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The UK energy rationing plan
The UK energy rationing plan The establishment media are suspiciously silent about the energy crunch facing Europe in general and the UK in particular. In October, when the wholesale gas price spiked at 400 percent above its January 2021 level, energy prices were headline news. So too was the sight of energy supply companies falling […]
Entice and Orbit become latest energy firms to go bust
Entice and Orbit become latest energy firms to go bust IMAGE SOURCE,GETTY IMAGES Two more energy suppliers have gone bust amid the surge in gas prices, the regulator Ofgem has said. Entice Energy and Orbit Energy, which have about 5,400 and 65,000 customers respectively, ceased trading on Wednesday. The two firms are the latest companies […]
UK | Supply Chains No Longer Fit For Purpose
UK | Supply Chains No Longer Fit For Purpose In October 2021 Sustain, the UK-based alliance working for food and farming system change, published ‘Beyond the farmgate – Unlocking the path to farmer-focused supply chains and climate-friendly, agroecological food systems’. The report explores the results of a survey of 500 farmers in England and Wales, with […]
Zog Energy becomes 25th UK supplier to go bust in three months
Zog Energy becomes 25th UK supplier to go bust in three months Company, which supplied gas to about 11,700 households, is another victim of record market prices Zog Energy was founded in 2012 with a plan to offer households simple, affordable gas tariffs. Photograph: Niklas Halle’n/AFP/Getty Images Another of the UK’s small energy companies has […]
UK will ‘pause’ publication of data showing biodiversity in decline
UK will ‘pause’ publication of data showing biodiversity in decline Next year will see an important meeting to agree global biodiversity targets, but the UK says it won’t be publishing key data on wildlife and habitats A male Lulworth skipper (Thymelicus acteon) in Dorset, UK. Oliver Smart/Alamy Conservationists and politicians have criticised the UK government […]
UK Bans Gas Heating
UK Bans Gas Heating
Zero Carbon Sooner—Revised case for an early zero carbon target for the UK
Zero Carbon Sooner—Revised case for an early zero carbon target for the UK Cover image: Anthony Gormley’s ‘Another Place’ in Liverpool; photographed by Donald Judge / flickr.com (CC-BY 2.0); modified Summary This paper is an update of an earlier briefing note[1], revised to take account of new findings from the IPCC’s updated 6th Assessment Report (AR6). The broad […]
Chris Hedges: The Most Important Battle for Press Freedom in Our Time
Chris Hedges: The Most Important Battle for Press Freedom in Our Time If he is extradited and found guilty of publishing classified material it will set a legal precedent that will effectively end national security reporting. WASHINGTON, D.C. (Scheerpost) – For the past two days, I have been watching the extradition hearing for Julian Assange via […]
People in UK Who Post “False Information” About Vaccines Could be Jailed For Two Years
People in UK Who Post “False Information” About Vaccines Could be Jailed For Two Years New law criminalizes “knowingly false communication.” Coolpicture via Getty Images People in the UK who post “false information” about vaccines online could face two years in prison under a new law. Yes, really. The Online Safety Bill, described as “the […]
From Press Freedom To Prison Systems, Everything Assange Touches Gets
From Press Freedom To Prison Systems, Everything Assange Touches Gets Listen to a reading of this article: ❖ The US appeal of a British court ruling on the Assange extradition case has concluded, and the judges will probably not have a decision ready until at least January—a full year after the extradition was denied by a […]
‘Gamechanger’ Hearing As US Seeks Overturn Of Extradition Ban
Julian Assange In Court For ‘Gamechanger’ Hearing As US Seeks Overturn Of Extradition Ban WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, who still languishes in London’s high security Belmarsh Prison, will appear in court on Wednesday and Thursday for a key hearing that could prove to be a potential gamechanger. The court will decide among other things whether the US […]
This is not 1997
This is not 1997 Not that minimum wages are anything new. The USA introduced its Federal Minimum Wage as far back as 1938; although today each state sets its own rate. And the general consensus is that minimum wages help raise wages in general with little or no impact on employment as a whole. The broad […]
Deleted Government Report Celebrates How Public Loves to “Conform”
Deleted Government Report Celebrates How Public Loves to “Conform” Climate change technocrats plan on using same methods that convinced public to obey lockdown. Alex Segre via Getty Images A deleted government report exploring how to make the public alter its behavior to accept the new ‘green economy’ reveals how COVID-19 restrictions have created a population […]
Coal Generation In UK Jumps As Wind Speed Drops
Coal Generation In UK Jumps As Wind Speed Drops Coal met some 3 percent of the UK’s electricity demand on Friday morning, reaching its highest level of Britain’s power generation in one month, amid lower wind speeds this week and an outage at a gas-powered plant, Bloomberg reports. The last time the UK generated 3 percent […]
