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Healthy diet in UK at risk from Mediterranean droughts, experts say

Fresh fruit and vegetables from Europe will be more expensive as drought and wildfires shrink supplies

The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2023

£19.3bn of fossil fuels imported by UK from authoritarian states in year since Ukraine war

As Russian oil and gas imports fell petrostates including UAE, Qatar and Saudi Arabia increased exports to UK

The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2023

Imported gas to cost UK households £6,000 each as prices continue to soar

The average home could be buying foreign gas worth around £500 a year unless efforts are made to reduce dependency on gas, says a new analysis

The Independent UK · May 15, 2023

Britain forced to spend £50bn extra on gas since Putin invaded Ukraine, analysis shows

Analysts say cost of gas would have been much lower if the UK energy system had more renewables

The Independent UK · Feb 21, 2023

Energy crisis stemming from Ukraine war ‘cost £1k for every UK adult’

Conflict came on top of our over-reliance on gas, says Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit

The Guardian - UK · Feb 21, 2023

UK spent £50 billion extra on gas since Ukraine invasion, say analysts

Analysis, carried out by the Energy and Climate Intelligence Unit (ECIU), estimates that the UK paid between £50-60 billion more for wholesale gas in 2022 than in a typical pre-pandemic year

Chronicle Live · Feb 21, 2023

UK's annual gas bill 'soars by extra £50bn' since Ukraine invasion

Wholesale prices exploded after the war started and have been in a volatile state ever since

Wales Online · Feb 21, 2023

North East areas identified among UK's net-zero jobs 'hot spots'

The green economy is supporting nearly 20,000 jobs and worth more than £2bn to the regional economy, the CBI report says

Birmingham Post · Jan 31, 2023

Households could pay £800m more for energy this winter because of onshore wind farm ban

A decision in 2016 saw ban on construction of onshore wind farms in most parts of England

The Independent UK · Dec 1, 2022

UK could have slashed gas use with higher rates of heat pumps, analysis finds

Gas imports in 2021 could have been cut by a fifth, according to researchers.

The Independent UK · Nov 16, 2022