Extinction Rebellion

Time to make our case for the climate

Until recently, the climate change message was a study in reasoned, intellectual persuasion but over the past few months the mood music has changed. Suzanne Heneghan discusses how the sector can cut through the acrimony and noise.

24/10/2019

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Corbyn adviser: ‘We have to break the grip of the energy cartel’

Alan Simpson is the former Parliamentary ally and now sustainable economics adviser to Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn. He talks to Utility Week about his anger at the abolition of feed in tariffs and why the UK needs to "replicate the Victorian system in an age of clean energy".

29/08/2019

Interviews

Miliband: Treasury is stuck in a time warp on climate change

Ex-Labour leader Ed Miliband has accused the Treasury of being stuck in a “30 year old mindset” on climate change issues, with a belief that environment and economic goals are in conflict. Miliband defended the CCC’s estimate that reaching net-zero would cost one to two per cent of GDP and said Extinction Rebellion’s call for net zero to be achieved by 2025 was “changing the terms of reference about what can be done”.

04/07/2019

News

Parliament to hold citizens’ assembly on pathway to net zero

Six House of Commons select committees have banded together to convene a citizens’ assembly to thrash out a pathway for achieving a zero carbon Britain by 2050.

21/06/2019

News

Extinction Rebellion to continue climate protests this autumn

Extinction Rebellion will be mounting a fresh wave of protests this autumn, the climate change campaign’s co-founder has revealed.

19/06/2019

News

XR ‘does not understand’ scale of decarbonisation challenge

Calls by the Extinction Rebellion (XR) for the UK to adopt 2025 as the date for decarbonising the UK shows that they do not “really understand the scale of the challenge” that the target entails, according to an official at the Committee on Climate Change (CCC).

18/06/2019

News

‘It’s time for the world to ratchet up its ambition on the Paris Agreement’

With utilities at the heart of the drive to decarbonise and global warming now an emergency issue, Mike Thompson of the Committee on Climate Change tells Suzanne Heneghan why 2050 must be the net-zero target

06/06/2019

Interviews

Time for a climate crusade

13/05/2019

Analysis

Perry calls for ‘consensus around change’ to decarbonise economy

25/04/2019

Opinion

XR: Time for leadership soul searching

As the Extinction Rebellion continues to cause havoc in London, is it time for utilities leaders to challenge themselves on whether they are doing enough to bring the full weight of their organisational potential behind tackling climate change?

23/04/2019

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Letter from the Editor: Earth calling utilities

From eco warriors Extinction Rebellion paralysing London transport to highlight climate change, to Sir David Attenborough's TV plea on behalf of the planet, saving the world has become a mainstream message - and utilities are centre stage.

23/04/2019

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