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Responding to an article by Martin Wolf in the Financial Times on "why the world faces climate chaos", Andrew Raingold, Executive Director of the Aldersgate Group, said that "there is an alternative to watching the rise of greenhouse gases until it is too late". To read the letter also published in the Financial Times, click on the attachment.
In this article, Andrew Raingold, Executive Director of the Aldersgate Group, asserts that "investment in a portfolio of low carbon technologies provides a vital hedge against the prospect of high gas prices in the future." To read the full article, click here.
After it emerged that the Green Investment Bank may not be able to borrow until 2016/17, Andrew Raingold, Executive Director of the Aldersgate Group, told businessGreen that the delay in borrowing powers was a "huge concern" for businesses. To read the full article, click here.
In response to the Chancellor's contraversial "dash for gas" plan, Andrew Raingold, Executive Director of the Aldersgate Group, said if the autumn statement was meant to heal the UK economy, the gas strategy "is a route that will lead us straight back to economic decline". For the full article, click here.
This article identifies that there will be a potential shortfall in energy supply for the UK and uncertainty for investors in the energy market. Responding to mixed signals from Government on energy policy, an open letter to the Chancellor was sent by a group of businesses calling for greater clarity and a 2030 carbon target. To read the full article, click here.
In this article, Peter Young, Chairman of the Aldersgate Group, warned that a generous backing for shale gas from Government could undermine renewables investment: "We will need gas until 2050 at least . . . but subsidies to the mainstream gas industry would be better spent on low carbon energy sources.” To read the full article, click here.
