Jon Snow
EU energy crisis: prepare to abandon energy targets
Europe’s collective energy needs are startling, and the only available options terrifying. We are going to abandon most of our sustainable energy targets.
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‘Big six’ told to trade fairly – will it make a difference?
Energy regulator Ofgem says it is “tearing down barriers to competition” with new rules to benefit independent suppliers. But critics say the reforms will have little immediate benefit for consumers.
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Don’t stand in way of fracking, Cameron tells EU
David Cameron issues a warning to the European Union that imposing “burdensome” regulations on shale gas exploration would deter investment and job creation.
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Jon Snow
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Shale gas may not be game changer
Energy Minister Michael Fallon admits the government does not know how much gas will be generated by fracking as he answers concerns raised by campaigner Sasha Conway.
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Energy firm apologises for telling customers to share shower
An energy firm that hiked prices by an average of £200 in 2013, apologises after telling customers to share showers to save £34 a year.
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Autumn statement 2013: you be the chancellor
What bright ideas would light up the UK economy for you? George Osborne has set out his plan for economic recovery, but Channel 4 News wanted to find out what people on the street would like to see.
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Energy companies announce cuts in bills
Three of the “big six” energy companies in the UK vow to freeze or cut household bills in response to a government initiative.
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Government to slash energy and eco bills with tax crackdown
Chancellor George Osborne will cut energy bills by an average of £50 and offer home efficiency eco-grants of £1,000 by cracking down on tax avoidance.
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Power to the people – smart meters, lower energy bills?
Even though the price of your next energy bills may shock you, will you spend any time at all doing something about it?
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An early Christmas present on energy prices?
It might be the end of November, but Chancellor George Osborne’s latest move on energy prices is an attempt to buoy the government’s fortunes with some festive cheer for voters.
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Is David Cameron hijacking Ed Miliband’s ideas?
First a cap on payday loans, then a move to plain-paper cigarette packaging and now a cut in energy bills. Are the Conservatives seizing on Labour’s ideas?
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Turning up the heat: MPs urge ‘big six’ to hold prices
As tensions rise over the increase in energy bills, the government urges the “big six” energy firms to hold prices until the middle of 2015.
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Winter deaths soar as protesters target energy firms
“Justice not jumpers”: crowds gather in four cities to protest against price hikes by the “big six” energy companies, as new figures show “excess winter deaths” rose by a third last year.
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Arctic 30: first British Greenpeace activists freed on bail
Greenpeace activists Anthony Perrett and Kieron Bryan are freed on bail by Russian authorities in St Petersburg, after two months in detention.
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Cathy Newman
High energy company bill shatters my pipe dream
Why does my energy supplier want me to pay more than twice as much as a Scottish customer for removing an old gas pipe?
