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'More UK gas won't bring down bills': The green economy reacts to the government's energy crisis plan

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The huge price-tag for this unprecedented intervention lays bare the cost of our reliance on volatile and expensive gas. — Caroline Lucas (@CarolineLucas) September 8, 2022. — Caroline Lucas (@CarolineLucas) September 8, 2022.

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'A climate-shaped hole at its heart': The green economy reacts to the Spring Statement

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Green Party MP for Brighton Pavilion Caroline Lucas, said: "With the triple threat of a climate, energy and cost of living crisis gripping the nation, we needed transformative action from the Chancellor today - yet this Statement feels like a damp squib.

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'Fifteen years of anaemic growth cannot be repeated': The green economy reacts to the government's Growth Plan

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Boosting the ECO scheme could well end up being cost neutral on Treasury with insulation cutting gas demand and so the overall price tag of the bailout. The ban on onshore wind - which around eight in 10 people support - has been a major anomaly in British energy policy given it's both cheap and popular with the public.