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12 November 2008 AROUND FOUR and a half million pensioners in Britain are forced to stay in just one heated room to save on fuel costs, a new report reveals, writes Roger Shrives. 17 September 2008 HOUSEHOLD ENERGY bills have been rising rapidly and are expected to average £1,400 next year. The 'big six' energy utilities operating in Britain put up their prices to customers by 38% this year... 31 July 2008 FOLLOWING CENTRICA'S huge price increase for its gas customers, yet another energy company - EDF - is ramping up its prices... 22 July 2008 Household bills set to soar: MANY PEOPLE'S minds were recently jerked away from planning their summer holidays, into a cold and wintry future. The privatised gas and energy supplier Centrica predicted that average gas bills could rise from £600 to over £1,000 in 2010... 10 January 2008 Flooded with Debt, cartoon by Suz www.squashdonkey.co.uk 28 September 2006
The geopolitics of oil: EVER SINCE oil became a crucial resource at the beginning of the 20th century, fuel for motor vehicles and modern warships, it has been at the heart of geopolitical struggle, writes Lynn Walsh. 1 June 2006 Environment: RECENTLY, PRIME minister Tony Blair told CBI dinner guests that he backed building a new generation of nuclear power stations, saying nuclear power was "back on the agenda with a vengeance"... 25 May 2006 TONY BLAIR pre-empted his own government's energy review, and announced to his big- business friends in the CBI that he intends to replace Britain's nuclear power stations with new ones... 11 May 2006 The part-nationalisation of Bolivia's gas and oil industry by president Evo Morales, similar to Hugo Chávez's decree in Venezuela earlier this year, is another blow to the 'neo-liberal' agenda of big business and imperialism in Latin America... 13 April 2006 MILLIONS OF the poorest people in Britain, particularly pensioners and benefit recipients are officially in fuel poverty, paying more than a tenth of their income on gas and electricity... 1 - 10 of 10 | | |||||||||||||||
