With the General Election on 8th June 2017 fast approaching the pressure’s on for each party to get across its policies. We, 2EA®, have reviewed each main parties manifesto and have provided a summary below of each party’s views on UK energy and climate policy.
With the dust starting to settle after Britain voting to exit the EU and the process of separation underway, it is essential that the government ensure important energy and climate change policies remain unscathed, and that the right deals are made during the negotiations, in order for Britain to remain a leader in the low-carbon field.
Last month, Britain celebrated its first ever working day since the Industrial Revolution without coal power. Instead, other sources such as gas, nuclear wind and solar were used to keep the country up and running.
British scientists have recently discovered a large amount of rare minerals in the Atlantic Ocean. The minerals were found in the Tropic Seamount, located just 500km away from the Canary Islands. The Seamount can be found 1,000m below the ocean surface and cannot be seen by the naked eye. The main mineral found was tellurium which was discovered in concentrations 50,000 times higher than in deposits on land.