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1 Feb 2023 3 minute read

What if… electricity were a right not a commodity?

Universal, free access to electricity could be better for people and the planet. Nick Dowson explores how it...

24 Jan 2023 8 minute read

Heat the rich: British Gas/Centrica

As part of its investigation into firms cashing in on the energy crisis, Corporate Watch turns a critical...

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13 Dec 2022 8 minute read

Heat the rich? Part five: E.ON

As part of its investigative deep dive into energy firms cashing in on the cost of living crisis, Corporate Watch...

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6 Dec 2022 6 minute read

Heat the rich: OVO Energy

In the fourth installment of its series investigating the firms cashing in on the energy crisis, Corporate Watch...

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28 Nov 2022 7 minute read

Crisis capitalism: Octopus energy

In the third installment of Heat the Rich – an investigative series on energy firms profiting from the cost of living crisis...

EDF was founded by the French state in the aftermath of the Second World War, but now reaches way beyond France. Here an EDF-sponsored train is seen at Marseille's St Charles station.

31 Oct 2022 5 minute read

EDF: when the state goes full capitalist

In the second installment of Heat the Rich, Corporate Watch puts the spotlight on EDF Energy.

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12 Oct 2022 5 minute read

Cashing in on energy

In the first of its new series, Heat the Rich, Corporate Watch takes a critical look at Scottish Power. ...

7 Sep 2022 4 minute read

Liz Truss’s bosses’ bailout won’t solve the energy crisis – but people power still can

In Glasgow, a new campaign has gas and electricity providers in its sights – and is taking on the regulator too. ...

12 Sep 2017 8 minute read

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Arrested for crossing the fracking road

Anti-fracking campaigner Tina Rothery writes on what keeps her fighting back.

31 May 2016 5 minute read

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From Russia, with blood: the impact of coal exports to Britain

The environmental and human costs are high, writes Vladimir Slivyak.

1 May 2016 3 minute read

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One gas leak too many

Can we end fracking now? asks Mark Engler.

1 May 2016 5 minute read

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The energy fix

What will it take to get electricity to Africa’s rural poor? Ruth Nyambura explores.

1 Dec 2015 3 minute read

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Myth 6: Fossil fuels are more economically viable than renewables

Not if you look at the environmental costs, says Dinyar Godrej.

1 Nov 2015 7 minute read

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Still biting

Big Oil's history of denial, delay and distortion is laid bare by Greg Muttitt.

2 Oct 2015 4 minute read

This article is almost eight years old.

A just, sustainable and democratized energy is on its way

Lisa Nandy’s vision of energy democracy isn’t idealism, argues Sakina Sheikh.

30 Jul 2015 5 minute read

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‘Paris Pledge’ pushes for coal-industry retirement

Getting the banking sector out of coal can boost ambition at Paris climate summit, says Catalina von Hildebrand....

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