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Delay on net zero same as denial, Deben warns

Delay on net zero same as denial, Deben warns

Support for delaying measures to tackle climate change is tantamount to denying that the problem exists, the chair of the Climate Change Committee (CCC) has said.

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WRSE sets out plans for three new reservoirs in south east

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British Gas launches heat pump offering

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Water retailers told to refund credit balances

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Innovation round-up: Anglian and Yorkshire invest in bathing water projects, WPD investigates heat pump flexibility

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Kwarteng refuses consent for controversial interconnector

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Fracking would not help to solve current energy crisis

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Ministers say energy planning should be reviewed every five years

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Smart meter installations rebound from pandemic drop

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Good Energy completes sale of its generation assets

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PM’s rationale for keeping VAT on energy is ‘disingenuous’

The rebel MP, who was expelled from the Conservative parliamentary party last week after backing a Labour motion to cut VAT from energy bills, has branded the prime minister's rationale for not doing so as “disingenuous.” Anne Marie Morris, the MP for Newton Abbot, who is sitting as an independent after she had the Tory whip withdrawn, said scrapping VAT on energy is "the most obvious, quickest and easiest" way of helping those struggling with rising energy bills.

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Energy Saving Trust awards £3.9m to charities

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Water quality standards met at 99% of bathing sites

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Bevan: We’re going to need a bigger stick

Head of the Environment Agency James Bevan has said regulators need to “think differently, speak softly and carry a bigger stick,” working with operators to protect the environment and improve waterways but being “far firmer” if they fail to cooperate. He also called for “fewer, simpler and better” regulations to achieve environmental goals.

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Mayor of London adopts accelerated pathway to net zero

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Yorkshire to invest £13m at bathing river site

Yorkshire Water has set out £13 million of investment to improve water quality in the River Wharfe in Ilkley which was the first inland bathing site designated last year. The company stressed that its interventions alone would not be sufficient to transform the river and called on stakeholders to work together to tackle pollution at source

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OEP chair says body will not rely on fines for enforcement

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British Gas admits Warm Home Discount failings 

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Kwarteng says networks’ storm responses must improve

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Council-backed energy retailer exits market

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