The paradox of lower gas prices and low carbon subsidies

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Ovo Energy's Guy Newey casts an eye over the complex implications for clean energy policy that arise from the recent fall in gas prices

There is an old Daily Mash story from 2009 where the headline screams: 'Price of gas to rise, say men who set price of gas'. The argument goes that big energy company bosses have a vested interest in talking...

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