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Huhne: $100+ oil price transforms case for low carbon

Energy and Climate Change Secretary The Rt Hon Chris Huhne MP will set out his vision for a low carbon, secure economy in a keynote speech to…

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Department of Energy & Climate Change and The Rt Hon Chris Huhne
Published
3 March 2011
This was published under the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government

Energy and Climate Change Secretary The Rt Hon Chris Huhne MP will set out his vision for a low carbon, secure economy in a keynote speech to CentreForum in London at 3pm today.

In ‘A blueprint for our energy future’, he will say

  • why a $100+ oil price transforms the economics of low carbon and that staying addicted to fossil fuels is now the costly, high-risk option
  • how climate change is already costing the UK economy, and why he believes a global climate deal WILL happen
  • why the coalition puts insulating Britain’s homes so high on its agenda and how the Green Deal will end energy waste for good
  • why we have to keep ALL low-carbon electricity options open if we’re to meet up to twice today’s demand in 2050, and
  • why we must learn from the past and come out of recession with new advanced green industries for growth and job creation.

Read The Rt Hon Chris Huhne MP’s speech

Published 3 March 2011