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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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Divisions over Russian gas highlight tensions in EU energy policy

Tomas Maltby By Tomas Maltby Filed Under: Featured, Science and Technology Posted: July 23, 2014

There are few issues more important to EU governments than energy security. Promises of EU solidarity may mean less than they seem, explains Tomas Maltby. The crisis in Ukraine has caused the European Union to urgently revise its policy on energy and energy security. In February the European Council agreed that existing efforts to reduce […]

Tagged With: Bulgaria, Energy Community, energy policy, energy security, European Union, gas, gas pipeline, Gazprom, russia, Serbia, South Stream, Stroytransgaz, Ukraine

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Innovation in the water industry: Is the price too high?

Andrew Balmer By Andrew Balmer Filed Under: Featured, Science and Technology Posted: October 30, 2013

While the recent hike in energy prices has made headlines, issues around the UK water supply get rather less attention. Breaching the UK’s impregnable ‘innovation barrier’ – to fix leaking pipes and tackle climate change – is one big challenge, writes Dr Andrew Balmer. Another is to prompt policymakers to be brave enough to ensure […]

Tagged With: electricity, fuel, gas, industry, infrastructure, policy, poverty, privitisation, utilities, water

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