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The impact of climate change and rising energy prices are well-documented in the media. Feel free to browse the articles listed below to access full reports from credible sources.
October 2010
Seeing the cut-price light
October 2010
Energy bills ‘to rise by £150 a year’
September 2010
Families warned of £700-a-year gas bill.
October 2009 - Fear of steep energy bill rises
Domestic UK energy bills could rise by 60% by 2016 in a worst-case scenario identified by the energy regulator.
June 2009 - New era of high-cost power: Rises of up to 42% a year for a decade - Daily Express
Bills will rise by up to 42 per cent a year over the next decade.
Experts at uswitch.com said that the average annual bills have more than doubled from £580 five years ago to £1243 today. Over the next decade customers will suffer even steeper price rises with fees quadrupling by 2020, they warn
February 2009 - Global Warming 'Underestimated'
The severity of global warming over the next century will be much worse than previously believed, a leading climate scientist has warned.
February 2009 - Millions face 'stealth tax' on heating bills to subsidise green energy
Millions of families face yet another hike in heating bills to pay for a massive expansion of green energy.
May 2008 - Power bills 'to rise by more than £400 this year'
The average household power bill could rise by more than £400 this year, industry experts warned yesterday.
April 2008 - Home fuel prices could 'rise again'
Home fuel prices could 'rise again'. Households have already been hit by increases in gas prices this year, with the average annual bill increasing by £128 to more than £1,000, while the cost of electricity has risen by 28 per cent. However, energy industry...
February 2008 - Oil price hovers near record high
The price of a barrel of oil reached a record high during the day's trading in New York.
January 2008 - British Gas raises prices by 15%
British Gas, the UK's biggest power provider, is to raise the amount it charges for gas and electricity by 15%.
January 2008 - 'Big climate impact' on UK coasts
Climate change is having a major impact on Britain's coast, the seas around the coast, and the life in those seas, a government-sponsored report concludes.
January 2002 - Antarctic lakes show climate effects
A 20 -year study of lakes on an Antarctic island has revealed dramatic ecological changes caused by a one degree Celsius rise in temperature.
New Scientist Extracts
The following statements have been taken from articles published in the New Scientist
"There is a case for nuclear power, but the future is with renewables".
19 January 2008
"Why bother going green? Your contribution might not seem to matter, but multiply that by millions and you can move mountains".
Special Investigation by Fred Pearce: Examining the impact of reducing personal carbon footprint on overall climate change.
17 November 2007
"Nowhere to turn for climate change deniers.
Wriggle-room shrank this week for those who believe that global warming is not caused by human activity. The latest report from the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change shows that the world is already changing in line with forecasts from computer models that include greenhouse gases as an integral factor.
Everything from the increasing numbers of glacial lakes to the poleward
shifts in the ranges of animals and plants is almost certainly down to
global warming. The IPCC also finds that natural variation is 'very
unlikely' to be the sole cause of such changes."
14 April 2007
