Prime Minister Gordon Brown Says Low Carbon Economy is Important for the Future
UK Primer Minister Gordon Brown has just recently highlighted the vital role in which a low carbon economy will play in the UK's economic recovery. Mr Brown went on to discuss new transport projects, jobs and energy developments in a ...
by Justin Becks March 18th, 2010
Licences for nine UK offshore wind projects awarded
Successful bids for nine UK offshore wind projects have been recently awarded to energy companies. In total, turbines to be installed in the nine zones can produce at least 32GW of energy, a quarter of the country's required electricity. The consortium ...
by Justin Becks January 8th, 2010
Gordon Brown to reveal £100 billion wind project winners
UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown will confirm this week the winners of the auction to construct the country's next giant offshore wind farms to deliver over 25GW of renewable energy. The prime minister is planned to attend the awarding ceremony ...
by Beth Williams January 4th, 2010
Climate Talks Begin in Copenhagen This Week
Journalists, environmental activists, and politicians have been converging on Copenhagen by the thousands in order to witness, what may be, the largest climate change talks in history. The week-long negotiations will come to head when leaders from all over the ...
by Lynnette Adamson December 8th, 2009
Commonwealth supports climate change fund
A proposed climate change fund agreed by the British and French leaders at the recent Commonwealth summit will start next year, and will amount to $10 billion annually by 2012. The plan is aimed to help developing countries to deal with climate change and to curb greenhouse gas emissions. Most of
by Samantha Donovan December 1st, 2009
Gordon Brown Works With Eden to Make 10,000 New Low Carbon Jobs
In his speech at the Labour Party's annual conference, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said that 10,000 green job placements would be created in conjunction with Cornwall's Eden Project and other similar organisations. The Prime Minister told the Labour Party that by working with organisations such as Eden the UK government would
by Jason Drew September 30th, 2009
Leading Companies Unite Globally to Combat Climate Change
Climate change has become a key topic on everyone's agenda as the UN climate talks in Copenhagen draw near. Recently more than 500 companies globally have signed a call to action, petitioning for more aggressive measures to combat climate change. The ...
by Lynnette Adamson September 23rd, 2009
Brown under attack over pensioners deal
PM Gordon brown has come under severe criticism after making an incorrect statement. While unveiling his £910 million energy programme on September 11, Mr Brown said that all pensioners will be provided free insulation. But when a sixty years old pensioner called up to confirm, she was told by government's ...
by Jason Drew September 14th, 2008
Energy companies to pass costs to consumers
The UK government's much vaunted energy package of £1 billion has been called into question. The energy companies have stated that most of the expenditure which they have to bear as per the energy package will get passed on to ...
by Emma Young September 13th, 2008
Brown presents £1bn help package
The suspense is finally over. Gordon Brown presented a £1bn package on September 11 to help British households in cutting down their energy bills. The package has a list of measures that his government believes, will help alleviate the woes of ...
by Jenson Brayshaw September 12th, 2008
UK and Italy get together for nuclear energy
On September 10, Prime Ministers of Britain and Italy announced that the two countries will get together for development of nuclear power energy. Both agreed that nuclear energy could play a crucial part in reducing the dependence on expensive fossil ...
by Jason Drew September 11th, 2008
