Interview
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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Bridging the power gap
Andrew Bainbridge, director general of the Major Energy Users’ Council, talks to Brian Davis about the chaos in the energy industry, and how he sees the threat from Russia’s energy ‘Rasputin’
“The average manufacturer doesn’t take energy buying seriously,” maintains Andrew Bainbridge, director general of the Major Energy Users’ Council. “Despite the importance of the matter, many lack shrewd energy buyers or managers, though...
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Hot debate
Andy Waring, the man who purchases one per cent of the UK’s power annually, talks to Brian Davis about his battle for a greater cost parity with Europe
Faced with soaring gas prices UK manufacturers are forced to pay more than double what Continental counterparts pay for spot and forward wholesale gas. Andy Waring, European utilities purchasing manager for chemicals giant Ineos Chlor is at...
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