Sentences with phrase «addressing fuel poverty»

The government has announced a series of measures addressing fuel poverty issues after a week of pressure about rising fuel prices.

Since 1978 there has been a Treasury funded scheme to address fuel poverty.

However, we know more must be done to address fuel poverty in the UK today.

We plan to install 20 solar thermal panels on tribal houses at Standing Rock, beginning to address fuel poverty on the reservation.

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To do this, we must take a look at all the factors that play into safeguarding our community from devastation, such as developing smart infrastructure, increasing mobility options, addressing the affordable housing crisis and closing the income inequality gap that is fueling high levels of poverty throughout Miami - Dade County.

At National Grid we're using all the tools we have at our disposal to play a part in the fight against fuel poverty but it's incumbent upon all of us in the energy industry to reach out, form partnerships and develop joined - up projects if we are to fully address the issue and make fuel poverty a thing of the past.

Jenny Saunders OBE, Chief Executive of National Energy Action (NEA), the national fuel poverty charity and one of the award scheme judges said «Coordinated action at a local level is key to helping the estimated 2.2 million households in living in fuel poverty in our communities and there is a wealth of knowledge, experience and passion amongst not for profit organisations seeking to address this problem across England.

«Given that the term «fuel poverty» does not seem to have been used once in yesterday's Budget statement, can the Secretary of State confirm that Warm Front will be sufficient to address Age Concern's assessment of the Budget that its failure to tackle fuel poverty will continue to leave more pensioners out in the cold?

They wanted to address interwoven issues of food security, fuel wood shortages, soil erosion, clean water and poverty.

But Obama faces a reality that many of these groups seem slow to recognize: While the 20th - century toolkit preferred by traditional environmentalists — litigation, regulation and legislation — remains vital to limiting domestic pollution risks such as the oil gusher, it is a bad fit for addressing the building human influence on the climate system, which is driven now mainly by a surge in emissions mostly outside United States borders in countries aiming to propel their climb out of poverty on the same fossil fuels that generated much of our affluence.

«They are really keen to drive this quality across our wider programme to help address important issues such as fuel poverty, high bills, indoor air quality and health.

Point five addresses bringing people out of poverty and calls for putting «an end to the fossil fuel era, phasing out fossil fuel emissions, including emissions from military aviation and shipping and providing affordable, reliable and safe renewable energy access for all.»

Fuel poverty has «come of age» in the last 3 years and great strides have been made in understanding the scale of the problem, Christine Liddell, professor of psychology at Ulster University, said in her keynote address to the Energy Action conference in Dublin Castle on Monday, 6 February.

Lomborg claims the often - repeated talking point that «Policies aimed at addressing climate change can easily end up punishing the poor,» pointing a finger at Germany and citing a study by the fossil - fuel - funded Institute for Energy Research (IER), claiming that renewable energy targets and emissions caps have resulted in «energy poverty.»

Offers examples of residential retrofit which can effectively address major issues raised by the UK existing housing stock, such as: major CO2 emissions; energy efficiency; ageing building fabric; uncomfortable internal environments; and fuel poverty.

In these pieces, Lomborg addresses the issue of energy poverty and argues that the world's poor need better access to cheap fuels, including fossil fuels.