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Saturday, Oct 4

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Europe's 'obsession' with Net Zero will kill AI boom, warns US data centre boss

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Neugebauer said the high cost of electricity across the continent meant it would not be possible to build the amount of data centres needed to fuel the demands of AI.

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Majority of Tory members oppose Kemi Badenoch’s net zero plans

More than half of Tory members said they support Britain’s target of reaching net zero by 2050

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Time for a major rethink of the UK’s net zero policy

I was pleased to see the Unite Union make the case against the disastrous de industrialisation Mr Miliband’s policies are causing. I welcome Claire Couthino’s return from maternity leave as she takes on the argument that far from UK…

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Wetherspoons boss accuses Ed Miliband of making drinkers pay for his Net Zero targets after 'huge stealth taxes' cost pub chain millions

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Sir Tim Martin said taxes added to energy bills and designed to pay for the transition away from fossil fuels and to build new nuclear plants are spurring inflation - and so driving up drink prices.

Friday, Oct 3

21

The Net Zero Consensus Is Breaking Down in Britain

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Once upon a time the promise of Net Zero enjoyed such universal support that a Tory government signed the UK’s Net Zero pledge into law. Today, the Tories say they’d scrap it – while alarm bells are ringing as the costs of the policy…

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Business Gateway Lanarkshire supports local firms on the road to net zero

Business Gateway Lanarkshire is supporting this movement by offering fully-funded expert consultancy support and one-to-one business advice.

‘This is real progress’: airlines on sustainable aviation fuels and the chances of net zero flying

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The EU and UK have imposed mandates, and investors see its value – but the industry has mixed views

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Banking industry’s net zero alliance shuts down amid faltering climate commitments

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NZBA had nearly 150 members but banks began leaving when Trump was re-elected on promise to ‘drill, baby, drill’

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Net-Zero Banking Alliance Folds After Mass Exodus by Members

The Net-Zero Banking Alliance is to cease operations after a vote to wind up the group which had already lost many of its members amid allegations from some U.S. lawmakers that membership breached antitrust regulations. The alliance, set…

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Why Australia’s $5 billion Net Zero Fund needs to be more than an incentive for mining billionaires to do better

The new $5 billion Net Zero Fund, announced last week as part of the Federal government’s plan to meet a 61% -70% emissions reduction target, could be the most important lever Australia has to accelerate our transition to net zero. But…

Thursday, Oct 2

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How Canada can support rural regions in its net-zero transition

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An equitable net-zero transition requires promoting regional competitiveness while ensuring no place is left behind.

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'Catastrophic mistake'! Theresa May sparks Tory civil war over Badenoch's net zero pledge

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Theresa May took a Labour pledge further by promising to hit net zero by 2050.

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Greens declare tax war on the 'super-rich': Hard-left 'boob whisperer' leader demands new levy on wealthiest 1% to fund more welfare and Net Zero

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Self-proclaimed 'eco-populist' Polanski will demand a fresh levy hits assets of the top 1 per cent of earners in his first conference speech in charge of the party.

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UK trade flourishes post Brexit but government is hitting our exports to the EU hard with its net zero policies

The Telegraph published an article of mine on line yesterday explaining why the trade figures disprove the Remain forecast of economic damage from trade friction. This is the trade story of the last ten years. In 2016, the year of the vote…

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Kemi Badenoch plans to axe net zero policy in fresh fight against Reform UK

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Tory leader wants to repeal Climate Change Act, despite warnings it would be a 'monstrous act of economic and environmental vandalism'

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Kemi Badenoch vows to cut energy bills by scrapping Net Zero if she becomes Prime Minister

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In a major policy move, Kemi Badenoch said a Conservative government would replace Labour's Climate Change Act with a strategy putting cheap and reliable power first.

Wednesday, Oct 1

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On the day energy bills go up AGAIN... Ed Miliband vows to ban fracking and lashes out at Reform 'extremists' over Nigel Farage's pledge to scrap Labour's Net Zero drive

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In a speech to Labour's conference in Liverpool, the Energy Secretary delivered a fresh Government attack on Nigel Farage 's party.

Tuesday, Sep 30

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Labour’s net zero policies turn off working class voters, warns British union boss

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“If they don't listen to us, they're going to face some harsh realities,” says GMB chief.