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A child rides a bike at Whitelee Windfarm in East Renfrewshire, July 2015
THE government announced plans for a new era of “clean energy” today.
Labour has pledged to create a 95 per cent low-carbon electricity grid by the end of the decade.
Energy Secretary Ed Miliband described the transition as the “social justice fight of our time” and that it aimed to shield working people from the “ravages of global energy markets.”
As fossil fuels have had their day, JOSIE MIZEN makes it clear that it is now the government’s responsibility to initiate the transition to alternative employment in a manner that is organised, efficient and effective
The Communist Party of Britain’s Congress last month debated a resolution on ending opposition to all nuclear power in light of technological advances and the climate crisis. RICHARD HEBBERT explains why
