Hewitt highlights energy savings
News Article 22 November 2004
Patricia Hewitt has urged consumers to make the most of opportunities to cut their energy bills by up to £155 a year.
Hewitt to praise wind energy
Press Review 22 November 2004
Trade and industry secretary Patricia Hewitt is today expected to confirm that construction of wind farms is now at record levels.
Union issues BNFL jobs warning
Press Review 17 November 2004
Union leaders have warned that up to 8,000 jobs are at risk at British Nuclear Fuels.
MPs urged to cut their energy use
News Article 28 October 2004
An energy efficiency check of a Portcullis House office has highlighted a series of measures MPs could take to save power and tackle global warming.
Green taxes could hit poor the hardest
News Article 27 October 2004
Britain's poorest families are most likely to lose out if taxes on energy use are introduced, according to a new study.
Darling under fire on Scottish regiments
News Article 26 October 2004
Alistair Darling has been attacked by MPs over the government's plan to reform and possibly scrap regiments such as the Black Watch.
Union warns of looming energy crisis
News Article 18 October 2004
Britain' biggest private sector union has warned of potential blackouts this winter if action is not taken to address a shortage in power generation.
Ministers set five year deadline on nuclear decision
Press Review 4 October 2004
The government's chief scientific adviser has warned that ministers will have to take a decision within five years on whether to build new nuclear power stations.
Brown seeks action on oil prices
News Article 2 October 2004
The chancellor has urged key finance ministers to tackle the economic problems caused by high oil prices.
Howells evades prosecution for burning miners' documents
Press Review 21 September 2004
Kim Howells will not be charged for burning documents that he thought might have implicated the National Union of Mineworkers in a murder inquiry during the miner's strike.
MPs to investigate record gas prices
Press Review 17 September 2004
Complaints from domestic and business customers have led to an investigation by MPs into the record price of gas.
PM refuses to rule out nuclear power
Press Review 15 September 2004
Focusing on the future of the environment yesterday, the prime minister refused to rule out building new nuclear power stations.
Energy chief tells ministers to go nuclear
Press Review 14 September 2004
Nuclear power will have to provide half of Britain's electricity needs if the government wants to meet its Kyoto targets for reducing greenhouse gases, a top official of the Department of Trade and Industry has told ministers.
BNFL still releasing 'killer' gas
Press Review 3 September 2004
BNFL is being allowed to continue to release a radioactive gas blamed for over 100 cancer deaths, even though it was first ordered to stop the emissions over 27 years ago.
Commission set to act against Sellafield
Press Review 2 September 2004
The European Commission appears poised to take action against the UK over the failure to provide access and information about safety issues at the Sellafield nuclear plant.
