Fuel For Thought: Same as the Old Boss?
Start: 2024-07-18 18:30:00 UTC British Summer Time (GMT+01:00)
End: 2024-07-18 20:00:00 UTC British Summer Time (GMT+01:00)
A link to attend this virtual event will be emailed upon RSVP
FPA EDUCATIONAL SERIES
Fuel For Thought
from fuel poverty to climate justice
Fuel For Thought is a series of monthly collective learning sessions run by Fuel Poverty Action. A space to share research and lived experience, tackle lies, clear up confusion and answer questions.
Session Ten: Same as the Old Boss? Energy and climate change under a new government. Thursday, July 18, 6.30pm.
After 14 gruelling years, we’re headed towards a change of party in government. At our final session of Fuel For Thought before the Summer break, we’ll be taking stock of where we are now and whether this actually means change is on the way. What challenges and opportunities do we face on fuel poverty, energy-pricing, housing, and the climate in the next four years?
Expect a discussion of energy-pricing and GB Energy, the Labour Warm Homes Plan and investment in housing, and the recent High Court win requiring planning permissions for fossil fuel production to take climate impacts seriously.
Key Questions:
- Where are we now?
- What challenges and opportunities do we face in the next four years?
- Will fuel poverty go down under a new government?
- Will the incoming government’s plans reduce our bills before the Winter?
- How did the Weald Action Group win in the High Court?
- What does the win mean for energy production and our energy bills?
Confirmed speakers include:
Jeremy Gilbert - Professor of Cultural and Political Theory at the University of East London, and the current editor of the journal New Formations. Jeremy has been an advisor to and participant in a range of political projects, including The World Transformed and the New Economy Organisers Network.
Lorraine Inglis - Co-founder of Weald Action Group, is a collaboration of community anti-drilling groups across the South East of England. They recently won a landmark Supreme Court case against Horse Hill Oil Site for the change of Environment Impact Assessments after a 5-year legal battle.
Jonathan Bean - Fuel Poverty Action’s Policy and Parliament Lead.
This project is unfunded. While the sessions are free, donations to the project are warmly appreciated (please specify 'for Fuel For Thought') and will enable us to broaden the reach and scope of the sessions
