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UK Nuclear: Forefront to Backfoot
20th December 2013 | Peter Rolton: Chairman, Rolton Group
Jim Ratcliffe is a very wealthy man. This fact was evinced by his swift closure of the Grangemouth plant following strike action from UNITE back in October; the union rallied against planned changes to salaries and pensions, and by shutting the site down rather than enter into any sort of bargain he made it perfectly clear that financial security does not rank on his list of concerns.
UKIP’s Not So Bright Idea
14th December 2012 | Peter Rolton
Given their recent by-electoral success, it seemed wise to take a deeper look into the policies that have seen recent support for UKIP rise so dramatically.
Now is Not the Time to COP out of Climate Commitments
28th November 2012 | Tom Warwick
Since its creation in 1994, the United Nations Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) has held annual Conference of Parties (COP) meetings to assess the progress in dealing with climate change.
Welcome to the Government’s New Value Range?
23rd November 2012 | Peter Rolton
Ahead of next week’s much delayed Energy Bill comes an announcement from the DECC marking the Government’s overdue agreement on the direction of energy policy.
A Sadly Accurate Storm Warning
16th November 2012 | Peter Rolton
Just as last week’s blog hearkened back to a previous Rolton Group article, it seems another topic previously discussed has again become food for thought: in ‘Canute comes to North Carolina,’ I discussed the pitfalls of allowing ignorance to reign over rationality, specifically in relation to the disturbing trend of rising sea levels seen along the North East coastal corridor going unnoticed by those in charge.
Don't Let Deregulation be an Opportunity Lost for UK Housing Stock
9th November 2012 | Peter Rolton
Back in August, Associate Director Craig Smith wrote a piece on the future of zero-carbon homes, in which he expressed concern that the modified definition of ‘zero carbon’ had become so lax as to be hindering progress rather than encouraging it.
More Hot Air Surrounding Wind Power
31st October 2012 | Kate Roche
The nation awoke this morning to find within their newspapers revelations of somewhat contentious comments made by Energy Minister John Hayes, creating a stir throughout social networking sites, radio and news channels.
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