Blogposts tagged 'Osborne'

Denmark to go 100% renewables by 2050

Posted by petespeller - 29 March 2012 at 1:24pm - 6 Comments
Middelgrunden offshore windfarm in Denmark
All rights reserved. Credit: Paul Langrock / Zenit / Greenpeace
Middelgrunden offshore windfarm in Denmark

Hot on the heels of Germany’s ambitious renewable energy plans, the Danish government went even further and announced last week that they plan to get half of their country’s total electricity requirement from renewable sources by 2020 and 100% of total energy, including electricity, heating, industry and transport, by 2050.

Article tagged as: budget, climate change, denmark, energy, gas, offshore wind, osborne, renewable energy

Budget 2012: A polluters’ charter that puts fossil fuels in the tank of the British economy

Posted by jossg - 21 March 2012 at 4:05pm - 5 Comments
Osborne has given the oil industry £3bn of taxpayers' money for risky deep water drilling off the Shetland Islands (pic: BP's Deepwater Horizon spill in 2010)

Before the election George Osborne said, “Instead of the Treasury blocking green reform, I want a Conservative Treasury to lead the development of the low carbon economy and finance a green recovery.”

Article tagged as: budget2012, climate change, gas, investment, oil, osborne, renewables

Osborne's plan for the UK: pollute our way to growth

Posted by petespeller - 1 December 2011 at 11:19am - 3 Comments
by-nc-sa. Credit: Steve Morgan / Greenpeace

George Osborne launched an assault on green measures in his Autumn Statement that reads as if it were written by the UK’s biggest polluters. Tax breaks for heavy polluters, renewed support for airport expansion, opening the countryside to development, more roads and a freeze on fuel duty  - all this adds up to the dirtiest budget in recent history.

Article tagged as: airport expansion, autumn statement, energy, osborne, pollution, roads

Tory conference: can Osborne be brought to his senses?

Posted by ruthdavis - 3 October 2011 at 6:07pm - 3 Comments
There was no 'green government' in Osborne's speech today. None at all.

George Osborne's speech to the Conservative Party Conference today hit a lot of bases.

It was childishly boastful, claiming victory for his department earlier in the year in a row over higher UK climate targets, when in fact he and his officials were very publicly overruled by David Cameron.

Article tagged as: climate, climate change, coalition, conservatives, emissions, osborne

Tax breaks for riskiest oil drilling?

Posted by Richardg - 27 May 2011 at 5:45pm - 2 Comments

There’s a dangerous storm brewing in the North Sea. But this is no natural disaster - it’s been whipped up by oil and gas companies lobbying for a major tax cut.

In the Budget, the Chancellor, George Osborne, announced a fuel duty stabiliser. When oil prices were high – over $75 a barrel to be precise – he’d cut taxes on motoring, and tax oil companies instead. When oil prices dropped below $75 a barrel, he’d whack a tax on fuel, but give oil companies a break. 

Article tagged as: climate, climate change, go beyond oil, north sea, oil drilling, oil spill, osborne, shetland
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