Business Green

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022

Truss's first speech as PM touts vision for 'aspiration nation' characterised by tax cuts and business-led growth, but leaves out any mention of net zero, nature, or the climate crisis. Rishi-backer Greg Hands is getting cleared out after his summer attacks on Team Truss - apparently they haven't asked him to stay.

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Business Green

JUNE 24, 2021

And since 2018, the Committee has beefed up its analysis and advice, judging the government's efforts against the legally-binding, overarching goal to transition one of the world's largest economies to net zero emissions by 2050. They seem to be placing all of their chips on the new Net Zero Strategy that is planned before COP26.

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Business Green

AUGUST 25, 2021

The CEO of Solar Energy UK sits down with BusinessGreen to discuss the critical role the solar sector must play in the next chapter of the UK's net zero transition. Something that focuses on all zero carbon technologies. We are going to be a solar express over the next decade," he says.

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Business Green

AUGUST 26, 2022

This crisis could and should trigger the next phase of a net zero transition that can boost the economy and deliver multiple energy security and health benefits, while also helping to stabilise global temperatures. The government and the two Conservative leadership campaigns will inevitably bristle at this accusation.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

As touted over the summer during her Tory leadership bid, Truss confirmed plans to temporarily shift green levies - which are used to pay for legacy renewable energy subsidy costs and social schemes that support vulnerable billpayers - off bills and onto the taxpayer's books. But core to any solution is the question of who pays?

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DeSmogBlog

JULY 18, 2021

The “Building to Net-Zero” blueprint appears to be quietly gaining momentum within the Energy Department, where a top official has discussed ways to put elements into action using the agency’s existing powers. . Also not mentioned: NRG’s Petra Nova project doesn’t actively capture carbon, despite its $1 billion price tag.

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DeSmogBlog

FEBRUARY 13, 2023

C and with the net-zero energy transition. Credit: NET Power , CC BY-SA 4.0 CCS Isn’t Viable Without “Additional Incentives” from the Government The House Oversight documents further reveal that the fossil fuel industry is looking increasingly to the government for help with carbon capture’s hefty price tag.

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