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		<title>17 December 2010: More (promised) progress from UK government</title>
		<link>http://climateanswers.info/2010/12/comment-17-december-2010-more-promised-progress-from-uk-government/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 14:08:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Tindale</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[UK Energy Secretary, Chris Huhne, has proposed a radical overhaul of the UK’s electricity market. This is good news, but the government must do more to combat fuel poverty.]]></description>
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		<title>4 October 2010: Energy efficiency and Hungary</title>
		<link>http://climateanswers.info/2010/10/4-october-2010-energy-efficiency-and-hungary/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Oct 2010 10:25:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Tindale</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, I attended a European Commission conference on the future of energy policy. Energy Commissioner Oettinger delivered a worthy though unsurprising speech, but did at least stress energy efficiency - "vast untapped potential" - and said that this was his first priority.]]></description>
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		<title>5 May 2010: Energy efficient homes</title>
		<link>http://climateanswers.info/2010/05/editorial-5-may-2010-energy-efficient-homes/</link>
		<comments>http://climateanswers.info/2010/05/editorial-5-may-2010-energy-efficient-homes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 05 May 2010 14:21:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Tindale</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week, I attended a conference in Brussels organised by the King Baudouin Foundation. It was about how to control climate change while also increasing social justice. Therefore, the issue of making existing homes more energy efficient was central to the discussion.]]></description>
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		<title>26 April 2010: Climate event for UK General Election</title>
		<link>http://climateanswers.info/2010/04/editorial-26-april-2010-climate-hustings-event-for-uk-general-election/</link>
		<comments>http://climateanswers.info/2010/04/editorial-26-april-2010-climate-hustings-event-for-uk-general-election/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:48:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Tindale</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning I attended an event called ‘Ask a Climate Question’ organised by a coalition of environment and development groups. The most striking aspect of the discussion was that, with the exception of nuclear power, there was broad consensus among the four parties.]]></description>
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		<title>18 April 2010: UK manifestos and climate proposals</title>
		<link>http://climateanswers.info/2010/04/editorial-18-april-2010-uk-manifestos-and-climate-proposals/</link>
		<comments>http://climateanswers.info/2010/04/editorial-18-april-2010-uk-manifestos-and-climate-proposals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Apr 2010 15:04:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Tindale</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The manifestos of the three main UK political parties, Conservative, Labour and Liberal Democrat, all agree that climate change is an extremely serious issue and that tackling it can be done in ways which enhance energy security and strengthen the UK economy.]]></description>
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		<title>General Election Manifestos 2010: Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrats and Greens on Electricity and Heat</title>
		<link>http://climateanswers.info/2010/04/2010-manifestos-of-conservatives-labour-liberal-democrats-and-greens-on-electricity-and-heat/</link>
		<comments>http://climateanswers.info/2010/04/2010-manifestos-of-conservatives-labour-liberal-democrats-and-greens-on-electricity-and-heat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 17:53:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Tindale</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://climateanswers.info/2010/04/2010-manifestos-of-conservatives-labour-liberal-democrats-and-greens-on-electricity-and-heat/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="http://climateanswers.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Manifesto6-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="Manifesto" title="Manifesto" /></a>All three main UK parties take climate seriously and promise to reduce emissions and expand low-carbon energy. They all recognise the energy security and employment benefits. This article includes quotations from the relevant parts of the manifestos of the three main parties on heat and electricity - energy efficiency, fuel poverty and energy production.]]></description>
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		<title>General Election Manifestos 2010: Conservative, Labour, Liberal Democrats and Greens</title>
		<link>http://climateanswers.info/2010/04/the-2010-general-election-manifestos-of-the-conservatives-labour-liberal-democrats-and-greens/</link>
		<comments>http://climateanswers.info/2010/04/the-2010-general-election-manifestos-of-the-conservatives-labour-liberal-democrats-and-greens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2010 17:44:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Tindale</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://climateanswers.info/?p=3430</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://climateanswers.info/2010/04/the-2010-general-election-manifestos-of-the-conservatives-labour-liberal-democrats-and-greens/"><img align="left" hspace="5" width="150" height="150" src="http://climateanswers.info/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Manifesto7-150x150.jpg" class="alignleft wp-post-image tfe" alt="Manifesto" title="Manifesto" /></a>All three main UK parties take climate seriously and promise to reduce emissions and expand low-carbon energy. They all recognise the energy security and employment benefits. This article includes direct quotations from the relevant parts of the manifestos of the three main parties on general climate policies, covering investment, taxation, land-use planning, adaptation, the EU, the developing world and forests.]]></description>
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		<title>16 March 2010: US weatherization work</title>
		<link>http://climateanswers.info/2010/03/editorial-16-march-2010-us-weatherization-work/</link>
		<comments>http://climateanswers.info/2010/03/editorial-16-march-2010-us-weatherization-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:25:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Tindale</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This month, the US Department of Energy has announced a Sustainable Energy Resources for Consumers (SERC) programme. This will offer grants totalling up to $109 million.]]></description>
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		<title>5 March 2010: Community energy in Scotland</title>
		<link>http://climateanswers.info/2010/03/editorial-5-march-2010-community-energy-in-scotland/</link>
		<comments>http://climateanswers.info/2010/03/editorial-5-march-2010-community-energy-in-scotland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:03:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Tindale</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Wednesday and Thursday, I attended a conference on renewable energy in Scotland, on the stunningly beautiful island Skye. I talked about how to dispel myths about climate change and renewables.]]></description>
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		<title>7 January 2010: At last, Scottish grid improvement will be built</title>
		<link>http://climateanswers.info/2010/01/editorial-7-january-2010-at-last-scottish-grid-improvement-will-be-built/</link>
		<comments>http://climateanswers.info/2010/01/editorial-7-january-2010-at-last-scottish-grid-improvement-will-be-built/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 11:00:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Stephen Tindale</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scotland has immense potential to expand renewables, particularly wind and the Scottish National Party (SNP), when it took over the Scottish government in 2007, set a target that half of all Scotland’s electricity should come from renewables by 2020.]]></description>
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