Energy companies could be asked to do more to help the fuel poor, such as helping them install insulation in their homes, the Independent reports.Following price hikes, such as British Gas's 35 per cent gas tariff increase, ministers in the Treasury and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform...

Incentives for microgeneration, proper insulation and energy efficiency could help Britain become carbon neutral and a net energy exporter by 2050, according to the Liberal Democrats.Leader Nick Clegg launched the Apollo Project for UK Independence, a series of proposals he claimed could "free Britain from the shackles of foreign oil,...

Scotland's government is to bulk buy electricity in a bid to reduce the impact of recent energy price rises.First minister Alex Salmon announced plans to put all the public sector's electricity needs to tender, in a strategy that could save the government £15 million.Instead of a patchwork of individually negotiated...

Energy assessors could help the NHS achieve ambitious carbon reduction targets, which aim to cut into its one million annual carbon emissions.A draft carbon reduction strategy paper entitled Saving Carbon, Improving Health set the target of cutting the NHS carbon footprint by 60 per cent by 2050.However, the Health Services...

Air tightness testers and domestic energy assessorswho help make homes more energy efficient may be pleased to hear that a campaign to tax energy companies' soaring profits acknowledges energy efficiency as the best way of combating high energy bills.A petition organised by Compass, which now has 55 Labour MP's signatures,...