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Fracking unties us from inefficient solar and wind

Fracking and a shale gas boom could help get the country back on its feet, says energy man South West MEP Giles Chichester

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Community project celebrates graduates of energy cost cutting initiative

Kingsteignton Transition Together

Kingsteignton Transition Together has celebrated its first graduates, who have investigated each others energy use to cut bills – new groups will be starting in the New Year, and the initiative will roll out to Newton Abbot

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'Muse and Kingsteington Transition Together singing from the same hymn sheet'

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Kingsteington Transition Together is behind Teignbridge Tory Council Leader’s plan to get Muse to run the council

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Reduce your carbon, reduce your bills, with a little help from your friends… in Kingsteignton

Kingsteignton Transition Together

People from Kingsteington are called to join Kingsteington Transition Together to save energy and reduce bills

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Devon County Council should declare itself 'frack free', says councillor

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Devon County Councillor Gordon Hook is calling for Devon to make a stand against fracking

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Urgent decision needed on UK energy policy

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Cost, carbon and security need to be reconciled to develop an effective energy policy, and we need to take urgent action to decide just what that will be, says South West MEP Giles Chichester

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Extreme Energy must be stopped, experts warn

Some of the people who attended the Frack Off event, in Totnes

With threats of earthquakes, water contamination and environmental damage, calls for a UK ban to Fracking grow louder

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Wind power takes a battering

Wind Farm

Wind power and turbines have had a turbulent history, and now it looks like the government is taking flight

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Frack Off! to Totnes

Frack Off!

The energy awareness group Frack Off! will be in Totnes to raise awareness of the dangers of Hydraulic Fracturing for Shale Gas in the UK

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Windpower, a cost-efective energy source?

Windpower

South West MEP Giles Chichester blows away the misconception that windpower is a cost-effective source of energy

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Competitiveness, security and sustainability: the aims of European energy policy

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South West MEP, and Conservative spokesperson on Industry, Research and Energy, Giles Chichester outlines the EU policy on energy

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Solar subsidy cuts legally flawed, high court rules

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The government’s decision to slash feed-in tariff incentives for solar installations breached rules governing consultation exercises

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And how did selling off the family silver work for you? 25 years since British Gas told Sid

If you See Sid, Tell him

British Gas shares have risen 12 fold since they were privatised – and November 21 marks the 25th annivarsary of the sale of family silver

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EDF Energy called to extend Warm Home Discount

EDF Energy

The South West Green Party has called on the energy company EDF Energy to extended its Warm Home Discount

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