This crisis demands a long-term, credible, net zero emission response

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Writing exclusively for BusinessGreen, Caroline Lucas argues that without an urgent attempt to grapple with the root causes of the gas crisis the government's response could yet go from bad to worse

The sheer enormity of the energy crisis truly hit home this morning, as Ofgem announced the energy price cap was to rise by a catastrophic 80 per cent - to £3,549 from October. Compared to last October's...

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