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Running on empty: How charities are running on empty in the cost-of-living crisis – and what we can do about it.

By Alison Briggs and Sarah Marie Hall Filed Under: All posts, British Politics, UK economy Posted: November 9, 2023

The voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector works alongside local and national governments to provide support for residents. But alongside facing their own struggles as a result of the cost-of-living crisis, charities and community organisations are also being relied on more and more by people and local organisations. In this article, from our Power […]

Tagged With: british politics, communities, fuel poverty, Greater Manchester, Power in Place, voluntary & social enterprise

Engineers surveying windfarm in the UK.

The energy strategy: missed opportunities, false solutions, better ways forward

Prof Matthew Paterson By Matthew Paterson Filed Under: British Politics, Energy and Environment Posted: May 9, 2022

The government’s ‘British Energy Security Strategy’ released on the 7th April 2022 has raised more questions than answers for those in interested in energy policy. While it claims to offer solutions to the dual problems of rising energy prices and threats to natural gas supplies, it adopts an outdated method that runs conversely to net […]

Tagged With: british politics, Business Energy & Industry, climate change, energy, environment, fuel poverty, SCI, SoSS

Fuel poverty and low-carbon investment: a role for area-based policy?

picture of Stefan By Stefan Bouzarovski Filed Under: Energy and Environment, Growth and Inclusion Posted: March 25, 2019

The GMCA plans to launch a five year plan for carbon neutrality in Greater Manchester by 2038 at the Green Summit today. Stefan Bouzarovski, Professor of Human Geography, will be hosting a discussion table at the public sector space within the Green Summit. Here, he blogs about the importance of area-based fuel poverty and energy […]

Tagged With: #SDG Affordable and Clean Energy, #SDG Climate Action, #SDG No Poverty, #SDG Reduced Inequalities, #SDG Sustainable Cities and Communities, area-based policy, climate change, energy, fuel poverty, Green Summit, Green Summit 2019, inequalities, local government, poverty, sustainability

Why is government progress on fuel poverty stalling in England?

By Caitlin Robinson Filed Under: Growth and Inclusion Posted: February 15, 2019

In a recent report, the Committee on Fuel Poverty highlighted that progress on fuel poverty in England is stalling. On Fuel Poverty Awareness Day, Caitlin Robinson, Lecturer in Geography, reflects on reasons for this lack of progress and envisions a more ambitious approach to tackling fuel poverty. There is no typical profile of a fuel […]

Tagged With: #SDG, #SDG Affordable and Clean Energy, #SDG No Poverty, #SDG Reduced Inequalities, Business Energy & Industry, energy, energy poverty, fuel poverty, inequalities, poverty, spatial variation

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Is fracking a price worth paying?

Kevin Anderson By Paul Younger and Kevin Anderson Filed Under: Featured, Science and Technology Posted: October 22, 2015

Our dependence on a constant supply of energy presents seemingly intractable dilemmas. One of these is whether fracking should be permitted. Professor Paul Younger and Professor Kevin Anderson took opposing views in a recent online debate. In the US, the recovery of underground reserves of shale gas and its extraction from solid rock through the […]

Tagged With: carbon capture, climate change, coal, decarbonisation, fracking, fuel poverty, gas, oil, shale gas, Speakers' Corner Trust

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