UK megafarms in receipt of millions of pounds in government subsidies.
… Of Investigative Journalism Food And Farming Subsidies … receipt of millions of pounds in government subsidies. The operators of industrial-scale … that recipients of almost £70 million in subsidies in 2016 and 2017 include individuals …
The government's decision to cut support for domestic solar by 64% reflects antiquated thinking, writes Doug Parr. Just as the rest of Europe is shifting to ever-cheaper renewable, low carbon, decentralised, participatory, employment generating energy systems, the UK is stuck in a the dirty past of nuclear and fossil fuels.
… on getting solar without subsidy The idea of subsidies is to get clean energy to the point …
Just as the UK's entire renewable energy industry is up in arms against fierce cuts to support for the sector, energy Minister Andrea Leadsom suggested to MPs that the measures were supported by solar firms in her constituency. They beg to differ.
… to suggest that Conservative plans to cut subsidies for the industry were supported by … saying is actually putting pressure on the subsidies forces you to focus on the best … of these companies said cuts to green energy subsidies were at least in part responsible …
The UK's financing of fossil fuels abroad increased tenfold in two years to exceed £1 billion in 2013 / 2014, writes Christine Ottery. Incredibly, the fossil fuel funding increase came after a government promise to use the money to support 'innovative and green technologies'.
… recently publicly decrying fossil fuel subsidies, and the financial backing breaks a … and environmentally perverse fossil fuel subsidies which distort free markets and rip … coal and gas. That includes both national subsidies (including tax breaks for North Sea …
Bob Inglis is a true Republican, writes Zachary Davies Boren. But now he's a ex-Congressman. All because he reckons that climate change is real, serious and demands solutions - among them a carbon tax to stop free riders dumping their trash in the sky. And, he's certain: it's only a matter of time before the GOP will come to see things his way.
… believes there shouldn't be any government subsidies. "And the biggest subsidy of them … believes there shouldn't be any government subsidies. And the biggest subsidy of them all …
With a million families struggling to stay warm this winter, energy bills will be a hot election issue, writes Doug Parr. But Government actions have repeatedly favoured the 'big six' energy incumbents at the expense of consumers, competition, low-cost renewables and energy efficiency, locking us into high bills for years to come.
… Despite setting itself against consumer subsidies for nuclear power in the Coalition … at Hinkley Point will have many implicit subsidies under CfD, such as grid connection, …
EDF has already moved heavy earth moving gear onto the Hinkley C nuclear power station construction site, writes Doug Parr - but that doesn't mean it's a done deal. On the contrary, a host of intractable problems are coming home to roost, and the increasingly troubled project is looking shakier than ever.
Hinkley C hit by surprise treble whammy - is it all over for EDF? Doug Parr Greenpeace Energydesk | 20th November 2014 Comment Nuclear Energy France China Politics Finance cameron-hinkley-cut.jpg EDF …
The discovery of horsemeat in burgers and ready meals has revealed how live horses are shipped across Europe in a complex and secretive business. And it's just part of a bigger global trade in livestock and poultry. Andrew Wasley reports.........
… raise horses by the authorities, and offered subsidies. Production and welfare standards …
It's a fair question, writes Doug Parr, but one to which we are getting no answers - the government is keeping its sums and energy models secret. It looks as if the energy department, DECC, is making things up as it goes along to justify its pro-nuclear, anti-efficiency and anti-renewables policies. And when it all goes disastrously wrong, who will end up paying for the mess? We will.
Do the UK government's sums on Hinkley and climate change add up? Doug Parr Greenpeace Energydesk | 20th August 2015 News Energy UK Nuclear Renewables Politics Efficiency wylfa-cut.jpg It's a fair …
The main company due to build UK's 'flagship' nuclear power project at Moorside in Cumbria is on the ropes, writes Doug Parr, thanks to its multi-billion dollar nuclear losses on in the US. The obvious solution, (almost) all our politicians insist, is to ignore cheaper, faster, cleaner renewables, and make the taxpayer pick up the cost of yet another nuclear white elephant.
… of the renewables industry to survive without subsidies. We're taking action to protect …
As Greece prepares for its referendum, Takis Grigoriou takes Greece to task for its highly polluting lignite power sector, its ditching of a successful solar program in favour of more coal, the minimal insulation in its buildings that locks in high fuel bills, and Syriza's failure to tackle these issues. The good news? Greece's latest €1.4bn coal project looks like going unfunded.
… effective financing policies - in favour of a subsidies program based on European structural …
A radical experiment in community supported agriculture is attempting to break farming's reliance on fossil fuels and unsustainable practices. Andrew Wasley met green farmer Ed Hamer for this exclusive extract from The Ecologist Guide To Food.
… wrong because of its reliance on financial subsidies, and says that two of the biggest …