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Cumbria is One Place that Could Really Benefit from a Green Recovery Plan

By Nick Robins, professor in practice for sustainable finance at the LSE’s Grantham Research Institute, and Ciara Shannon, director of EdenWorksGreen. Originally posted on March 21, 2021. The Walney Extension is one of the world’s largest offshore wind farms and is 15 km or so off the coast of Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria. Photo Credit: BBC/ PA Cumbria is a county with a…
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The Bulbous £28 Billion Distraction

Originally written as a guest blog for Britain’s Energy Coast Business Cluster (BECBC). Image source: COP26 Banner In February, it was hard to ignore the flurry of commentary about Labour’s U-turn on their £28 billion Green Investment Pledge, first announced in 2021. £28 billion a year in green capital investment, every year, until 2030 was going to turbocharge the green industrial revolution…
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