[Crimson Dynamo]

Huge news at the
@conservatives
conference

@claireCoutinho
announces she will scrap the Renewables Obligation in addition to the previously announced commitment to scrap the Climate Change Act

She will also scrap carbon taxes on electricity generation

Together these can cut 20% off bills and both can be done by ministers
@Ed_Miliband
could do the same today

But he prefers to keep electricity expensive, driving de-industrialisation and making households poorer

And the real crime is that all of this INCREASES global emissions as we offshore manufacturing to places with dirtier energy

Finally we're getting some realism into the energy policy landscape. We can't continue to lose thousands of jobs a week as factories close. We cannot continue to burden households

This is a good start, but we need action now, not in 4 years' time