Sector says £5bn energy profits levy will make investment in new projects and renewables more difficultRishi Sunak has asked Britain’s biggest banks to keep the money taps flowing to the oil and gas sector after slapping it with a windfall tax.In a bru…
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MPs and wealthy landowners among beneficiaries of green subsidy
Renewable heating incentive was set up to help business, public sector and non-profit organisationsA minister, MPs and several aristocratic landowners have received thousands in public funds from a government subsidy intended to stimulate the green tra…
Read moreMPs and wealthy landowners among beneficiaries of green subsidy
Renewable heating incentive was set up to help business, public sector and non-profit organisationsA minister, MPs and several aristocratic landowners have received thousands in public funds from a government subsidy intended to stimulate the green tra…
Read moreShell says windfall tax threatens North Sea oil and gas investment
Firm says Sunak’s levy creates uncertainty and asks for tax relief that covers investment in renewablesShell has said Rishi Sunak’s windfall tax is a threat to investment in North Sea oil and gas as Britain attempts to ramp up domestic energy supplies….
Read moreShell says windfall tax threatens North Sea oil and gas investment
Firm says Sunak’s levy creates uncertainty and asks for tax relief that covers investment in renewablesShell has said Rishi Sunak’s windfall tax is a threat to investment in North Sea oil and gas as Britain attempts to ramp up domestic energy supplies….
Read moreSunak’s windfall tax is a ‘sticking plaster’, say climate campaigners
Tax on oil and gas companies described as ‘missed opportunity’ to tackle climate and cost of living crisesThe windfall tax is only a “sticking plaster” to provide temporary relief on energy bills that does nothing to improve the UK’s leaky homes, and e…
Read moreSunak’s windfall tax is a ‘sticking plaster’, say climate campaigners
Tax on oil and gas companies described as ‘missed opportunity’ to tackle climate and cost of living crisesThe windfall tax is only a “sticking plaster” to provide temporary relief on energy bills that does nothing to improve the UK’s leaky homes, and e…
Read moreBoris Johnson appears to take sideswipe at Tory climate policy sceptics
PM hits out at ‘prejudice’ against environmental agenda as he rejects idea of ending green levies on billsBoris Johnson has attacked “prejudice” against environmental policies, as he rejected the idea of ditching green levies on household energy bills …
Read moreBoris Johnson appears to take sideswipe at Tory climate policy sceptics
PM hits out at ‘prejudice’ against environmental agenda as he rejects idea of ending green levies on billsBoris Johnson has attacked “prejudice” against environmental policies, as he rejected the idea of ditching green levies on household energy bills …
Read moreUse England’s plentiful brownfield sites for windfarms, urge scientists
Experts cite Scottish example, with turbines along roads and rail lines, as a way to make better use of ‘cheap, clean’ energy sourceOnshore windfarms need not blight the most beautiful parts of England because there is plenty of room for them next to r…
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