and we will find you. joy and relief for some but on gcse results day, there are major regional differences in how pupils performed. and back from extinction the blue butterfly has its best summer for 150 years. and coming up on the bbc news channel: james anderson proves life very much begins at a0. he s among the wickets, as england seek revenge against south africa. good evening. pressure is growing on the government for action to be taken to help households and businesses cope with soaring energy costs, with calls from a think tank for a universal 30% cut in bills and businesses saying ministers should bring in covid style emergency grants to help firms. the upper limit of what suppliers can charge per unit of energy in england, scotland and wales called the energy price cap is set to be announced tomorrow. take a look at how things have changed injust 12 months. less than a year ago, a typical annual home energy bill was about £1,200. it s now about £2,000 an
emergency grants to help companies that are struggling. the upper limit of what suppliers can charge per unit of energy in england, scotland and wales the energy price cap is set to be announced tomorrow. less than a year ago, a typical annual home energy bill was about £1,200. it s now about £2,000 and it s forecast tomorrow to reach £3,500 per year, payable from this october. there are further increases expected in january. back in may, the government promised a £15 billion support package for households, but critics say this is not enough and that it doesn t cover businesses. our business editor, simonjack reports. making the daily bread takes a lot of energy. kneading machines and, of course, ovens are power hungry and this bakery in suffolk is bracing itself for a crippling rise in bills when its current commercial deal ends. it s a threat many businesses are facing.
can charge per unit of energy in england, scotland and wales called the energy price cap is set to be announced tomorrow. take a look at how things have changed injust 12 months. less than a year ago, a typical annual home energy bill was about £1,200. it s now about £2,000 and it s forecast tomorrow to reach £3,600 per year, payable from this october. there are further increases expected in january. back in may, the government promised a £15 billion support package for households, but critics say this is not enough and that it doesn t cover businesses. our business editor, simonjack, reports. making the daily bread takes a lot of energy. kneading machines and, of course, ovens are power hungry and this bakery in suffolk is bracing itself for a crippling rise in bills when its current commercial deal ends. it s a threat many businesses are facing. we ll have no businesses left. i think there s so many locally that i speak to that will just
WNA provides forum for argument against natural gas May 01 2021
For some activists in Inner Southeast, natural gas is just methane, and a greenhouse gas to be avoided
An agenda item entitled Bringing Climate Change Home first led to a discussion opposing use of natural gas for home heating and cooking at a recent virtual Board Meeting of the Woodstock Neighborhood Association (WNA).
Woodstock resident and WNA Board Member Pete Jacobsen had suggested the topic; Jacobsen had been known, during his service as a Board Member of the nonprofit Inner Southeast neighborhood coalition Southeast Uplift (SEUL), for being instrumental in implementing green improvements and repairs at SEUL.