Why Rishi Sunak refused a windfall tax on oil and gas companies
The UK Chancellor has opted to listen to Big Oil and ignore consumer and climate concerns.
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Blaming Putin for energy prices is a cover for the government’s own mistakes
Consumers are being asked to shoulder the cost of the UK’s failure to decarbonise.
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Sanctions are pointless if we’re rolling in Russian oil and gas
Oligarchs depend far more on our addiction to Russian energy than football clubs.
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How UK gas prices have surged to a record high
If prices remain this high, the energy price cap for consumers could increase to more than £3,000 a year.
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How Europe is dependent on Russian gas
Russia accounts for 65 per cent of Germany’s natural gas imports and almost 40 per cent of the EU’s.
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How the energy crisis could reinforce Europe’s gas addiction
Clean energy sources are overall cheaper and less susceptible to geopolitics than gas. But it is proving difficult to break…
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As bills soar, the future looks bright for Big Energy
Large suppliers with the resources to weather the current crisis will end up with millions of new customers on top-rate…
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Why price controls are the best response to soaring gas prices
Conventional economics won’t solve today’s persistently high inflation because its roots are new: proliferating supply shocks caused by intensifying ecological…
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