and confirms support for new oil and gas licensing round:
News: Heat pump installations ‘woefully off track’ says Greenpeace UK – Current News
20 September 2022, George Heynes. Governmental targets for energy saving upgrades are “woefully off track” with 2020 heat pump sales per household the lowest in Europe, according to a new report from Cambridge Econometrics:
Link: https://www.current-news.co.uk/news/heat-pump-installations-woefully-off-track-says-greenpeace-uk
News: Business energy bills to be capped under government plan – BBC News Online
21 September 2022. Wholesale energy prices for businesses will be capped at “less than half” anticipated winter levels under a huge government support package:
Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62969427
Article: Pubs and Restaurants Want More Than Six Months Energy Support To Avoid Closures – Politics Home
20 September 2022, Alain Tolhurst. Leading figures in the UK’s hospitality industry say the government’s energy bills package for businesses won’t last long enough to save thousands of pubs from going to the wall this winter:
Link: https://www.politicshome.com/news/article/energy-bills-cap-pubs-hospitality-closure
News: British Gas among UK’s largest energy suppliers blocking new customers from signing up – The National (Scotland)
19 September 2022, Ninian Wilson. Families across the UK are reportedly being blocked from signing up to the largest energy suppliers, which could be in breach of their licence obligations:
News: UK Government accused of letting aviation sector sway climate strategy through donations – Edie.net
16 September 2022, Sarah George. Aviation industry representatives donated more than £650,000 to the Conservative Party between April and June 2022, DeSmog has revealed, with the green group questioning whether this has swayed the Party’s approach to the sector’s net-zero transition:
News: One of the ‘biggest reforms of our energy system in a decade’ at risk of being delayed or scrapped by BEIS – Current News
16 September 2022, George Heynes. One of the ‘biggest reforms of our energy system in a decade’ is now at risk of being delayed or scrapped by the new Government:
News: UK Government slammed for continued ‘lack of ambition and funding’ for energy efficiency – Edie.net
12 September 2022, Sarah George. British homes and businesses will continue paying over the odds for energy into the late 2020s due to an ongoing lack of focus on energy efficiency from the Government, new reports are warning:
News: UK must insulate homes or face a worse energy crisis in 2023, say experts – The Observer in the Guardian Online
11 September 2022, Michael Savage. Cutting heat loss from houses will be more effective in the long term than subsidising bills, according to analysis:
News: PM will explore energy market reform to cut bills – BBC News Online
8 September 2022, Justin Rowlatt. The government plans to move nuclear and renewable electricity generators to lower price contracts to cut bills, Prime Minister Liz Truss has said:
Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-62832029
News: Warning millions will still need extra help with energy bills – BBC News Online
9 September 2022. Millions of households will still need extra help, despite a multi-billion government plan to ease the impact of higher energy bills, campaigners have warned:
Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-62834187
News: Energy sector backs proposals to lower bills through new fixed contracts for generators – Current News
2 September 2022, Molly Lempriere. The energy sector has thrown its weight behind a proposal to bring in fixed contracts for existing generators, to help provide them with long-term security and reduce consumer bills in the short-term: