Costing the Earth

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Costing the Earth: Energy Prices

Energy Prices

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Is there a green way out of the energy price crisis? Tom Heap gathers expert opinion.

Is there a green way out of the energy price crisis? Tom Heap discusses the toughest era for energy since the 1970s and the hopes for the future.

Energy prices have hit new heights.  Gas and electricity bills will rocket for most people at the end of this month as the price cap is lifted and nobody filling their car could fail to notice record prices at the pumps.  Energy too is at the heart of the biggest conflict in Europe for decades.  Russia’s war machine is paid for with oil and gas and the West’s response is shaped by our reliance on that power source.

What does all this mean for the environment? Can we maintain focus on carbon emissions when Russian tanks are belching their way down Ukrainian streets?  Or is it an opportunity to hasten our detox from fossil fuels as we see our addiction funding war? 

Tom Heap discusses our energy future with James Murray of Business Green magazine, Emma Pinchbeck, Chief Executive of Energy UK and the expert on new energy finance, Michael Liebreich.


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