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UK Ministers Met 1-on-1 with Fossil Fuel and Biomass Producers Nine Times as Often as Renewables Since Kwasi Kwarteng Took Energy Portfolio

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Analysis of the government’s latest transparency data shows ministers at the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) held 130 one-on-one meetings with energy producers between July 22 2019 and March 18 2021, of which nearly half (63) were with producers of high carbon energy. Drax Access.

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'Economic injury': How the UK's electricity and transport networks could be racking up £264bn in hidden societal costs

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The authors calculated the huge additional costs lumped onto society by the transport and electricity sectors' contribution to climate change, air pollution, land degradation, noise, and biodiversity damage, as well as health and social costs, with the estimated total bill coming to £264bn. Co-author of today's study Benjamin K.

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Climate Assembly: Five key takeaways from the UK's first exercise in direct democracy

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Third, assembly members gave strong support for businesses to make low carbon products that use less energy and materials.". Broadly, members wanted the UK to quickly stop selling the most polluting vehicles on the roads - e.g Nearly two thirds of Assembly members - 62 per cent - also backed enhancing the storage of carbon in the soil.

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End of Year Message and the Top 100 Articles from 2020

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World Environment Day and Covid-19: Making Time for Nature (Published May 9) We are on the Cusp of the Collapse of Civilization (Published Jul 13) How Supply Chain Resilience Mitigates Against Risks from Pandemics and Climate Change (Published May 14) How the Coronavirus Helps Renewable Energy and Hurts Fossil Fuels (Published May 12) Fifty Shades (..)

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End of Year Message and the Top 100 Articles from 2020

Green Market Oracle

World Environment Day and Covid-19: Making Time for Nature (Published May 9) We are on the Cusp of the Collapse of Civilization (Published Jul 13) How Supply Chain Resilience Mitigates Against Risks from Pandemics and Climate Change (Published May 14) How the Coronavirus Helps Renewable Energy and Hurts Fossil Fuels (Published May 12) Fifty Shades (..)