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The chair of the Climate Change Committee has branded the delivery of efforts by the government to decarbonise the economy as “crap” and called for the establishment of a “powerful” body to oversee them.
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In our latest review of sector coverage across the national newspapers, there is criticism of the government’s handling of its flagship energy efficiency scheme, as it is scrapped with just four days’ notice. There is also continued coverage of the standoff between British Gas and the GMB union and of bill hikes prior to the energy price cap rise this week.
The government has confirmed that legal duties to reduce the harm caused by combined sewer overflows (CSOs) will be put into law.
Alan Whitehead has slammed the Green Homes Grant (GHG) as a “catastrophic failure” after highlighting figures that show just 20 applications for vouchers last month have been paid out.
Action needed to cut emissions to net zero is threatened by the “fragile” nature of the political consensus surrounding it, which could be seized on by populist parties, a new report by the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change has warned.
As part of the investment strand of our Countdown to COP campaign, Utility Week talks to Michael McNicholas of Omers, the backers of SGN and Thames Water. He discusses the investment case for UK utilities and ways to incentivise long-term, low-risk capital to drive forward decarbonisation.
A greater reliance on electrification of the energy system and a limited rollout of hydrogen and carbon capture infrastructure across the UK will lead to higher emissions from industry by 2050, the government’s industrial decarbonisation strategy has said.