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- High interest rates could add billions to UK green energy transition, says report Mon, 22 Apr 24, 9:01amResolution Foundation calls for fourfold increase in renewable power investment to reduce pressure on household bills
- Report claiming net zero will cost UK trillions retracted due to ‘factual errors’ Tue, 3 Oct 23, 3:10amRightwing thinktank Civitas mistakenly cost onshore wind power 10,000 times higher than reality and claimed bill would be £4.5tn
- Energy industry uses whale activists to aid anti-wind farm strategy, experts say Mon, 17 Jul 23, 9:00pmUnwitting whale advocates and rightwing thinktanks create the impression that offshore wind energy projects endanger cetaceans
- England ‘4,700 years from building enough onshore windfarms’ Wed, 7 Jun 23, 9:01amThinktank says effective ban on planning permissions means country is way behind on much-needed renewable energy
- Liz Truss energy plan ‘needlessly inefficient and expensive’, says thinktank – as it happened Fri, 9 Sep 22, 2:26amThis live blog is now closed. You can find the full report below:
- Liz Truss energy plan does not do enough to protect poor, say charities – UK politics live Fri, 9 Sep 22, 1:02amCharities say more targeted support needed; Labour leader criticises decision not to tax unexpected profits of energy giants
- UK energy efficiency push offers just a third of the investment needed, says report Wed, 15 Jul 20, 3:01pmIPPR says 12m homes will need to be refitted to meet net-zero targets but £3bn earmarked is not nearly enough
- Avoid UK recession by kickstarting green economy, says thinktank Mon, 13 Jan 20, 5:01pmNew Economics Foundation calls for £50bn to reboot economy on greener footing
- IFS warns Labour renationalisation may delay low-carbon economy Wed, 4 Dec 19, 1:57amJohn McDonnell rejects claim, saying thinktank is taking ‘nakedly ideological stance’
- Revealed: top UK thinktank spent decades undermining climate science Fri, 11 Oct 19, 2:00amInstitute of Economic Affairs has links to 14 members of Boris Johnson’s cabinet
- Corbyn and Sanders vow to crack down on fossil fuel firms Thu, 10 Oct 19, 8:00pmUK and US politicians pledge to rein in big oil in light of Guardian climate crisis investigation
- Institute of Public Affairs blasts Coalition's 'un-Liberal' energy policies Sat, 27 Oct 18, 6:00amExclusive: IPA’s John Roskam says government should ‘stop all subsidies to coal, wind and anything else’
- Darling and Howard back call for post-Brexit carbon tax Wed, 10 Oct 18, 10:01amPolicy Exchange report calls for steadily rising levy to help tackle climate change
- Heavily polluting 'diesel farms' to make millions from subsidies, IPPR warns Tue, 8 Dec 15, 11:01amThinktank criticises subsidy cuts for clean renewable energy while state aids profits for ‘dirtiest form of energy generation available’
- Think tank behind Tory foreign policy promotes Arab world fossil fuel hegemony | Nafeez Ahmed Thu, 8 May 14, 2:24amHenry Jackson Society courts corporate, political power to advance a distinctly illiberal oil and gas agenda in MideastLast week, I wrote about the expansion of the American right-wing website Breitbart News Network into...