Climate Research News » Ineffective Climate Policies Add 14% to UK Electricity Bills

Instead of vainly hassling energy companies, UK Energy and Climate Change Secretary Ed Miliband should concentrate on reducing the Government’s contribution to high energy prices. 14% of the average domestic electricity bill is the result of ineffective Government climate change policies that provide massive subsidies to the owners of wind farms but do little to reduce emissions. If Miliband stopped posturing and scrapped those policies that would soon lead to big savings for struggling families.

Climate "protection": Deutsche Bank set to buy a whole lot of questionable carbon offsets by 2012

High-level Climate Change Advisory Board will assist Deutsche Bank in implementing its climate change strategy
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Frankfurt am Main / London.- Over the next five years, Deutsche Bank has committed to reduce its global carbon footprint by 20 percentage points every year compared to its 2007 base year in order to neutralize CO2 emissions of its worldwide operations by 2012. The Bank plans to reduce its carbon emissions through sustainable improvements in the energy efficiency of its buildings and technology infrastructure, greater use of renewable energy sources as well as the purchase of emission certificates to offset any remaining CO2 emissions.