Interview
Yes Minister!
Richard Anderson asks Malcolm Wicks, Minister for Energy, about the government’s renewable energy policy and what his department is doing to encourage UK businesses to be more environmentally responsible
Why does the UK produce less renewable energy as a percentage of its overall mix than every country in the EU apart from Malta and Luxembourg, especially considering the UK's abundant resources in terms of wind and tidal power? And what...
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Conserving Britain's global lead
Shadow Environment Secretary Greg Barker tells Colin Chinery that climate change is Britain's opportunity and the Conservatives are best placed to seize it
Centrepiece of the re-branding of the Conservative Party was a green and blue pastel motif, replacing - with its unconscious later-day carbon inferences - the former flaming torch.
Voters are urged "Vote Blue, Go Green" and in the May...
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