This year energy prices among the Big Six have reached their highest level since 2013 and are on average £76 higher than last year. In a perfect market full of well-informed consumers who are...
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This briefing note reviews the main features of retail energy markets in five countries – Germany, Sweden, France, the US (California) and Australia – to extract relevant examples of consumer...
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The implications of the UK’s withdrawal from the European Union are particularly significant for the energy sector. This uncertainty surrounding Brexit negotiations in turn raises specific regional...
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The government’s commitment to ban the sale of new conventional petrol and diesel cars and vans after 2040 is a welcome move. This is because it provides an explicit signal to drivers and manufacture...
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In recent years, there has been a growing understanding of the leading role that road transport plays in illegal air pollution. The government is now required to bring air pollution to within legal...
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The UK has long seen efforts to take advantage of the geological assets that these islands possess. This dates from lead and gold mining in Roman times, to the mechanisation of deep mining for coal...
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Air pollution is damaging the environment and is a significant determinant of human health. The UK is currently failing to comply with EU law that sets out limits for air pollution, and few countries...
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Today the UK government has received as final warning over repeated breaches of air pollution limits in sixteen areas. This comes after 220 doctors warned yesterday that the government that failing...
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London's air pollution is a deadly and mounting public health problem – one that demands immediate as well as long-term action from the city's new mayor, and from Westminster. Our report sets out...
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Air pollution is a huge and growing public health problem for the UK, and for London in particular. Across the UK as many as 40,000 deaths a year are attributed to outdoor air pollution, and it is...
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