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Today's climate and energy headlines:
- Daily Mail
- Energy Firm SSE Confirms £336.4m Profits
- Ed Davey: Public trust in energy companies is breaking down
- How the new daily energy charges can cause bills to double
- EDF attacked for 'blackmailing' Government as it unveils smallest price rise of the winter
- Energy UK warns that household bills could rise by 50% over six years
- Video: Ed Davey: Energy customers 'aren't cash cows'
- Typhoon Haiyan: is climate change to blame?
- UEA research reveals why timing of bird migration is changing
News.
Climate and energy news:.
Energy company SSE made a pre-tax profit of £336.4 million, its
latest financial report shows. It claims its retail arm – which
supplies the UK’s homes – made a loss, however.
Energy companies are facing a crisis of public confidence akin to
the furore around the banking sector, the energy secretary
says.
Changes in the way households pay their energy bills could lead to
low energy consumers paying more, the Daily Mail
reports.
Energy company EDF has been accused of holding the government to
ransom by offering a relatively small price hike so long as there
are reforms to the way energy efficiency policies are
funded.
Industry group, Energy UK, has warned the “old trilemma” of
decarbonisation, energy security and affordability mean there is
always pressure on energy companies to increase prices.
Climate and energy comment:.
The Telegraph has a video of the energy secretary’s speech to
Energy UK’s annual conference.
The Guardian investigates the link between extreme weather events
and climate change.WonkBlogalso looks at the challenges of
increasing resilience to natural disasters in less economically
developed states.