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Conservatives call for effective ban on thermal generation without CCS
The debate in the UK has been slowly heating up since the middle of last year, when a right-wing think tank called on the Labour government to impose gradually reducing emissions standards for all power plants. The effect would have been a ban on new coal plants without Carbon Capture and Storage, (CCS), while allowing [...] read moreJanuary 30, 2009 10:52 am - 3 Comments -
How to deal with a recession
There’s been lots of talk about a looming recession this week. It would be interesting to see what the other parties’ policy proposals would be in the event of a recession. The traditional conservative response would be to balance the books by cutting expenditure; Tighten your belt and tough it out. By contrast you’d expect [...] read moreJanuary 24, 2008 9:21 am - 88 Comments
